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Family feud yields sour grapes at French drinks empire Castel

A court in Singapore is preparing to rule on a power struggle at the Castel Group, a family-run French beverage business that has grown to be one of the largest drinks companies in Europe and Africa – and is currently the subject of a dispute between two of the founder's…

Radio France Internationale · Oct 1

French PM holds crisis meeting as student protests spread nationwide

High school protests in France spread to universities on Thursday as students demanding more funding, smaller classes and the replacement of absent teachers continued blockades across the country. The government has announced a new platform to hear high school students' grievances, after days of protests that have left students and…

Radio France Internationale · Oct 1

Paris court jails six men for manslaughter over mass drowning in Channel

A Paris court has found six men guilty of ​manslaughter over the deaths of 27 people in the Channel in 2021 – the worst mass drowning on record involving migrants in the narrow waterway separating France and Britain.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 1

Who is Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, Morocco’s first female prime minister?

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri has been named Morocco’s first female prime minister – another first for the 50-year-old lawyer, who became the first female mayor of Marrakesh 17 years ago. But who is the woman now tasked with leading Morocco’s government?

Radio France Internationale · Sep 30

Rugby World Cup bosses promise big party at first 24-team tournament

Organisers of the 2027 Rugby World Cup on Wednesday promised a massive party during the first 24-team tournament, which starts next October in Perth, Western Australia.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 30

France and UK scrap migrant exchange deal after one-year trial

A year-old deal between France and Britain to return migrants crossing the Channel illegally on small boats has come to an end, the UK interior ministry said Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 30

Eiffel Tower chief to leave after women sidelined during Hindu visit

Eiffel Tower director Patrick Branco Ruivo will step down at the end of the year, the tower’s operator has announced, after female staff were excluded during a visit by a Hindu religious group – an incident that triggered a strike that closed the Paris landmark for a day.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 30

‘Welcome back’: Macron and Sanchez embrace prospect of UK return to EU

French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed British Prime Minister Andy Burnham's reopening of the debate over the United Kingdom's relationship with the European Union, responding to the possibility of the UK eventually rejoining the bloc with a simple message in English: “Welcome back.”

Radio France Internationale · Sep 30

Ghana boss Queiroz refuses to quit after poor start to 2027 AFCON qualifiers

Ghana head coach Carlos Queiroz on Wednesday refused to resign after his side's calamitous 4-2 defeat at home to Gambia in qualifiers for next year's Africa Cup of Nations in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 30

Exiled Burkina publisher tells RFI of repression and fear four years after coup

Burkina Faso on Wednesday marks four years since military strongman Captain Ibrahim Traoré took over in a coup. Comparing himself to anti-colonial icon Thomas Sankara, Traoré promised a "progressive and popular" revolution. RFI spoke to Inoussa Ouédraogo, a publishing director who now lives in exile about the country's fading human…

Radio France Internationale · Sep 30