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Across Africa

FRANCE 24 English

Join Georja Calvin-Smith for a round up of the week"s cultural and current affairs stories from across the African continent: exclusive reports and analysis. Every Thursday at 3:45pm Paris time.

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00:13:30

Across Africa : Flexing continent's specific...

Across Africa ·

2025/11/20

A weekly round-up of stories from across the continent with Georja Calvin-Smith. African scholars update a monumental book that sets out the continent's global contribution across thousands of years. Also, South Africa's household help sector is in a mess. About 400,000 jobs have disappeared in the sector over the last 5 years. And reports mount of the brutal treatment of civilians caught in the middle of the RSF's battle to seize the Darfuri city of El Fasher from the army.

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00:15:09

Across Africa: UN chief shocked by global...

Across Africa ·

2025/11/20

In this edition: The UN's humanitarian chief says he is shocked by the world’s indifference to the devastating toll of the war in Sudan, after visiting the ravaged region of Darfur. Also, in Madagascar, authorities have unveiled an enormous 300-kilogram emerald reportedly found inside the palace of the recently toppled president.

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00:12:58

Nigerian nut ban slammed as shea madness

Across Africa ·

2025/10/07

Nigerian communities that rely on sales of shea nuts are worried that a six-month export ban aimed at encouraging local use of the crop will leave a worrying crack in the $6 billion global market. Also, Benin's entrepreneurs take on the prickly problem of breakdowns in the pineapple production process.

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00:13:52

The Cavemen. & Peace Hyde on seeking African creative...

Across Africa ·

2025/06/09

In this special edition we take a look at cutting-edge African culture. Peace Hyde, producer of three-season Netflix runaway success "Young, Famous & African" speaks to Georja about tackling myopic views about Africa by tapping into the diaspora to focus on the continent’s innumerably cosmopolitan, sexy and exciting facets. Georja also heads to the Ibrahim Governance Weekend in Morocco to speak to Nigeria's highlife high flyers, The Cavemen. They're doing their bit to level up Africa's creative

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00:12:45

Afrikaners ‘free’ to become refugees in US, South...

Across Africa ·

2025/05/22

South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile, in an interview with FRANCE 24’s Georja Calvin-Smith, denied President Donald Trump’s claims of a “white genocide” in South Africa. Responding to Trump’s scheme to welcome white South Africans to the US as refugees, Mashatile said, “If they want to be refugees, it's their business. But they can’t bad-mouth the country.” Pretoria is also looking to expand its diplomatic ties with Paris. Mashatile said that while relations with the US are positive and

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00:11:35

Not just numbers: Quantifying development as...

Across Africa ·

2025/05/15

If you can measure it, you can manage it. One of Kenya's metrology heavyweights speaks to Georja Calvin-Smith about how there is might in monitoring. There were no African signatories when 17 countries came together 150 years ago to set measurement standards for time, distance and weight, but as the continent's development has picked up pace, so has its contribution to global metrology.

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00:12:10

Trump administration talking to African countries...

Across Africa ·

2025/05/15

The US says that it's in talks with several African countries that might agree to take in migrants expelled by Washington. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson speaks to the State Department about those plans and progress on the Washington-brokered DR Congo peace plans.

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00:10:16

ACROSS AFRICA | The historical fissures of DR Congo's...

Across Africa ·

2025/03/14

Join Georja Calvin-Smith for a weekly look at stories from across the continent. This week she's joined by journalist, Michaela Wrong to discuss some of the historical relationships between DR Congo and its neighbours that have fed into the current scramble to respond to wins by the M23 insurgency.

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00:11:27

DR Congo: Blasts kill 11 at rally in eastern city of...

Across Africa ·

2025/02/27

In this week's Across Africa: At least 11 people are killed and dozens injured in explosions at a rally called by M23 rebels in the captured eastern Congolese city of Bukavu. Also, Ghana's defence capabilities are being boosted by a €50 million EU military package. Plus, people working for Cameroon's largest sugar producer are accusing it of labour abuse and unfairly low wages.

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00:14:37

Africa and artificial intelligence: Tailoring AI to...

Across Africa ·

2025/02/13

In this week's Across Africa: Tech innovators tailoring artificial intelligence to the continent's context head to Paris for a global summit on the tech's next steps. A parallel event spotlights the regional push to develop AI in Africa's own image. Dr Shikoh Gitau of digital transformation lab Qhala joins Georja Calvin-Smith for a breakdown of the exciting, divisive and daunting potential of the technology.

