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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…

Radio France Internationale · Apr 16, 2022

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.

France 24 · Apr 15, 2022

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…

Radio France Internationale · Apr 15, 2022

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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.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 14, 2022

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.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 13, 2022

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.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 12, 2022

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.”

Radio France Internationale · Apr 11, 2022

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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.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 11, 2022

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.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 11, 2022

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.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 10, 2022

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…

Radio France Internationale · Apr 9, 2022

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,…

Radio France Internationale · Apr 9, 2022

'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.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 8, 2022

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.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 8, 2022

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Radio France Internationale · Apr 4, 2022

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…

Radio France Internationale · Apr 4, 2022

Turkey's ambiguous application of United Nations' sanctions on Russia

The arrival in a Turkish port of two superyachts belonging to a Russian oligarch is drawing attention to Ankara's policy of refusing to impose sanctions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. There are concerns that Turkey is becoming a safe haven for those seeking to circumvent sanctions.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 4, 2022

Can health centres make up for the shortage of doctors in the Paris region?

For the past two years, the Covid crisis has highlighted the lack of hospital staff in France. But it has also revealed the difficulties ordinary citizens are facing to find a regular GP. Although the Paris region is the most densely populated in France, is paradoxically the least well provided…

Radio France Internationale · Apr 4, 2022

Hungary's Orban wins fourth term with comfortable victory; opposition crushed

Nationalist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban won a fourth term in office Sunday as his Fidesz party emerged triumphant, official figures showed, after a campaign overshadowed by the war in neighbouring Ukraine.

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Radio France Internationale · Apr 3, 2022

Malawi farmers face an uphill battle to diversify crops

Faced with the rising cost of fertiliser and effects of climate change, farmers in Malawi are being encouraged to diversify their crops to become less dependent on maize, the country's staple food. Those working the land are also struggling to bounce back from time lost due to Covid lockdowns.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 3, 2022

Voting underway in Hungary in fiercely contested race

Polls opened across Hungary early Sunday as voters in the Central European country faced a stark choice: take a chance on a diverse, westward-looking coalition of opposition parties, or grant nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban a fourth consecutive term.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 3, 2022

Hungary's opposition leader rallies voters in last anti-Orban campaign event

Hungary heads to the polls on Sunday to elect its next prime minister. The choice is between incumbent Victor Orban, who controls the media and seems unharmed despite his close relationship with Russia's Vladimir Putin, or Peter Marki-Zay, a dynamic former marketing manager who has united a mosaique of opposition…

Radio France Internationale · Apr 3, 2022

Thwarted by Covid, India re-emerges as a medical tourism hotspot

India’s lucrative medical tourism sector, hard hit by the pandemic, is growing again as the government lifts restrictions for travellers from across the world.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 2, 2022

Macron warns against Brexit-like upset at giant campaign rally in Paris

Emmanuel Macron promised more "progress" and "solidarity" over the next five years at his first, and only, big meeting on Saturday in his race for reelection. He also waved the spectre of a Brexit-like debacle to rally dispirited voters.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 2, 2022

Will Hungarians vote to oust Europe's most illiberal leader?

Sunday's elections in Hungary will decide whether Victor Orban – Vladimir Putin's only EU ally – stays in power, or if opposition candidate Peter Marki-Zay, who managed to get a colourful coalition of six parties together, can break the stranglehold of the incumbent's Fidesz party.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 2, 2022

Fears for 'forgotten refugees' as France embraces displaced Ukrainians

Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion of their country are being greeted with open arms in France – provided with food and water, help with paperwork, and offers of housing. However aid groups, who welcome the support for Ukrainians, worry that refugees from other countries are being forgotten.

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