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Media rights body helps RFI, France 24 bypass Mali internet ban

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has announced the creation of "mirror" websites that allow RFI and France 24 to remain available online in Mali despite a ruling junta ban on the French broadcasters.

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RFI and France 24 contest ‘definitive’ broadcasting ban in Mali

Mali’s media regulator has ordered the definitive suspension of RFI radio and France 24 television in the country, a month after its ruling military junta accused the news organisations of reporting “false allegations” of abuse by the Malian army. The broadcasters’ parent company, France Médias Monde (FMM), has “strongly contested”…

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FRANCE 24 and RFI contest ‘definitive’ broadcasting suspension in Mali

Mali’s media regulator on Wednesday ordered the definitive suspension of FRANCE 24 television and RFI radio in the country, a month after the country’s ruling military junta accused the news organisations of reporting “false allegations” of abuse by the Malian army. The broadcasters’ parent company France Médias Monde said it…

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French media group challenges Mali's definitive suspension of French broadcasters

The France Medias Monde organisation said on Wednesday that it challenged Mali's decision to suspend definitively the broadcasts in Mali of France 24 and RFI.

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Macron vows to respond to voter anger after beating far-right Le Pen in presidential elections

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday vowed to find a response to the anger of voters who backed his far-right rival Marine Le Pen in elections, saying his new term would not continue unchanged from the last five years.

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There’s Music in the Kitchen - the 18th of many to come!

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Revolution and the arts: how Picasso inspired the Arab world

What were the connections between the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and contemporary artists across the Middle East and north Africa? That is the question raised by the Institut du Monde Arabe in the French city of Tourcoing, with an exhibition reuniting 70 works by artists from Algeria to Syria –…

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Podcast: Macron vs Le Pen, Mélenchon supporters protest, France's first elected woman

The two presidential candidates faced off in a three-hour debate Wednesday in which they tried to convince undecided voters. Did it work? Leftist Mélenchon voters on what to do in the second round. And the first woman elected to office in France in 1925.

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Grain shortfall from Ukraine war exacerbates food insecurity in Africa

In an effort to cover wheat shortages following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, African countries are looking to other sources, or trying to use local-based alternatives in order to provide bread each day. However this is also causing a spike in food prices.

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There’s Music in the Kitchen - the 17th of many to come!

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Why Hungary, accused of xenophobia, has welcomed almost half a million refugees

This week, the number of refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine is approaching the 5 million mark. Their first port of entry are countries that border western Ukraine. From there, many people continue their arduous journey west, but not after a pitstop in refugee centres in Poland, Slovakia, Romania and…

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Russia blocks FRANCE 24 sister radio station RFI website

Russia's media watchdog Roskomnadzor on Friday blocked access to the website of French radio station RFI for violating a law banning the dissemination of false or extremist information.

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India holds its breath for the biggest ever demolition of illegal skyscrapers

Workers in the Indian city of Noida were stripping the brickwork of two skyscrapers marked for demolition after they were deemed illegal by the courts. But town planners warn that India lacks the expertise necessary to tear down the towers, which stand as a symbol of corruption in the country's…

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Stay or go? Tough choice for Ivorian refugees living in Liberia for two decades

Jealian Didier fled his native Côte d'Ivoire after fighting broke out nearly 20 years ago. The 46-year-old father of five is among some 200 refugees finally returning from northern Liberia, where they've lived since 2003. Others, however, prefer to remain in their adopted homeland.

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Mélenchon turns kingmaker as Macron and Le Pen pitch for his left-wing votes

Veteran leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon lost out on a place in France’s presidential election run-off, but his 7,714,574 votes have made him the strongest force on the Left. Where those votes go will likely determine whether incumbent Emmanuel Macron or Marine Le Pen becomes president.

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Africans not surprised by Macron, Le Pen run-off

Most Africans living in France and on the continent are not surprised by the results of the first round of the French presidential elections. A good many hold no illusions of radical change in French foreign policy towards Africa.

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Seaside Indian state rolls out Caravan tourism in ‘God’s Own Country’

India’s Kerala state has flagged off its first caravan park and promised more as the latest attraction for Europeans who flock there but only to lounge in houseboats on the backwaters of the seaside region that prides itself as “God’s Own Country.”

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India offers Covid booster doses to all adults as infections spurt in

India has offered booster shots to all above 18 years as it widened a campaign to vaccinate its 1.4 billion people against Covid-19. Experts praised the move and said it will also ease hurdles Indians face while travelling abroad.

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WHO to set up global centre for traditional medicine in India’s Gujarat

The World Health Organization will set up a global hub for traditional medicine to provide affordable healthcare solutions and research as well as reliable evidence that alternative healing is based on science and not fiction.

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The Kenyan company turning trash into cash

Finding a gap in the industry, Kenyan entrepreneurs Mohamud Omari and Rashid Omari founded a Kenyan-made pencil company, manufacturing hundreds of thousands of pencils every year from recycled newspaper at their factory in Nairobi.

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What can Europe learn from Orban's victory in Hungary's elections?

Hungary's voters gave an overwhelming fourth mandate to incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orban on 3 April. But critics and observers say that state control of the media, misinformation and a lack of democratic tradition played crucial roles in the victory for Orban's extreme-right Fidesz party. As France gears up for…

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Nigerian students blocked in Ukraine

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. There’s information about Planète Radio’s ePOP video competition which you should all enter, and great music from composer, singer and bassist Esperanza Spalding. All that, and the new quiz question, too,…

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'Unfailing support' for French journalist Olivier Dubois a year after Mali kidnapping

A year to the day since French journalist Olivier Dubois was taken hostage by a jihadist group in Mali, President Emmanuel Macron says France is "fully mobilised" to ensure his release. RFI, meanwhile, is relaying messages of support on its airwaves.

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DRC's indigenous Batwa being wiped out in the name of conservation: NGO

Murder, rape, arson, immolating children and mutilating corpses are among some of the rights abuses allegedly being carried out against indigenous people by the military and forest rangers at Kahuzi Biega National Park, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Paris Perspective #27: Fear and loathing on the campaign trail 2022 - Gérald Olivier

With only a few days to go before approximately 48 million registered voters are invited to cast their ballot in France’s first round of presidential elections, Paris Perspective looks at the polemics that have shaped the campaign trails to date and the probabilities of the outcome of round one on…

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