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Back to homepage / Shows / Tech 24 Issued on: 05/04/2024 – 15:23 04:31 TECH 24 © FRANCE 24 Legal proceedings began in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Thursday, targeting the cryptocurrency exchange Binance and two of its executives on charges of money laundering and tax evasion. Tigran Gambaryan, a US citizen and Binance’s head of financial crimes compliance, appeared alone in court after Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan and the company’s regional manager for Africa, escaped custody and fled. Gambaryan’s family is asking for the US to do more to secure his release. Find out why Nigeria is cracking down on crypto…

Issued on: 05/04/2024 – 10:47Modified: 05/04/2024 – 11:18 01:44 Thousands of people gathered in Tehran on Friday for the funerals of seven members of the Revolutionary Guards killed in a strike in Syria, which Iran blamed on Israel. The Guards, including two generals, were killed in the air strike on Monday which levelled the Iranian embassy’s consular annex in Damascus. Read more on related topics: Source link

Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent.The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It describes all casualties as victims of “Israeli aggression”.The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN agencies have cited the Hamas-run health ministry’s death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers.In the aftermath of war, the UN humanitarian office has published…

Back to homepage / Shows / People & Profit Issued on: 05/04/2024 – 12:42 12:38 PEOPLE & PROFIT © FRANCE 24 The European Central Bank is making plans for a digital currency, an electronic equivalent to cash. FRANCE 24’s Charles Pellegrin speaks to Positive Money Europe’s Executive Director Vicky Van Eyck, who says the digital euro could make the financial system fairer, but fears that privately-owned commercial banks are undermining the new currency’s potential. Also on the programme:Croatia’s accession to the European Union and its Schengen zone has allowed Croatians to work elsewhere in the bloc, leading to a massive labour…

Issued on: 05/04/2024 – 08:13Modified: 05/04/2024 – 09:05 03:28 FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Editor Kethevane Gorjestani © France 24 Israel’s announcement of a ‘temporary’ opening of aid routes into Gaza “seems to be at least the first result from that tense phone call between Joe Biden and Binyamin Netanyahu”, said FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Editor Kethevane Gorjestani. “There are three elements in this improvement for the access to aid in Gaza: the reopening of the Erez corssing [. . .], the temporary use of the Ashdod port [. . .], and the increase of deliveries of direct aid through Jordan, through…

Togo’s opposition on Thursday called for a three-day mass protest to demonstrate against the government’s decision to delay this month’s legislative elections. Issued on: 05/04/2024 – 03:24 2 min Tensions between President Faure Gnassingbe’s government and the opposition have heightened following parliament’s approval of a contested constitutional reform critics say is a bid to keep Togo’s leader in power.The presidency announced Wednesday that more consultations were needed over the reforms and suspended the April 20 legislative and regional elections without giving a new date.Four opposition parties and a civil society group issued a statement calling for protests on April 11,…

Issued on: 04/04/2024 – 22:32Modified: 04/04/2024 – 22:37 03:07 The Israeli government wants to send Palestinian cancer patients back to Gaza. They arrived in Jerusalem before Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on 7th October, in order to get treatment not available in Gaza. Now that their cancer is in remission, the Israeli government considers that they no longer have the right to remain in Israel. But an appeal has been made to the Supreme Court, which gives them a delay of 30 days. Watch this report by Robert Parsons, Claire Duhamel and Mohamed Farhat. Read more on related topics: Source…

A French court on Wednesday sentenced Audrey Mondjehi to a 30-year jail term for helping an Islamist militant who killed five people in a 2018 attack on a Christmas market in the eastern city of Strasbourg. Issued on: 04/04/2024 – 22:36 2 min The 42-year-old was the main defendant among four accused of helping Islamist militant Cherif Chekatt, who shot and stabbed shoppers at the market and was killed by police after a 48-hour manhunt.Prosecutors said Mondjehi, who is of Ivory Coast origin, helped Chekatt obtain a gun for the attack in a square in front of Strasbourg cathedral on…

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France and its allies could have stopped the 1994 Rwanda genocide but lacked the will to do so, a strong declaration ahead of the African country’s 30th anniversary of the slaughter that left over 800,000 people dead. Issued on: 04/04/2024 – 18:03Modified: 04/04/2024 – 19:25 1 min Macron’s office said in a statement that the French president will release a video on social media on Sunday as Rwanda marks the solemn commemoration of the genocide.In the video, Macron says that “France, which could have stopped the genocide with its Western and African allies,…

Nearly six months into a deadly war that has ravaged Gaza, the Palestine Olympic Committee is battling against formidable odds to ensure its athletes take part in the Paris Games this summer. Its technical director Nader Jayousi tells FRANCE 24 his country’s delegation will bring a “message of peace” to the world and inspire Palestinian children “whose dreams have been shattered by bombs”.   Palestinian athletes have taken part in every Summer Olympics since they were first admitted to the Atlanta Games in 1996. Each participation has carried a special significance for residents of the Palestinian Territories and the Palestinian diaspora,…