Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from RFI

Climate-hit citizens launch legal challenge against French state

Fourteen people in France – backed by major environmental groups – have taken legal steps against the government for failing to protect the population from the effects of climate change. It’s the first case of its kind in the EU focused not on reducing emissions, but on adaptation – the…

Radio France Internationale

US aid freeze halts Malawi’s top science programme, disrupting research

Just over a year after the US government, through the agency USAID, introduced a five-year, $17 million initiative to strengthen higher education in Malawi through science projects, the programme has been abruptly closed, disrupting research and innovation, one of the affected universities has confirmed.

Radio France Internationale

From Dakar to Paris, stories of struggle and joy told by modern African dance

For Franco-Senegalese choreographer Germaine Acogny, dance is a powerful medium that can bring people together and tell compelling stories. A group of young dancers from the African diaspora is applying her techniques in an innovative project created through workshops in Paris and Dakar.

Radio France Internationale

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Children’s tale takes root in West Africa’s fight to regrow its forests

A bedtime story written by a journalist for his daughter during lockdown has grown into a reforestation movement reaching 30,000 children in West Africa.

Radio France Internationale

Rebel gods take centre stage in Kerala’s fight against inequality

In northern Kerala, far from India’s big cities and tourist trails, an ancient ritual brings the gods down to earth – and takes aim at injustice. RFI went to the town of Payyanur to witness this Hindu ceremony carried out by Theyyam performers.

Radio France Internationale

Artificial inteIligence and Lingora

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about AI and the French company Lingora. There’s “The Listener’s Corner”, Ollia Horton’s “Happy Moment”, and an homage to Muhammad Shamim, the president of the RFI Golden Eagles Club. All that, and the new quiz and bonus…

Radio France Internationale

As Europe pours money into defence, reliance on US remains a sticking point

Tensions with the United States are rising as Europe draws up plans to spend hundreds of billions of euros on defence. EU leaders say the bloc must prepare to rely less on American military support, but Washington has warned against shutting US arms makers out of future contracts. Analysts say…

Radio France Internationale

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Tesla sales plunge in France as more owners resell their cars

Tesla is losing ground in France. Registrations of new vehicles have dropped 41 percent since the start of the year, while second-hand listings have shot up. Experts say model changes, stronger competition and growing unease with CEO Elon Musk are all playing a role.

Radio France Internationale

Bringing the beat home: African musicians push for local music production

This week on Spotlight on Africa, we explore the growing movement among African musicians to produce their music on home soil rather than relying on studios and opportunities abroad, particularly in Europe.

Radio France Internationale

Outcry in Guinea as ex-military leader Camara pardoned by junta chief

Guinea's ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara, jailed for 20 years over a 2009 massacre, has been pardoned for "health reasons" by the West African country's junta head Mamadi Doumbouya. The decision has prompted angry reactions from victims, their families and human rights groups.

Radio France Internationale

From 1960 to present day, 11 dates that explain the conflict in the DRC

Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen recurrent armed conflict, political tensions, regional power struggles and battles over its natural resources. RFI takes a look at the pivotal moments in the country's history and their connections with today's events.

Radio France Internationale

Further arrests as Turkey cracks down on protests over jailed Istanbul mayor

The lawyer of Istanbul's jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has now been arrested, alongside several more journalists, following the country's biggest demonstrations against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan since 2013.

Radio France Internationale

Topsy-turvy geopolitics

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the US vote at the 24 February UN General Assembly. There’s an homage to Bangladesh’s Independence Day, “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, and Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan” – all that, and the new quiz…

Radio France Internationale

Europe's far-right is courting Israel in 'tactical shift' to mask origins

When far-right leaders from Europe attended an anti-Semitism conference in Jerusalem this week, it made headlines. Their parties have roots in Holocaust denial and Nazi collaboration – yet they were welcomed at an event aimed at fighting anti-Semitism.

Radio France Internationale

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Radio France Internationale

Failed truce intensifies conflict in DRC as UN warns of record hunger crisis

A truce announced last week by AFC/M23 rebels in Walikale, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has collapsed after just a few days. The Congolese army now accuses the Rwandan-backed group of reinforcing its military positions in North and South Kivu provinces.

Radio France Internationale

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal sentenced to five years in prison

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has been sentenced to five years in prison for undermining Algeria's territorial integrity.

Radio France Internationale

France’s wine industry is in crisis. Can this Nigerian consultant save it?

France's wine industry is in trouble, with fewer people drinking wine and major export markets facing economic and political pressure. One wine consultant, Chinedu Rita Rosa, of Bordeaux-based Vines of Rosa, suggest some solutions for the French wine industry.

Radio France Internationale

'Paris Noir' exhibition showcases work made in French capital by black artists

The 'Paris Noir' exhibition at the Pompidou Centre brings together works by African, American, Caribbean and Afro-descendant artists who lived and worked in Paris between the 1950s and the end of the 1990s.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Radio France Internationale

The lost-for-over-100-years sculpture found under a dust sheet

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about Camille Claudel’s sculpture. There’s a lovely spring poem from RFI Listeners Club member Helmut Matt, The Sound Kitchen mailbag, “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, and Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan” – all that, and the…

Radio France Internationale

Antarctica: how geopolitics plays out at the end of the Earth

Antarctica is Earth's only uninhabited continent, home to the South Pole, and subject to a delicate balance of cooperation between key players. So what is at stake in the world's southernmost region?

Radio France Internationale

France accused of failing migrant teens trapped in legal limbo

Thousands of unaccompanied migrant youths arrive in France each year seeking safety, education and healthcare. Many claim to be under 18, which would entitle them to special protections under French law. But without documents, they fall into a legal grey zone – too young to be treated as adults, yet…

Radio France Internationale

The impact of lockdown on young people in France, five years after Covid crisis

On 17 March, 2020, France implemented its first nationwide lockdown in an effort to curb the spread of the Covid-19 virus. What followed was a two-month period of strict confinement, mandatory mask-wearing, curfews and university closures. While the pandemic took a psychological toll on almost everyone, the lasting impact on…

Radio France Internationale

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso withdraw from French language body

As French-speaking countries celebrate International Francophone Day, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have this week announced their withdrawal from the International Organisation of Francophonie, which organises the event as part of its mission to celebrate French language around the world.

Radio France Internationale

Malawi's economic crisis pushes prices beyond the reach of struggling population

In Milawi's capital city of Lilongwe, Charles Kabenan desciribed his recent experience when visiting a shop to purchase building materials. The previous day, the total cost of the items had been K1,195,400 (US$681.38), yet within mere hours, it had surged to K1,390,000 (US$792.30).

Radio France Internationale

Macron hails French solidarity five years after first Covid lockdown

Five years ago, on 17 March 2020, France went into lockdown in an attempt to contain the spread of a new virus that came to be known as Covid-19. President Emmanuel Macron on Monday hailed France's solidarity during this period, which he and others say is crucial to remember in…

1 … 25 26 27 28

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Michigan State University

259 stories

The Heritage Foundation

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.