The Latest Breaking News from RFI

France is ramping up diplomatic efforts to secure the release of Christophe Gleizes, the French sports journalist handed a seven-year prison sentence in Algeria, with President Emmanuel Macron insisting he wants to see him home “as soon as possible”. Gleizes’s parents told RFI they hope to meet Macron as soon…

Immediately after the 2015 Paris attacks, French police were granted extra powers to search and detain people suspected of links to terrorism. Ten years later, many of these exceptional measures have become law and legislators continue to expand surveillance – steps that human rights experts say encroach on civil liberties…

Two of Guinea-Bissau's main political parties saw their headquarters attacked by armed men on Saturday as the military continues to establish its grip on power following a coup earlier this week. Party officials say they fear an attempt to plant weapons in preparation for bringing false charges against them.

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the OTHER famous theft from the Louvre Museum. There are your answers to the bonus question on “The Listeners Corner”, and a tasty musical dessert on Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan”. All that and the new…

Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab is based on a recording of a six-year-old girl trapped under fire in Gaza, calling the Palestinian Red Crescent for help. RFI spoke to the director about why it was so important to her to make this film, which was…

In a geopolitical landscape shaped by the ongoing war in Ukraine, neighbouring Romania’s role in European defence highlights the broader challenges facing the EU and NATO. RFI spoke to Claudiu Nasui, a former Romanian economy minister and current member of parliament in the pro-European Save Romania Union party, about the…

Guinea-Bissau’s military has installed General Horta Nta Na Man as transitional president for one year, a statement said, one day after they deposed the country's president in a swift power grab that followed a disputed election.

Domestic violence is rising in France and children have been recognised in law as victims in their own right since 2022. As the world marked International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Tuesday, RFI visited the country’s only centre supporting children as they try to recover.

European and African leaders are meeting in Angola for a summit focused on trade and renewing the relationship between African and European countries that have been tested by growing influence of Russia, China and the United States.