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Mahsa Amini's death: Filmmaker Mina Keshavarz on the long history of women's resistance in Iran

As FRANCE 24 marks the one-year anniversary of the protest movement sparked by the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, we speak to documentary filmmaker Mina Keshavarz – one of the many Iranian artists who have been jailed for their work. Her 2020 film "The Art of Living in Danger" follows…

France 24 · Sep 14, 2023

Hip hop at 50: How France became the second largest rap market in the world (part 4)

To mark 50 years of hip hop, FRANCE 24’s culture team has recorded three special shows in New York – the birthplace of the culture. In part four of the series we’re in Paris, because France is the second largest hip hop market in the world after the United States.…

France 24 · Sep 14, 2023

Reza Pahlavi, son of Iran’s last shah: A year after Amini's death ‘a new phase of resistance’

A year ago, the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini triggered an unprecedented protest movement in Iran against the authorities of the Islamic Republic. Women led demonstrations questioning the wearing of the hijab, which has since become the symbol of defiance against the oppressive government. Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of…

France 24 · Sep 14, 2023

Morocco's King Mohammed VI visits earthquake patients in Marrakech

Morocco's King Mohammed VI showed solidarity with his suffering nation Tuesday when he visited a hospital in Marrakech and spoke with the injured survivors of the country's deadliest earthquake in six decades. The earthquake, with its epicenter in the Atlas Mountains, took the lives of more than 2,900 people. Read…

France 24 · Sep 12, 2023

Survivors await aid, dread aftershocks in Morocco village stricken by quake

Like many other settlements in Morocco’s stricken Atlas Mountains, the village of Moulay Brahim suffered serious damage and high casualties in Friday’s devastating earthquake. The remaining residents have left their homes, living in fear of aftershocks as they wait for desperately needed aid to reach them. FRANCE 24’s Jean-Marie Lemaire…

France 24 · Sep 11, 2023

Rescue efforts underway in Morocco as death toll tops 2,800

Rescuers on Monday faced a growing race against time to dig any survivors from the rubble of devastated villages in Morocco's Atlas mountains, three days after the massive earthquake that has killed over 2,800 people so far. Moroccan authorities have accepted aid offers from Spain, Britain, Qatar and the United…

France 24 · Sep 11, 2023

Morocco earthquake: 'It's rare to have such large earthquakes in this area'

On Friday evening, Morocco was hit by a magnitude 7 earthquake in the province of Al-Haouz, killing more than 2,000 people. While the seismic risk in this region was known, an earthquake of this magnitude was “unforeseeable”. FRANCE 24 talks with seismologist Florent Brenguier.

France 24 · Sep 10, 2023

Five decades on, Chile still grapples with legacy of Pinochet dictatorship

It has been 50 years since Chile's military junta came to power. On September 11, 1973, the army headed by General Augusto Pinochet launched a coup with the US' covert backing. Soldiers took over the presidential palace, ousting leftist President Salvador Allende, who committed suicide. Pinochet then stayed in power…

France 24 · Sep 8, 2023

India: A secure government job at any cost

With India now the world's most populous nation, providing enough jobs for young people represents a major challenge. Since contracts in the private sector do not offer job stability, millions of young Indians are vying for government jobs like those for soldiers, station masters or teachers. Although salaries are modest,…

France 24 · Sep 8, 2023

Bahrain: 804 political prisoners carry out hunger strike against poor prison conditions

A total of 804 political prisoners incarcerated in Jaw prison in south-eastern Bahrain have been on a hunger strike since August 7, 2023, protesting against poor conditions in the prison. The movement has inspired calls for the prisoners' release and for King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, who has ruled as…

France 24 · Sep 7, 2023