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Sudan's El-Fasher under the RSF, destroyed and 'full of bodies'

When Sudanese nurse Asmaa returned to the Darfur city of El-Fasher, she found only bodies where her neighbours once lived and no sign of the family she had come to save.

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Police in South Africa launch manhunt after nine killed, 10 injured in shooting

Nine people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting Sunday morning in a township in Johannesburg, South Africa. Authorities have launched a manhunt for the suspects, in what is the second such shooting in the country this month..

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Hakimi's return for Cup of Nations adds another chapter to defender's legend

Morocco coach Walid Regragui played a deadpan blinder after unveiling his players for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. A grudging five-minute interview with a reporter at the Moroccan football federation headquarters in the capital Rabat followed the announcement on social media that the injured Paris Saint-Germain star Achraf Hakimi…

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Africa Cup of Nations hosts Morocco to open tournament on record winning streak

Following a €70 million revamp, the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat will be the setting on Sunday night for the opening game of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, at which tournament hosts Morocco will take on Comoros.

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'The Arab Spring has only just begun', exiled former Tunisian leader tells RFI

As Tunisia marks the 15th anniversary of the revolution that provoked the Arab Spring, RFI spoke to exiled former leader Moncef Marzouki, the first to be democratically elected after the fall of longtime ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, about what the revolution achieved.

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Africa Cup of Nations to be held every four years after 2028 edition

The Africa Cup of Nations will be staged every four years following an edition planned for 2028 in a major change to what is currently a biennial showpiece, African football chief Patrice Motsepe announced on Saturday.

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Senior French civil servant accused of mass drinks spiking to humiliate women

More than 200 women in France allege they were drugged by a senior civil servant at the Ministry of Culture who gave them hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. The events occured between 2009 and 2018 but while the accused is under judicial control he is…

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Morocco boss Regragui declares skipper Hakimi fit for Africa Cup of Nations

Morocco head coach Walid Regragui on Saturday declared that skipper Achraf Hakimi was fit and ready to lead the squad to glory at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

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Paris prosecutor opens investigation into missing uranium in Niger

The Paris prosecutor has opened a probe into organised gang theft, in the interests of a foreign power, after uranium went missing from a site in Niger previously operated by French nuclear fuel group Orano.

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UN mulls new mandate for DR Congo peacekeepers at critical moment for conflict

With hostilities once again flaring in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations is weighing another extension of its Monusco peacekeeping mission when its mandate expires this month. Though the UN had been charting a progressive withdrawal, renewed fighting and an international push for peace look set to…

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Tanzania police accused of ‘unlawful lethal force’ after protests left 700 dead

Evidence gathered by human rights NGO Amnesty International shows Tanzania’s post-election protests were met with overwhelming force, with the United Nations estimating at least 700 people were killed in the unrest – raising questions about the future of civic freedoms in the country.

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Is an 'Arab NATO' possible in today's Middle East?

Arab and Muslim countries are once again debating the creation of a NATO-style military alliance, as Israeli strikes on Doha and wider regional tensions sharpen concerns about collective security and outside protection. The idea has surfaced many times in the past and gained fresh momentum in recent months – but…

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Court rejects France's request to suspend Shein over illegal products

A Paris court on Friday rejected the state's request to suspend e-commerce site Shein in France over the sale of illicit products, saying the platform had removed harmful items from its marketplace.

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France rolls out 'strong protection' label for 63 marine areas

France has launched a new “strong marine protection zones” label across 63 sites in its waters – taking a concrete step towards a pledge made in June at the UN Ocean Summit in Nice.

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Mercosur meets in Brazil, EU eyes January 12 trade deal

Representatives of the South American Mercosur bloc met in Brazil Friday, as EU diplomatic sources said a long-delayed trade deal may now be signed on January 12.

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Frenchwoman sent back from Syria sentenced to 10 years for terrorist conspiracy

A Paris court sentenced a Frenchwoman repatriated from camps in north-east Syria to 10 years in prison on Thursday for terrorist conspiracy linked to the Islamic State group.

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EU delays Mercosur trade deal amid farmers' protests and political divide

The European Union has delayed the signing of a trade deal with the South American Mercosur bloc, as protests by farmers and push back from key member states France and Italy expose the political fault lines running through Europe’s agricultural policy.

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EU greenlights €90bn loan for Ukraine, without frozen Russian assets

European Union leaders have agreed a €90 billion loan package for Ukraine, offering Kyiv a financial lifeline as it faces mounting budgetary pressure, but stopped short of the contentious step of using frozen Russian state assets.

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Nairobi sounds alarm over recruiters luring Kenyans into Russian war effort

Kenya has pledged to crack down on overseas recruitment networks after hundreds of its citizens were lured to Russia with promises of work, only to be sent to military camps and, in some cases, the front line in Ukraine.

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China's power paradox: clean energy surge conflicts with coal safety net

Ten years on from the Paris climate agreement, China sits at the heart of the global energy transition – as both the world’s biggest emitter of carbon dioxide and its biggest driver of renewable power.

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French parliament unanimously exonerates women punished for abortion

French lawmakers have unanimously approved a landmark bill exonerating women who were punished for having abortions before the procedure was legalised in 1975 – a move hailed by feminist groups as a symbolic affirmation of reproductive rights.

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Podcast: in defence of paper Braille, Le French Gut, a pioneering midwife

France's largest Braille publisher struggles to continue producing embossed books in the digital age. Researchers delve into people's guts with a large-scale study on the French population's microbiome. And Louise Bourgeois, the French midwife who in 1609 became the first woman in Europe to publish a book about medicine.

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Guadeloupe: 16,000 cars with defective Takata airbags still on the road

The French overseas department of Guadeloupe still has 16,000 vehicles equipped with defective Takata airbags on its roads, despite the island having already seen several fatal accidents linked to the faulty equipment.

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Farmers descend on Brussels to protest EU Mercosur trade deal

Thousands of farmers have taken to the streets of Brussels to protest European Union plans for a trade agreement with the South American Mercosur bloc and the reform of agricultural subsidies. Meanwhile, with France and Italy urging caution and other EU member states pushing for speed, Europe is still divided…

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