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'Japa': The mass exodus of Nigeria's youth

The term "japa" comes from the Yoruba word meaning to run or flee and, in recent years, has become something of a buzzword on the streets of cities such as Lagos as a growing number of often young, educated Nigerians look to move abroad to escape unemployment, inflation and low salaries. But this exodus is leaving the country facing a brain-drain, while some warn that those who leave may not find the life they are hoping for abroad.
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Children among 59 people killed in sailboat crash off Italy’s coast

Boat believed to be bringing refugees from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan struck rocks off coast of Calabria

Carabinieri officers and Red Cross personnel at a beach near Cutro, southern Italy, on Sunday. Photograph: Giuseppe Pipita/EPA

Nigeria election 2023: what are the issues and why is this vote different?

People will go the polls on Saturday in what is seen as a potential turning point for Africa’s most populous country

A man walks past electoral campaign posters in Lagos. Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/Reuters

Polls open for presidential elections in Nigeria despite security concerns

Nigerians voted on Saturday for a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari in a tightly fought race, with three frontrunners for the first time in the country's modern history.

A voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Amatutu on February 25, 2023, during Nigeria's presidential and general election. © Patrick Meinhardt, AFP

France agrees to withdraw from former colony

French troops will leave Burkina Faso at the insistence of Ouagadougou

Protesters wave a Russian flag and demand the departure of French troops in in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 20, 2023. © OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP

Burkina Faso confirms demand for French troops to leave country

Burkina Faso has confirmed it is asking France to pull its troops out of the insurgency-hit country within a month, a government spokesman said on Monday.

French special forces deployed in the Sahel as part of Operation Sabre, pictured in 2017. © FRANCE 24 screengrab

Paris wants clarification from former colony

State media in Burkina Faso had reported that the authorities want the French troops to leave

 

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron © AFP / BENOIT TESSIER/POOL/AFP

Burkina Faso gives French troops a month to leave, says local media

Burkina Faso's military regime told France it wants its troops stationed in the country to leave within a month, the state news agency AIB reported on Saturday.

File photo of French soldiers searching for IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) in northern Burkina Faso taken on November 12, 2019. © Michele Cattani, AFP

Video shows South Sudan President Salva Kiir urinating on himself as journalists arrested

Six journalists have been detained in South Sudan over a viral video that appeared to show the country’s president wetting himself.

Footage shows President Salva Kiir appearing to wet himself. Picture: Twitter

Biden Says No Nuclear Drills With Seoul After Yoon’s Comments

(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden said he isn’t currently discussing joint nuclear exercises with South Korea after that country’s president said his government wanted a more active role in managing atomic weapons on the Korean Peninsula.

Biden's administration announced $1.85 billion in a

Afrochella: Shock at end of Ghana music festival

After five years, Ghanaian music and cultural festival Afrochella will not return, its organisers have said.

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Ghana police ban harmful New Year prophecies

Police in Ghana have warned faith leaders against making traditional New Year prophecies which can cause fear, anxiety or death.

GETTY IMAGES / Millions of Christians often gather in churches to hear their pastors make proclamations about the new year

A look back at the major African news stories of 2022

From the COP27 climate summit in Egypt to coups d'état in Burkina Faso and the French military withdrawal from Mali, FRANCE 24 takes a look at some of the news highlights from Africa this year.

France 24 takes a look at the top news stories from Africa in 2022. © Studio Graphique - France Médias Monde

South Africa’s Ramaphosa re-elected as leader of ruling ANC party

President Cyril Ramaphosa, the anti-apartheid champion who become one of South Africa's wealthiest businessmen, survived a challenge for the leadership of his party on Monday, days after he was spared impeachment proceedings over a scandal dubbed "Farmgate".

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Ivory Coast's Charles Ble Goude, key figure in post-election violence, to make low-key return

Charles Ble Goude, a key figure in post-electoral violence that swept Ivory Coast 11 years ago, wants to make a low-key homecoming this weekend, his representatives said on Thursday.

Ivory Coast politician and businessman Charles Ble Goude waves to supporters attending the appeals hearing at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, February 6, 2020. © Jerry Lampen, AP

China Covid: Record number of cases as virus surges nationwid

China has recorded its highest number of daily Covid cases since the pandemic began, despite stringent measures designed to eliminate the virus.

REUTERS/An epidemic prevention worker in a protective suit sits on the pavement in Beijing's Central Business District

Burkina coup leader Traore takes office as interim president, vows to fight jihadists

Ibrahim Traore, the young army captain who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso, became interim president on Friday, vowing to win back territory from jihadists.

In this photo taken on October 15, 2022, Burkina Faso’s just-inaugurated President Ibrahim Traore attends a ceremony for the 35th anniversary of the assassination of former president Thomas Sankara in Ouagadougou. © Olympia de Maismont, AFP
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