International🌐 Available in EnglishSeptember 12, 2026
Children die in a school fire in Bukavu
France 24
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France 24
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A school fire in Bukavu, an M23 rebel-held city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has claimed the lives of children. Tonight's program also covers Senegal's ambitions in developing a homegrown satellite industry and the challenges facing African cities amid population growth and climate crisis.
From the show
In tonight's programme we begin in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where children have died after a school fire broke out in the M23 rebel occupied city of Bukavu. Also, Senegal looks to the skies as it seeks to develop its home-grown satellite industry. And finally, we wonder about the future of African cities. How will they cope with the population boom and climate crisis? A question, the Kenya architecture biennale in Nairobi tried to answer.