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Burkina Faso government suspends broadcast of France’s RFI

The Burkinabe military government is the second West African nation to suspend RFI’s broadcast after neighbouring Mali.

Al Jazeera

Paris Opera seeks to nurture artistic talent in French Guiana

Seeking out new audiences and fresh talent, the Paris Opera is launching a three-year outreach programme in French Guiana that aims to make it easier for people in the overseas department to pursue careers in opera and ballet.

Radio France Internationale

Burkina Faso military government suspends broadcast of France's RFI radio

Burkina Faso's military government has suspended the broadcast of France's RFI radio in the Sahel West African state over what it said were false reports and giving voice to Islamist militants, a statement from the government said on Saturday.

Reuters

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India's Supreme Court to consider recognition of same-sex marriage

India’s Supreme Court is to consider recognising same-sex marriage under the Special Marriage Act (SMA) which still contains reservations on the issue.

Radio France Internationale

Prize-winner Victor Moturi

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about RFI English correspondent Victor Moturi. There’s “On This Day”, the bonus question and the “Listeners Corner”, Ollia Horton’s “Happy Moment”, and “Music from Erwan”. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the…

Radio France Internationale

World AIDS Day:Anti-viral therapy is available to 70% of people living with HIV, AIDS

More than 40 years after its onset, AIDS remains a major public health issue. Sharon Lewin, President of the International AIDS Society (IAS), explains that while there is still no vaccine or cure, effective antiretroviral treatments exist. The challenge now is to make them available to everyone.

Radio France Internationale

Burkina Faso transitional leader confirms coup attempt but favours dialogue

Burkina Faso’s interim president Captain Ibrahim Traoré has told civil society groups there was indeed a recent coup attempt against his government.

Radio France Internationale

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France heads into ninth Covid wave in lead up to Christmas

The latest official data shows an upsurge in Covid-19 infections and hospitalisations in France – at a time when the country's hospitals are already struggling to deal with flu and bronchiolitis epidemics.

Radio France Internationale

Chad to try 400 people over deadly anti-government protests ahead of international inquiry

The trial of over 400 people who joined last month's anti-government protests is to open in a desert prison in Chad on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the military authorities are insisting that a Chadian oversee an international inquiry into the deaths of civilians on Thursday 20 October.

Radio France Internationale

There’s Music in the Kitchen, No 25

This week on The Sound Kitchen, a special treat: RFI English listeners’ musical requests. Just click on the “Audio” arrow above and enjoy!

Radio France Internationale

Young Indians help revive coastal towns reeling from climate change

Chilika Lake, the largest brackish water lagoon in the Indian state of Odisha, is a prominent biodiversity hotspot along the east coast with thousands of migratory birds visiting from different parts of the world every year.

Radio France Internationale

Paris exhibition celebrates Fela Kuti, the rebel king of Afrobeat

The Paris Philharmonie is paying homage to Fela Kuti, pioneer of Afrobeat – a musical current that emerged from Nigeria in a swirl of postcolonial enthusiasm, experimentation and political rebellion. A major exhibition traces the origins of Fela Kuti's pan-African activism and his lasting influence.

Radio France Internationale

France accused of failing to monitor NGO who 'stole children' in Mali

New details in the case of nine children in Mali who allege they were fraudulently adopted in France in the 1990s suggest French authorities were aware of wrongdoings at the time and failed to act, journalist Morgane Le Cam told RFI.

Radio France Internationale

Animal cruelty or local culture? Bullfighting ban divides France

As France's parliament prepares to debate banning bullfighting outright, its defenders and opponents are equally passionate in their arguments for and against the practice.

Radio France Internationale

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Paris Perspective #36: American socialism and the US midterms - Max Dunitz

This edition of Paris Perspective looks at the outcome of the US midterm elections, asking why a Republican "red wave" failed to emerge, and examining the potential of American socialism ahead of the 2024 presidential face-off.

Radio France Internationale

French festival celebrates diversity of vintage Indian cinema

The 44th edition of the Festival des 3 Continents has opened in the western French city of Nantes. This year’s event honours Indian cinema, with an eclectic programme dedicated to the golden years of filmmaking from 1970 through to 1990.

Radio France Internationale

GOAL! French striker Karim Benzema scores again and again

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Ballon d’Or. There’s “On This Day”, the bonus question and the “Listeners Corner” with Michael Fitzpatrick, and the new quiz question, too. So click on the “Audio” arrow above and enjoy!

Radio France Internationale

France's national library celebrates Proust 100 years after his death

France's Marcel Proust, who died 100 years ago this week, is regarded as one of the greatest novelists of all time. To mark the anniversary, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France is hosting a major exhibition in Paris, where some of the secrets of Proust's 2,400-page novel "In Search of Lost…

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Biodiversity goals crucial to saving planet, experts tell climate summit

Biodiversity took a front seat at the Cop27 climate summit on Thursday as conservationists, activists and indigenous leaders underlined the crucial need to protect nature in order to ward off the most damaging impacts of climate change.

Radio France Internationale

Conservationists question how India's imported cheetahs will adapt to new home

As cheetahs transferred to central India from Africa made their first kill, officials hailed the hunt as a sign the animals were adapting to their new home – but some experts say India's hopes of reintroducing the big cats are unrealistic.

Radio France Internationale

Global warming forces Kashmir farmers to grow saffron indoors

Farmers in Kashmir are experimenting with new techniques for growing saffron as global warming stunts traditional production of the world's most expensive spice in the Himalayan foothills.

France 24

Colombian President Gustavo Petro: ‘The war on drugs was a failure’

The war against drugs has killed more than a million people in Latin America without denting the power of drug trafficking mafias, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro tells FRANCE 24 and RFI in a wide-ranging interview that also touches on the war in Ukraine, the climate emergency and the tentative peace…

Radio France Internationale

Fuel depot blockades

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the strike by French distribution depot workers at TotalEnergies and Esso-Exxon Mobil. There’s the bonus question and the “Listeners Corner” with Michael Fitzpatrick, “Music from Erwan”, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the…

Radio France Internationale

Senate race neck-and-neck; Republicans to clinch control of lower house

Results are still being declared in the US mid-term elections, with control of Congress hanging in the balance. Republicans are likely to take control of the House of Representatives, according to projections, but the Senate fight remains on a knife-edge. If Democrats lose control of either, Republicans will be able…

Radio France Internationale

Venezuelan photographer Fabiola Ferrero wins Carmignac Photojournalism Award

Venezuelan photographer, Fabiola Ferrero, won the 12th Carmignac Photojournalism Award for her series Venezuela, The Wells Run Dry, documenting the disappearance of the Venezuelan middle class following the collapse of the oil industry.

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