Jean-Baptiste MAROT
Algeria votes amid fears of widespread abstention
Algerians are voting in the first parliamentary elections since last year's revolutions in neighbouring countries shook the Arab world to its core. The stakes are high amid fears…
Stockpiles of arms across Abidjan threaten peace
Kalashnikovs, M16s and mortar shells are just some of the weapons that now litter the city of Abidjan after the brutal battle between supporters of Gbagbo and Ouattara. Clearing…
Inside the presidential palace with Ouattara's men
The dust has begun to settle in the days after forces loyal to President Alassane Ouattara won control of Abidjan. FRANCE 24 takes a look around the presidential palace, scene of…
Violence still haunts the streets of Abidjan
One step at a time, Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan is seeking a return to normal life after becoming the focus of a pitched battle between rivals for the Ivorian…
Abidjan's port still dead to the world
With the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo, Ivorians are hoping for a swift return to normality. And that means a return to work at the port of Abidjan, the country's economic hub. FRANCE…
Apathetic voters likely to hand Compaore landslide victory
Incumbent Blaise Compaore, who has led impoverished Burkina Faso since 1987, looks set to win Sunday's presidential election amid low turnout, with less than half the population…
Polls close after high turnout in historic presidential election
For the first time since their country achieved independence from France in 1958 Guineans voted amid high turnout in a peaceful presidential election on Sunday.
‘The electoral process doesn't end when polling stations close’
According to German MEP Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, who heads the EU Election Observation Mission in Guinea, monitoring work is only just beginning after Sunday's first round of…
Election raises expectations among country's youth
For the first time in over five decades, Guineans elect a new president on Sunday. In a country where water and electricity are still a luxury, voters are eager for justice.
In pictures: Campaign wraps up in capital Conakry
Guineans choose a new president on Sunday, with 24 candidates vying for the hot seat in the country’s first competitive election. As the campaign draws to an end, candidates…
Shankaboot, the Arab world’s first Web video fiction series
The Arab world’s first Web series tells the story of Sleimane, a young deliveryman from Beirut. Online since March 12, the series hopes to compete with popular Turkish and Latin…