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Exclusive: France's Macron calls for international taxation in push for climate solidarity

In a exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, RFI and franceinfo, French President Emmanuel Macron outlined his vision for tackling the twin issues of climate change and the fight against extreme poverty. Speaking from the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, which he hosted in Paris, Macron answered questions from…

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LIVE: Macron sets out plans for climate solidarity and fighting poverty

President Emmanuel Macron will discuss ecological transition and the fight against poverty in an interview on Friday on RFI, France 24 and France Info from the Palais Brongniart in Paris, venue of the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact.

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French President Emmanuel Macron to give exclusive interview to FRANCE 24

On Friday, June 23 at 8:30am Paris time, French President Emmanuel Macron will be the guest of FRANCE 24, RFI and franceinfo (radio and TV). On the occasion of the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact, the French leader will speak with Stéphane Ballong (FRANCE 24), Mounia Daoudi (RFI)…

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Gnaoua world music festival kicks off in Morocco

After a long break due to the Covid pandemic, the Gnaoua festival returns in its usual format to the port city of Essaouira, in western Morocco. RFI met festival producer Neila Tazi.

Radio France Internationale

French climate protest group vows to fight on despite order to disband

Protests are planned and a legal battle is taking shape after the French government outlawed a climate activist group that it accuses of instigating violence and vandalism at demonstrations around France.

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Forced to flee or too poor to leave: how climate change affects refugees

On this year’s World Refugee Day, a record number of people are displaced – some 110 million, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. People continue to be forced from their homes by conflict, persecution and insecurity, and increasingly by disasters related to climate change.

Radio France Internationale

Stampede during Benin-Senegal football match kills two

The incident happened during a weekend qualifier game between Benin and Senegal for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2024.

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Divided Mali votes on constitution that could pave way for presidential poll

Malians go to the polls Sunday to vote on the governing junta's constitution. The country's military rulers say the document has been drafted with the input of ordinary citizens, but observers fear it will concentrate power in the hands of the president.

Radio France Internationale

The far-right demonstrators unmasked

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about Marine Le Pen and the recent far-right demonstration in Paris. There’s an homage to loving fathers and the “Listeners Corner” with Paul Myers. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the “Play”…

Radio France Internationale

UN climate talks in Bonn end in stalemate as poorer countries plead for action

Ten days of climate talks wrapped up in Bonn, Germany, on Thursday with negotiators unable to agree on key issues ahead of the Cop28 summit in December. Developing countries that are especially vulnerable to climate change say richer ones are failing to deliver the funding they need to weather the…

Radio France Internationale

African leaders travel to Ukraine and Russia on peace mission

A delegation of four African heads of state are headed to Kyiv and Saint Petersburg to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Vladimir Putin, in the latest in a series of mediation efforts aimed at ending the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

'Not being at the table has had a cost': United States asks to rejoin Unesco

The United States plans to rejoin Unesco, the United Nations' cultural organisation, five years after the previous administration withdrew its membership over funding requirements and alleged bias against Israel.

Radio France Internationale

Opposition blames Tshisekedi for insecurity in DRC as over 50 people die in violence in the East

At least 46 people, half of them children, were killed in a militia attack on a camp for displaced people in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Radio France Internationale

French cancer vaccine shows promise against recurrent tumours

A French biotech company presented encouraging data this week from early trials of a vaccine that aims to stop tumours recurring in cancer patients.

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Indigenous Australian art bridges ancient and modern worlds in Paris exhibition

Indigenous communities around the world are faced with the challenge of preserving and transferring ancestral knowledge. A new exhibition at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris is an example of how indigenous Australian elders are finding innovative ways to protect the bridge between ancient and modern worlds.

Radio France Internationale

Wind Power!

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Ostend energy summit. There’s an update on RFI’s Planète Radio ePOP video competition and the “Listeners Corner” with Paul Myers. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the “Play” button above…

Radio France Internationale

Khartoum under siege as fighting spreads across Sudan

Battles have been raging in Sudan's war-torn capital of Khartoum since last Tuesday with no sign of the violence abating. Other regions are also experiencing prolonged battles, especially Darfur.

Radio France Internationale

US buries unknown WWI soldier in France, 100 years after his death

More than a century after he was killed fighting in World War I, an unidentified American soldier will be reburied on Wednesday at a military cemetery in northern France. Thousands of US servicemen who died in the conflict remain missing, but finding them is no easy task.

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Opposition calls on President Macky Sall to clarify position on third term

Senegal’s President Macky Sall has not yet clarified whether he will run for a third mandate in the next presidential elections or not. Opposition presidential candidate Idrissa Seck blames the recent violence on Sall's failure to make his intentions clear.

Radio France Internationale

Colombia to offer Swahili lessons in schools in nod to African heritage

Swahili will be taught in Colombian schools as a foreign language option, Colombia’s vice president has announced. She says the move will help Afro-Colombians reconnect with their roots, but it caused an outcry among her opponents on the right.

Radio France Internationale

Campaign kicks off for Mali's long-awaited referendum on a new constitution

Campaigning for Mali's referendum on long-delayed changes to its constitution kicked off on Friday, ahead of the vote on 18 June. The country's military rulers say the new constitution has been drafted with the input of ordinary citizens, but some observers fear it will concentrate power in the hands of…

Radio France Internationale

Beauty – and the impossible made possible

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the meaning of “pataphysics”. There’s a meditation on bird song, a poem from listener Adeyola Opaluwah, the “Listeners Corner” with Paul Myers, and Ollia’s “Happy Moment”. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click…

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What steps is France taking to tackle its plastic pollution?

As talks continue in Paris on a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution, RFI looks at the size of France's plastic footprint – and what it's doing to reduce it.

Radio France Internationale

France opens huge 'gigafactory' to make batteries for electric cars

France officially opened its first electric car battery plant on Tuesday, the first step in the government's plan to get French industry manufacturing millions of electric vehicles by 2030.

Radio France Internationale

Chancel Mbemba wins prize for best African footballer in French first division

The Marseille defender Chancel Mbemba was on Tuesday awarded the Prix Marc-Vivien Foé to hail his performances as the outstanding African player in the French top flight during the 2022/2023 season.

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