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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.

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.

Senegal said that it will take appropriate actions against French presidential candidate, Eric Zemmour, for the “degrading and irresponsible” comments he made against the Senegalese community living in France. This after the far-right contender branded some of its members delinquents and crack cocaine dealers.

As the official campaigns for the 2022 French presidential elections kick off this week, RFI English takes a look at the personalities and platforms of the contenders for the Elysée Palace and the key issues that are dominating the debates on the hustings.

France is stepping up its military cooperation with Niger as it continues to fight Islamist insurgents in the Sahel following a breakdown in relations with Mali's military leaders. Colonel Hervé Pierre, the man in charge of coordinating France’s pivot from Mali to Niger, spoke to RFI about the “extremely complex”…

The future of thousands of Afghanistan nationals who came to India for higher studies has become increasingly bleak since the Taliban captured their country in August last year.

The UN has rated Nepal the happiest country in South Asia and labelled India the saddest – but experts say the global survey failed to take into account disruption caused by unrest and the pandemic in the Himalayan nation of 30 million merry people.

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the specific effects on France due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There’s an Eiffel Tower mini-history lesson, The Sound Kitchen mailbag, "Music from Erwan", and of course, the new quiz question. Just click on the “Audio”…

The scientific community is unanimous that forests are our natural "air conditioners" on both a local and global scale, and that humanity's future depends on them. While the world struggles to meet the 1.5C climate change target, a report published Thursday shows that, thanks to unique biophysical processes, tropical forests…