Ethiopia’s Afar region pleads for aid as food trucks head to Tigray • FRANCE 24 English

In tonight’s edition: Displaced people in Ethiopia’s Afar region plead for food assistance as aid heads to the neighbouring Tigray region. Also, as worldwide investment in startups stagnates or drops off, African innovation continues to excite. Funding for African startups has doubled in the first half of this year. Finally, Togolese soprano Clémentine Ayéfouni mixes Western classical opera and traditional African rhythms in unique performances to share her passion for classical music. Our correspondents went to meet her.

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