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A recent survey of 36 African countries revealed that though citizens support democracy, a slim majority is willing to endorse a military coup if elected leaders abuse their power. As a number of West African nations grapple with this dilemma, some wonder whether longtime Cameroonian leader Paul Biya might face…

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been hitting the headlines as he promotes his latest memoir. But storm clouds are gathering on the horizon as cases regarding campaign overspending, alleged financing from Libya and a wiretapping scandal reach the courts. RFI takes a look at the pugnacious politician's legal battles.

Activists in France have called on the government to systematically grant asylum to women and girls fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan, after the first all-female group of evacuees arrived in Paris. France flew five women over this week to apply for refugee status, but many thousands more are still seeking…

Head of the French luxury LVMH empire, Bernard Arnault said he would donate €10 million to Les Restos du Coeur, a charity that provides meals and groceries for those in need. The organisation had earlier warned it may have to turn away some 150,000 people this winter as it struggles…

The number of women killed by their domestic partners in France decreased slightly in 2022, though official statistics also showed an alarming increase in attempted murders of women by husbands, ex-husbands or lovers.

African-infused London-based jazz band the Balimaya Project is a tour-de-force of sound fusion and energy. The 13-piece band is coming to Paris before a headline show in London in October. RFI caught up with them at the Womad festival in late July.

As a new term begins in France, school supplies are estimated to cost over 11 percent more this year because of high inflation. In one Paris suburb, RFI met parents turning to charity shops to pick up stationery, sports kits, school bags and other essentials for less.

Months into a severe drought, authorities in the French overseas department of Mayotte have ordered taps shut off two days out of three. The island archipelago in the Indian Ocean is experiencing its worst dry spell in nearly 30 years.

A group of senior military officers in Gabon seized power in the early hours of Wednesday, shortly after the country's election body announced President Ali Bongo had won a third term. The United States, the UK, France and others condemned what appeared to be the eighth military coup in west…