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Chela Noori, the founder and president of the Afghan Women of France organisation, was recently able to travel across Afghanistan for the first time since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. She told RFI about the conditions in which she found women and girls living, under the oppressive regime.

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France’s government is weighing a controversial move – scrapping two public holidays – as part of a push to fill state coffers. Prime Minister François Bayrou has given unions and employers until 30 September to discuss the measure, or risk the government pushing it through.

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Nigeria is hosting one of Africa’s biggest tech gatherings on Tuesday, with debates ranging from Wolof-speaking chatbots to medical algorithms. The ambition is to harness artificial intelligence to transform economies – but patchy internet, unreliable electricity and low investment remain major obstacles.

With hunger and disease spreading across Gaza and hospitals short of crucial supplies, an aid worker in Gaza City has told RFI of life under siege – describing how families are packed into shrinking safe zones, queuing for water for hours and struggling to find food and medicine as the…

Frustration has grown since the military government banned political parties and extended its rule indefinitely.

From record-breaking heatwaves to unprecedented droughts and wildfires, extreme weather is gripping the globe and underscoring the urgency of the climate crisis.

French scientists are mapping plankton across the Indo-Pacific – using Navy ships to study the microscopic organisms that produce half of Earth’s oxygen, feed the ocean and help regulate the planet’s carbon. The eight-year mission is charting life in remote waters to understand how these drifting ecosystems evolve – and…