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A third of Africa will head to the polls in 2024, with at major issues on the line in at least 18 countries gearing up for an election year. These include coup-hit Mali, Chad and Burkina Faso – if the junta leaders in those countries stay true to their word.…

This Monday 1 January 2024, Belgium takes over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union from Spain. The small nation will face the challenge of organising its own national elections which coincide with the European elections in June.

The past 12 months have seen the deaths of people who made history in France and beyond, from politics to culture, business to science. RFI reviews some of 2023's most notable deaths.

"Omen", the debut feature from Congolese director Baloji, is a poignant tale of cross-cultural discovery that weaves together themes of witchcraft, exclusion and feminism. Having already impressed the jury at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, the film has been picked to represent Belgium at next year's Oscars.

Chadians have voted in favour of a new constitution that critics say could help cement the power of junta leader Mahamat Idriss Déby.

Exiled Tibetan leaders have been travelling to Paris to meet with members of the diaspora as Beijing steps up its forceful integration policies of ethnic minorities. RFI spoke to one of them, exiled foreign minister “Kalon” Norzin Dolma.

Authorities in the DRC say the first results from general elections will be published Friday. Millions of people voted over two days this week in a ballot that has been marked by severe logistical troubles.

The Statue of Liberty, an enduring symbol of freedom and democracy, stands in New York Harbor on Liberty Island off the coast of Manhattan. Beyond its iconic exterior, the statue's infrastructure is a monument of engineering and innovation and was designed by Gustave Eiffel and his company on the outskirts…

Ben Ahmar Koné left Côte d'Ivoire to study medicine in Ukraine – until war forced him to flee to France. Now newly qualified as a doctor, he tells RFI why he has decided to return to his home country.

Sexual and gender-based violence has been pervasive in Cameroon's Northwest and Southwest regions since separatist fighters launched their armed rebellion against government forces six years ago, demanding independence for the country's English-speaking minority. RFI spoke to survivors still living with the fallout.

Jessy B from the Republic of Congo is the winner of the 2023 RFI Prix Découvertes (Discovery Prize) for upcoming musicians from the African continent. Chosen by a jury headed by French rapper Black M, she takes over from Malian artist Black AD.