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On wednesday the first ever Africa Cinema Summit kicked off in Ghana’s capital, Accra..The continent’s realising it’s potential as a film powerhouse and better accessibility of film making technology has led to the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers.. The recent huge success of the Nigerian Netflix thriller, The Black Book is also a reflection of the international reach of African productions. Juliet Yaa Asantewa Asante, CEO of Ghana's National Film Authority, spoke to France 24 about what the summit hopes to achieve.
In tonight's edition: Hundreds of millions of dollars are pledged to boost African carbon credit production at the opening day of a landmark climate summit for the continent. Gabon's new leader promises elections to restore civilian rule as he is sworn in as president les than a week after toppling his predecessor. And there's a special reason to celebrate in Senegal as millions of pilgrims from the the Mouride branch of islam come together in Touba.
Kenya's president opened a landmark African climate summit on Monday saying the continent had an "unparalleled opportunity" to benefit from action to tackle global warming. The inaugural Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi comes ahead of a flurry of diplomatic meetings leading to the November COP28 climate summit in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, which will likely be dominated by clashing visions for the world's energy future.
African policymakers will kick off a landmark climate summit in Kenya on Monday aimed at reframing the continent as a budding renewable energy powerhouse and calling for international financial help to unlock its potential. FRANCE 24's Olivia Bizot reports from Nairobi, Kenya.
The leaders of the BRICS nations, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin, addressed a summit in South Africa Wednesday now in its second day. Putin, appearing via video link, said Russia wanted to end a war he said had been "unleashed by the West and its satellites" in Ukraine and hailed the BRICS group’s growing strength and influence on the world stage.
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