Author: France 24

The 15th edition of the Dakar Biennial of Contemporary Art was officially inaugurated this Thursday. Initially scheduled for last May, it had been postponed for budgetary reasons. This year’s “IN” exhibition features some 70 artists from Africa and the diaspora. FRANCE 24 correspondent in Dakar Caitlin Kelly visited the exhibition site in the capital’s old courthouse. With S. Sakho, A. Diallo and S. Martin.

“Compressed by emotion”, 40 skippers in the tenth Vendée Globe set off on Sunday on a new solo voyage around the world, cheered on by hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Les Sables-d’Olonne to say goodbye. Report by Cédric Ferreira, Natalia Ruiz Giraldo and Liza Kaminov.

All three major indices on Wall Street closed Monday’s session in the red ahead of Election Day in the United States, with investors preferring to turn to US treasuries in the face of political uncertainty. In this edition, we look at which stocks could benefit from a Trump or Harris presidency but also see why campaign promises need to be taken with a pinch of salt. Also in this edition, Boeing workers vote to end a seven-week strike that has cost the company billions of dollars.

Dozens of people were killed and wounded in an Israeli strike on a house in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip at dawn on Sunday, Palestinian medics said. What exactly does life look like in Northern Gaza at the moment? FRANCE 24’s Erin Ogunkeye asked Oxfam West Bank policy lead, Bushra Khalidi, who is currently Ramallah, West Bank.

Dheepthika Laurent talks to Lebohang Kganye, recipient of the 2024 prestigious Deutsche Börse photography prize. The South African visual artist is displaying her work at the 27th edition of Paris Photo, one of the biggest photography fairs in the world. She talks about how her upbringing in a township post-apartheid influenced her work, why light installations, real-life silhouettes and theatre are part of her photography and the importance of language and literature. She also tells us about the connection between lighthouses and her family name.

The Vendee Globe in the world’s ultimate sailing race – a solo, non-stop and around the world one. Every four years, sailors embark from France to tackle 24,000 nautical miles of challenging oceans, facing extreme weather and isolation during about three months. FRANCE 24’s Selina Sykes spoke with Conrad Colman, a sailor from New Zealand and the US who took part in the last edition and will again in this 10th edition.

As Israeli strikes continue to exacerbate a health crisis in Lebanon, pharmacies have been forced to close. This has left 1.2 million people to face a health crisis, thousands of which are now fleeing to the Syrian border in hopes of finding medical support. The UN says there are currently more than 11.000 pregnant women among the displaced. Details with Emily Boyle.

On Wednesday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed his finance minister and coalition partner, Christian Lindner, over disagreements on economic policy. The country will now be facing a snap election next year in a bid for more political stability. In this edition, we look at the issue at the heart of this split: Germany’s “debt brake”, which limits the country’s ability to borrow money and might have to be suspended in order to revive a struggling economy.

The U.S. has told Qatar that the presence of Hamas in Doha is no longer acceptable in the weeks since the Palestinian militant group rejected the latest proposal to achieve a ceasefire and a hostage deal, a senior administration official told Reuters on Friday. Story by Shirli Sitbon.

Beyonce and her “Cowboy Carter” country album earned a leading 11 nominations for the Grammy Awards, the music industry’s showcase gala, where she will face off against Taylor Swift and a new class of pop hitmakers. Beyonce has now been nominated a record-breaking 99 times.