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Mali's ruling junta orders suspension of FRANCE 24 and RFI

Mali's ruling miltary junta on Wednesday night ordered the suspension of FRANCE 24 television and RFI radio in the country, accusing the French public news service of reporting "false allegations" of abuse by the Malian army. In its response, France Médias Monde, the parent company of the two news organisations,…

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France's RFI radio, France 24 television to be suspended in Mali

The ruling military junta in Mali has launched a procedure to suspend broadcasts by French state-funded international RFI radio and France 24 television, accusing the news outlets of reporting "false allegations" of abuse by the Malian army.

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Who are the Russians campaigning to stop Putin and help Ukraine?

While Russian troops advance on major cities in Ukraine, causing unspeakable collateral damage, ordinary people in Russia itself are feeling the weight of the most stringent sanctions the West has ever imposed. However, President Vladimir Putin's war effort is not universally supported by the Russian people. RFI met one of…

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The First World Radio Day

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the first World Radio Day celebration. RFI English journalist Zeenat Hansrod will help us celebrate Independence Day in Mauritius, her home country, and there's The Sound Kitchen mailbag, with music composed and performed by listener Warie…

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The plight of African students stuck in Ukraine: 'We really need to go home'

As Russia opens humanitarian corridors from several Ukrainian main cities, hundreds of African and Indian students trapped in the eastern city of Sumy hope that they will finally escape the last 12 days of hell. Nigerian medicine student, Precious Olawale, described her traumatic experience to RFI.

Radio France Internationale

50 years on - the nuclear 'triangle' resurrected with Russia on high alert

Fifty years ago, the US and China signed the "Shanghai Communiqué" leading to the normalisation of ties between Washington and Beijing. Its main purpose was to counter the Soviet Union which had threatened to "take out" China's nuclear arsenal. RFI looks at how this historical 'triangle' is being reformed against…

Radio France Internationale

Making history: exploring the diplomatic archives of the Quai d'Orsay

When recent events fade into the past, to recapture and to understand those events and their place as historical record, we need looks to contemporaneous documents to get a clear picture of what has happened.

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Médecins Sans Frontières’ 50th birthday

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Nobel Peace Prize-winning NGO, Médecins Sans Frontières. There’s news about the Baha’i festival Ayyam-i-Ha, information on palindromes and ambigrams (!), and contemporary music from Cuba on Music from Erwan. All that and the new quiz…

Radio France Internationale

Malian PM speaks to FRANCE 24, RFI after France withdraws troops

In tonight's edition: In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 and its sister station Radio France Internationale (RFI), Mali's Prime Minister Choguel Maiga says that since 2012, French authorities have tried to divide his country by fueling autonomy claims in the north. And African countries weigh in on Russia's decision…

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Mali’s Prime Minister Choguel Maiga: France had 'a plan' to overthrow the junta government

In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 and its sister radio station Radio France Internationale (RFI), Mali’s Prime Minister Choguel Maiga said that since 2012, French authorities have tried to divide his country by fueling autonomy claims in the north. Maiga said it is clear Paris has never deemed the…

France 24

Diplomacy with Moscow has failed as cracks appear in Putin's plans

Following Russian President Vladimir Putin's recognition of Ukraine's separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, months of speculation over what Moscow's intentions towards Kyiv have been answered: The 2014 invasion of Ukrainian territory has entered a new phase. But therein Putin's problems lie.

Radio France Internationale

AU/EU summit interview: Africa needs to find its own way, NGO director says

EU and African leaders on Thursday launched a two-day summit aimed at rebooting ties through pledges of major investment in the face of competition from China and Russia. But critics say Africa should be able to deal with other blocs on an equal footing. RFI English's Jan van der Made…

Radio France Internationale

‘Human Zoo' expo in Belgium's Africa museum highlights colonial past as EU/AU summit continues

Some twenty kilometers away from the 6th EU/AU summit, Belgian's Africa Museum is showing the Human Zoo exhibition, which revives the forgotten history of colonial powers and their practice of creating displays of human beings in live 'exhibits'.

Radio France Internationale

Movie filmed in FRANCE 24 buildings wins top director prize at Berlin

French filmmaker Claire Denis has won best director at the Berlin Film Festival for a film partly filmed in FRANCE 24's buildings. "Both Sides of the Blade" stars Juliette Binoche as a woman torn between two lovers in pandemic-era Paris. She plays Sara, a journalist who works at FRANCE 24's…

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Ivory Coast's Ouattara says French-led withdrawal from Mali 'creates a void'

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara granted an exclusive interview to FRANCE 24 and RFI ahead of an EU-African Union summit in Brussels. He criticised the planned departure of French and European troops from Mali, saying it "creates a void". Ouattara added that it was the responsibility of domestic African armies to…

Radio France Internationale

Liberia celebrates its bicentenary and ties to the US with celebrations in Monrovia

Liberia has marked its "year of return" and bicentennial anniversary of the return of free black slaves from the United States to Liberia with ceremonies attended by foreign dignitaries in and around the capital, Monrovia.

Radio France Internationale

World Radio Day and you!

This week The Sound Kitchen is offering up a delicious community meal: listeners from all over the world sent in their recorded World Radio Day greetings, and you sure don’t want to miss out on that. You’ll hear the answer to the question about the official working languages at the…

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Liberia's former defence chief Samukai to be jailed for embezzlement

The Supreme Court of Liberia handed down two-year prison sentences to former defence chief Brownie Samukai along with deputies Joseph Johnson and James Nyuman Ndokor after they failed to return one million euros worth of stolen money from a government pension account.

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There’s Music in the Kitchen – chosen by YOU! (The 16th of many to come!)

This week on The Sound Kitchen, a special treat: RFI English listeners’ musical requests. Just click on the “Audio” arrow above and enjoy!

Radio France Internationale

There’s Music in the Kitchen – chosen by YOU! (The 15th of many to come!)

This week on The Sound Kitchen, a special treat: RFI English listeners’ musical requests. Just click on the “Audio” arrow above and enjoy!

Radio France Internationale

Liberia declares three days of mourning after stampede kills 29 people

At least 29 people, including 11 children, have died following a stampede during a Christian crusade in the densely populated New Kru Town, a suburb of the capital Monrovia.

Radio France Internationale

China floods French market with anti-Covid products after provoking global shortage

Anti-Covid face masks are omnipresent in French supermarkets. Like self-tests, thermometers and hand gels, they are predominantly produced in China. RFI takes a closer look at how Beijing has turned the global pandemic to its advantage.

Radio France Internationale

RFI reporter among those brutally attacked by police at Tunisian protest

RFI journalist Mathieu Galtier was among those attacked by uniformed police at a banned protest in the Tunisian capital on Friday. More than twenty non-governmental organisations have condemned the violence, describing the behaviour of the police as "barbaric repression".

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