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00:13:11

Across Africa | Vodun music revival in Benin

Across Africa ·

2025/01/09

In this week's Across Africa: Vodun believers in Benin marry traditional faith with contemporary creativity to spread their heritage. Also, the African manatee has come under pressure over the decades from poaching and shrinking habitats, but one Cameroonian biologist has been working to improve the chances of the shy freshwater mammal. Plus, Senegal is moving ahead with plans to put more of its own identity into key streets and has begun changing the name of landmarks named after French colonial

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00:12:28

Making me dizzy: South Africa straightens up rebel...

Across Africa ·

2024/10/22

FRANCE 24's Georja Calvin-Smith brings you a round-up of society, culture and hot topics from the continent. This week, the race to rebuild the Libyan city of Derna continues, and South Africa is in a spin over the potential professionalisation of previously outlawed motorsports.

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00:13:55

Afro-descendants offered Beninese citizenship

Across Africa ·

2024/06/13

Benin encourages members of the African diaspora to call its shores home by offering citizenship to descendants of those who left the continent far in the past. Also, the Olympic flame symbolises the light of spirit, knowledge and life. Oumar Diemé, a Senegalese Olympic torch bearer and a former infantryman, has all of these qualities in abundance. The 90-year-old fought for France during both world wars.

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00:12:42

Support and sniping for South African universal...

Across Africa ·

2024/06/13

This week, a new law paving the way for the introduction of universal healthcare in South Africa both excites and divides. Also, ed tech has the potential to close education gaps in DR Congo. One digital learning portal is going down well with kids, but is struggling to attract the investment it needs to scale up.

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00:10:57

Nigeria's rural vigilante patrols aim to protect...

Across Africa ·

2024/05/09

Northern Nigerian communities who have lost faith in the struggling security forces' ability to protect them are increasingly setting up vigilante groups to battle insurgents themselves. Also, rap is gaining ground in Egypt and although the scene is still overwhelmingly dominated by men, women are increasingly picking up the mic. And Kenya's birds of prey are falling prey to encroaching human activity. Some conservationists fear it may be too late to roll back the damage.

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00:12:25

Nigeria hit by snaking queues at the pumps amidst...

Across Africa ·

2024/05/09

Motorists in Nigeria face huge queues at petrol stations across major cities as frustration grows over the multi-headed crises dragging on the country's economy. Also, known locally as the Mendzang, the xylophone has a small but dedicated following in Cameroon. And we head out on the road with the roaming chef and former Kenyan rugby star, Dennis Ombachi.

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00:11:46

Uganda's anti-gay law stands after top court rejects...

Across Africa ·

2024/04/04

We bring you a week of political and social events from across the African continent. This week, Uganda's constitutional court threw out a challenge to the homophobic law adopted last May. Also, Congolese wordsmiths the Tetra collective use slam poetry to explore their deep love of Congolese and French literature. And many women farmers in Senegal struggle to secure access to land in the rural communities where they are sidelined from ownership.

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00:13:06

Greening education key to Africa's climate challenge

Across Africa ·

2023/12/07

There is increased focus on education at the COP28 climate talks amidst growing acknowledgement of the importance of the sector in responding to the uncertainty and displacement caused by climate change. FRANCE 24's Georja Calvin-Smith speaks to Yasmine Sherif, the head of the Education Cannot Wait fund, as she sets out the stakes from the crucial talks in Dubai.

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00:12:44

Nigerian university students in torment over 300% fee...

Across Africa ·

2023/12/07

Students are among the victims of Nigeria's rampant inflation, as they face tuition fee hikes of over 300 percent. Also, the clock is ticking down towards DR Congo's general elections, in which President Felix Tshisekedi is running for a second term. Plus, Nairobi hosts international talks on the reduction of plastic pollution.

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00:12:26

The felling of the spirits: Benin's shrinking voodoo...

Across Africa ·

2023/12/07

Benin's forests have long been seen as places of hope for believers of the voodoo religion, but urbanisation threatens the green spaces. Also, Ivory Coast's ghost children are invisible to the state. The number of babies whose births are undeclared are on the rise.

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