[4] The founders of the weekly moved to Paris[5] due to strict censorship imposed during the presidency of Habib Bourgiba.

[6] The magazine covers African political, economic and cultural spheres, with an emphasis on Francophone Africa and the Maghreb.

Jeune Afrique covered the emerging fedayeen movement of the Palestine Liberation Organization immediately after the 1967 war between the Arab states and Israel.

[6] The COVID-19 crisis and the print media situation in France has led to the ongoing digitalization of Jeune Afrique.

In early December 2020, Jeune Afrique's management announced the first redundancy plan in its history due to declining economic results caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.