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The first thing that stands out about Lorenzo Mattotti’s works is the explosion of vibrant colours and shapes. Each drawing is full of eye-catching detail, and it’s hard to know where to look.

Takagi Akimitsu, one of the most prolific and well-known crime novelists of 20th century Japan, was also a brilliant photographer. A French book depicting his photos from 1950s Tokyo was recently on display at the International Tattoo Fair in Paris.

Senegalese President Macky Sall has promised he will address the nation on Thursday evening in a bid to quell rising anger over the delay in setting a new election date. The opposition says it will carry out a series of actions to ensure the poll is held before Sall's mandate…

Children born to immigrants to Mayotte, a former colony turned overseas department of France, could soon be cut off the path to French nationality. This is not the first time the government has made different rules for the Indian Ocean islands.

A spate of femicides has spurred calls for justice for women across Kenya, where more than a dozen women have been killed since the start of the year.

Senegal's opposition Tuesday denounced a "constitutional coup" after parliament voted to delay the presidential election by 10 months, plunging the country into its worst crisis in decades.

A top French court is reviewing the government's controversial immigration reform to check that measures toughening the treatment of non-EU migrants do not breach France's constitution. RFI looks at what the legal experts will be considering – and what they might rule has to change.

What happens when a Ghanaian singer forms a band in Bayonne with musicians from the southwest of France? The answer is Ah! Kwantou – a dynamic troupe empowered by cultural exchange.

The people of Comoros go to the polls on Sunday, with President Azali Assoumani expected to win re-election amid a partial opposition boycott. Some voters are disillusioned after a year of economic difficulties and a major row over immigration to neighbouring Mayotte, an island in the archipelago that is a…