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The United States on Friday criticized Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye after he called for public stoning of same-sex couples, the latest anti-gay broadside by an East African leader.

France and Jordan this week jointly airdropped seven tonnes of aid to civilians and aid workers in Gaza, as Israel continued to conduct air strikes against the militant group Hamas in the area. The United Nations says that the Palestinian territory has now been rendered "uninhabitable".

Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, has been named as president-designate of the Cop29 climate conference. He will be the second oil executive in a row to head the global environmental summit after UAE's Sultan Al Jaber in 2023.

French diplomacy in Africa weakened considerably in 2023 as former allies steered their foreign policies elsewhere in the wake of military coups and general political upheaval. A new law making it harder for foreigners to immigrate to France has compounded matters.

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the presidential candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There’s “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, Ollia Horton’s “Happy Moment”, loads of great music, and of course, the new quiz question, so click on the “Play”…

The Israel-Hamas war shows no signs of abating – three months on – as regional players are sucked into the fray despite a flurry of diplomatic responses. As Middle Eastern neighbours tread a fine line, France has warned Iran and its proxies to steer clear of the fight. RFI examines…

An investigation has been launched following the discovery of anti-Semitic and anti-French graffiti on the main road leading to northern Corsica's Calvi airport.

French President Emmanuel Macron thanked the late Jacques Delors for giving EU integration some of its greatest leaps forward at a state funeral on Friday for the former head of the European Commission.

Michel Cherrier passed away on 2 January in Calvados, Normandy. The baker from Caen received the Legion of Honour in 2015 for his actions during the French Resistance.

Senegal's Supreme Court on Friday upheld opposition politician Ousmane Sonko's defamation conviction – dealing yet another blow to his hopes of contesting next month's presidential elections.

The United Kingdom is not sufficiently coordinating with French efforts to reduce the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats, a French report alleges. Britain has disputed the claims.