• Nigerians are set to elect the next president of Africa's most populous country on Saturday.

    Some 94 million voters are being called to the polls amid shortages and fierce competition between three main candidates raising fears of violence.

  • Clashes between militias loyal to the Somali government and separatist forces have killed at least 96 people in a fortnight in a town in Somaliland, a disputed region of Somalia, the director of a local hospital said on Thursday. 

  • Several attacks attributed to jihadist groups in northern Burkina Faso caused the death of at least 70 Burkinabè soldiers between February 17 and 19.

    This is the deadliest attack since Captain Ibrahim Traoré came to power, during a putsch at the end of September 2022.

  • Tropical cyclone Freddy, which has been sweeping the Indian Ocean for several days, killed seven people during its passage through Madagascar and weakened considerably before heading towards Mozambique, in the form of a moderate tropical storm.

Anti-migrant remarks: "A new identity discourse at the top of the Tunisian state"

President Kaïs Saïed sparked controversy on Tuesday by adopting conspiratorial and xenophobic rhetoric against sub-Saharan migrants present in Tunisia.

“Hate speech” at the highest peak of the state, denounce the NGOs, which raises fears of a trivialization of racist speech. 

Le Journal de l'Afrique is in Lagos, Nigeria, a few days before the presidential election, a crucial election for the future of the country.

Some 93.5 million voters are expected to choose their new president after Muhammadu Buhari's two terms in office, amid tensions over cash and fuel shortages, power cuts and runaway inflation.

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The Journal of Africa in Lagos, Nigeria © France 24

The dream of emigration: the middle class trying to leave Nigeria

For several years in Nigeria, the "Japa" ("flee" in Yoruba) syndrome has been spreading among middle-class youth.

Students, doctors, real estate agents or even professionals in the leisure and technology industry are attacking the consulates of Canada, the United States or the United Kingdom to obtain visas.

And then, despite the difficulties of Africa's leading economic power, others have chosen to stay and live there.

Report from our correspondent.

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Focus © France 24

The bodies of former Burkinabè President Thomas Sankara and his twelve companions, assassinated on October 15, 1987 during a putsch, were buried on Thursday at the place of their death in Ouagadougou.

Several government officials were with the families.

Thomas Sankara's widow, Mariam Sankara, and her two children, who disapprove of the choice of burial site, were absent.  

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The coffin of Thomas Sankara in front of the Council of the Agreement in Ouagadougou, February 23 AFP - OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT

Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Secretary of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships with the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, went to Burkina Faso to discuss the partnership with France.

Cyril Payen receives the minister to talk about Franco-African relations.

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The Interview © France24

A new space dedicated to African arts has opened its doors in the heart of Paris: "Les Verrières".

The project was born from the merger between the contemporary art gallery 31 PROJECT and the Charles-Wesley Hourdé gallery, specializing in the ancient arts of Africa.

A first exhibition inaugurates this place of 200 m2, to see until March 11th.

Report by Natacha Milleret.

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"Les Verrières": the new Parisian space that celebrates African arts.

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