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France's pioneering women's rights minister Yvette Roudy dies aged 97

Yvette Roudy, France's first women's rights minister and a leading figure in the country's feminist movement, has died at the age of 97.

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How degradation and drought are threatening the land that feeds us

Desertification is not the spread of deserts. It is the slow degradation of fertile land – a process that now affects 40 percent of the Earth's land surface and leaves around 100 million hectares of healthy land unproductive every year. As governments gather in Mongolia this week for the UN's…

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Angélique Kidjo says Hollywood star is 'for Africa, but also for France'

Singer Angélique Kidjo has become the first black African performer to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame – telling RFI the honour represented “a door opening” at a time of global turmoil.

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France to expel two Iranian diplomats amid growing 'interference' row

France will expel two Iranian diplomats in the coming days in response to Iran's decision to bar two French embassy staff from returning to Tehran, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has said.

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Nigeria election campaign begins as voters grapple with inflation crisis

Campaigning kicks off in Nigeria Wednesday, five months ahead of elections set to be dominated by crushing inflation and President Bola Tinubu's economic reforms.

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Southwest France steps up mosquito control after 20 chikungunya cases

Mosquito control operations are being stepped up across southwestern France after more than 20 locally contracted cases of the chikungunya virus were recorded since the beginning of August, with infections reported in three departments.

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Why climate scientists are struggling to explain Europe’s extreme summer

Europe’s relentless summer heat has raised fresh questions about what is driving repeated extremes across the continent and whether exceptional summers could become the norm.

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Liechtenstein changes royal succession rules, giving women equal rights

Liechtenstein has announced a change in its order of succession, doing away with male heir priority and giving women equal rights to the throne.

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DRC authorities warn Ebola outbreak is worst to date and yet to peak

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak has become the deadliest in the country’s history, surpassing the devastating 2018-2020 epidemic even as health authorities warn that the current outbreak is yet to reach its peak.

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Warnings sent to French taxpayers after hackers allegedly sell stolen data

More than 670,000 French taxpayers are being notified that their personal and tax information has been stolen in cyber attacks on the French tax office and allegedly sold online.

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Hichilema secures second term after tense Zambia election

Zambia's electoral commission has announced that Hakainde Hichilema has been re-elected president after a race that critics said was tightly managed by his government.

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French astronaut Adenot takes giant leap with historic spacewalk

French astronaut Sophie Adenot on Tuesday became the first French woman to perform a spacewalk, carrying out a mission to repair a communications system on the International Space Station (ISS).

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Lamour leaves key Fifa position after criticising Infantino

Frenchman Kevin Lamour has left his role as Fifa's chief operating officer after criticising president Gianni Infantino's scrapped private investor plan, world football's governing body confirmed Monday.

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Iran bars two French diplomats over alleged 'interference'

Iran has said that two French embassy employees who were briefly detained last month following a diplomatic dispute will not be allowed to return to Iran.

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French PM Lecornu says aid available 'immediately' to rebuild fire-hit regions

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Monday announced aid worth €12 million to help residents of the southwest hit by wildfires rebuild their lives. He was heckled earlier in the day by dozens of locals in the town of Le Porge in the Gironde region, who said they were unhappy…

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Cop17 aims to restore land and hope in fight against desertification

Extreme weather across much of Europe and elsewhere is lending added weight to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Cop17), which begins on Monday in Mongolia. RFI looks at what's at stake worldwide.

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Migrants stranded in Ceuta say ‘I’d rather die here than go back to Morocco’

Nearly three weeks after a mass border crossing brought tens of thousands of migrants into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, thousands remain stranded in precarious conditions, Maria Jimenez, spokesperson for the NGO Elin, told RFI. She said many still lack adequate shelter, food and medical care.

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Cameroon beat Malawi to claim maiden Women’s Cup of Nations title

Cameroon claimed a first Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title when they beat Malawi 3-0 in Sunday's final in Morocco, with Marie Ngah Manga’s first-half double helping the the Indomitable Lionesses seal victory.

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Devastated by wildfire, the village of Le Porge pins hopes for support on PM visit

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu will visit the Gironde department in southwestern France on Monday to launch reconstruction efforts, after the area fell victim to the most destructive wildfires seen in 70 years. The mayor of Le Porge – one of the villages worst affected – told RFI he's hoping for…

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Obesity rises sharply as French Polynesia faces chronic health challenges

French Polynesia is facing growing public health pressures as rising rates of chronic disease combine with an ageing population and changing lifestyles. More than half of adult residents are now considered obese.

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Ex-PM Attal urges Macron to put under-15 social media ban to referendum

Gabriel Attal has called on President Emmanuel Macron to put a proposed ban on social media for children under 15 directly to French voters, after the Constitutional Council struck down legislation approved by parliament.

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Solar-powered community gardens offer lifeline in drought-hit Zimbabwe

At a shared garden in eastern Zimbabwe, solar-powered pumps are helping farmers grow crops year round, even when drought dries out other fields.

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Belgium turns to European air support as wildfire rages near German border

Belgium called in aerial reinforcements from across Europe on Sunday as firefighters battled the country’s largest wildfire in more than a century, with flames spreading rapidly through a difficult-to-reach nature reserve near the German border.

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Algeria edge Morocco on penalties in WAFCON third-place play-off

Morocco endured a second painful penalty shootout defeat in the space of four days as Algeria claimed third place at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday following a 1-1 draw in Rabat.

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Morocco arrests nearly 300 migrants near Ceuta amid renewed crossing fears

Scores of would-be migrants, most of them from sub-Saharan Africa, were intercepted in northern Morocco near the border with the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on Saturday, two weeks after tens of thousands of people attempted to enter the territory.

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