Africans are reshaping French one rap and joke at a time

Africans are reshaping French one rap and joke at a time

The French language is now spoken by more people outside France than within. It’s no wonder it’s beginning to sound more like TikTok.

  • byElian Peltier

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Amazing and crowd-free:12 of the world’s most underrated countries

Amazing and crowd-free:12 of the world’s most underrated countries

Look beyond the usual destinations and you’ll find outstanding countries that offer something different,and may well be bargain-priced and uncrowded too.

  • byBrian Johnston
Woodside’s African oil delayed as costs jump

Woodside’s African oil delayed as costs jump

The ASX-listed energy heavyweight has pushed back the first production from its West African Sangomar oil project to address problems on the production vessel.

  • byPeter Milne
Senegal declares three days of mourning after dozens killed in bus crash

Senegal declares three days of mourning after dozens killed in bus crash

Footage from the scene showed two white buses,their mangled fronts entwined. Debris was strewn across the narrow road.

  • byNgouda Dione
Where is Diary Sow? Angst in Senegal after its ‘best student’ goes missing in Paris

Where is Diary Sow? Angst in Senegal after its ‘best student’ goes missing in Paris

Well-wishers in Senegal,including the President,saw her as destined for greatness. Enrolled at one of France's most prestigious schools in Paris,she even published her own novel.

  • byAurelien Breeden
Another port is storing 2700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate

Another port is storing 2700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate

Officials in Dakar want the exact quantity of the material that caused the Beirut explosion removed from its complex urgently and away from the city centre.

  • byDiadie Ba
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African nations seek their own solutions in virus crisis

African nations seek their own solutions in virus crisis

Complicating the task is the fact that the peak in coronavirus cases in Africa is expected to come after other countries have bought out available supplies.

  • byElias Meseret
Renewables push:Senegal opens West Africa's first big wind farm

Renewables push:Senegal opens West Africa's first big wind farm

Wind farms remain scarce throughout sub-Saharan Africa compared with solar plants but Senegal hopes to draw 30 per cent of its energy from this plant.

  • byNellie Peyton
Cruise West Africa:A Peregrine river cruise offers amazing insights into the history of slavery

Cruise West Africa:A Peregrine river cruise offers amazing insights into the history of slavery

"This is going to be your best cruise ever,"says our guide."Because you're in West Africa,the happy place."

  • byCatherine Marshall
Gunmen kill 13 in Senegal's Casamance region,says army

Gunmen kill 13 in Senegal's Casamance region,says army

Gunmen shot dead 13 people and wounded seven others on Saturday in the forest of Senegal's southern region of Casamance,the army said.

Late-night nirvana on the dance floor

Late-night nirvana on the dance floor

'Get out of the car!'the policeman barked.'You're under arrest!'

  • byRob Cannon