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RFI Englishby RFI30 Aug 2026
Guinea-Bissau votes in referendum on giving president more powers Voters in military-run Guinea-Bissau will cast ballots on Sunday in a referendum that could give the president more powers ahead of...
RFI Englishby RFI29 Aug 2026
UAE building ‘relationships of dependence’ through investment across Africa The United Arab Emirates has become a major economic and strategic force in Africa, through investments in key sectors...
RFI Englishby RFI29 Aug 2026
AI challenges trust in photography as Visa pour l’Image festival opens Artificial intelligence and the growing difficulty of telling real photographs from fake ones are at the heart of this year’s...
RFI Englishby RFI29 Aug 2026
Trapped for 115 days, cargo ship captain recounts ordeal in Strait of Hormuz In late January 2026, the Banglar Joyjatra, a Bangladeshi bulk carrier, entered the Persian Gulf on what should have...
RFI Englishby RFI29 Aug 2026
Clashes rock Niger capital, junta says back in control Abidjan (AFP) – Niger's ruling junta said Saturday it "gradually took back control" after mutinying soldiers attacked key sites around the...
RFI Englishby RFI29 Aug 2026
Attackers target Niger's Niamey airport and presidency perimeter Sustained gunfire and explosions rang out across several areas of Niger's capital, Niamey, early on Saturday, according to two...
RFI Englishby RFI29 Aug 2026
Iceland referendum could put EU membership talks back on the table Icelanders will vote on Saturday on whether to resume negotiations to join the European Union, with the result expected to be...
RFI Englishby RFI29 Aug 2026
Rescuers claw through mud as missing toll from Nepal, China flood nears 3,000 Bidur (Nepal) (AFP) – Rescuers in Nepal and China were battling on Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days...
RFI Englishby RFI28 Aug 2026
‘Words and promises not enough’ as Syria’s Kurds face uncertain future Syria’s Kurds are facing an uncertain future after this week’s dissolution of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and the...
RFI Englishby RFI28 Aug 2026
Macron to meet new UK PM Burnham against backdrop of Bayeux Tapestry French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to London on Wednesday for his first meeting with the United Kingdom's new prime...
RFI Englishby RFI28 Aug 2026
French presidential hopefuls clash over economy and EU in first debate Seven leading candidates in the race to succeed President Emmanuel Macron have clashed in their first debate ahead of the 2027...
RFI Englishby RFI28 Aug 2026
Algeria mourns wildfire victims as firefighters battle deadly blazes Algeria entered a second day of national mourning on Friday as firefighters continued to battle wildfires in the north of the...
RFI Englishby RFI28 Aug 2026
Cop17 races for desertification deal as report warns half world’s soils under threat Delegates at the Cop17 summit on desertification in Mongolia are seeking to seal a deal to combat drought on...
RFI Englishby RFI27 Aug 2026
Bosnian-Serb war criminal Mladic, dubbed the ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ dies aged 84 Belgrade (AFP) – Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief convicted of war crimes for his role in the 1995...
RFI Englishby RFI27 Aug 2026
Nepal’s deadly glacier collapse exposes climate risks across the Himalayas A massive glacier collapse that triggered deadly flooding on the Nepal-Tibet border has exposed the growing dangers facing...
RFI Englishby RFI27 Aug 2026
Looking up: French sailors ditch GPS to rediscover celestial art of navigation Astronaut Sophie Adenot made history this month as the first French woman to perform a spacewalk.
RFI Englishby RFI27 Aug 2026
Former model sues French state over delay in Epstein recruiter rape investigation A former model who accused an alleged recruiter for American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein of raping her in the...
RFI Englishby RFI27 Aug 2026
Haiti families plead for release of hostages after deadly gang attack Families in Kenscoff near the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince are demanding the release of relatives taken hostage by armed...
RFI Englishby RFI27 Aug 2026
Climate change is ‘very visible from space’, France's Sophie Adenot tells RFI In an exclusive interview with RFI and sister TV channel France 24 from the International Space Station, French...
RFI Englishby RFI27 Aug 2026
France to tie African development aid to efforts to limit migration to Mayotte France plans to make its development aid to seven African countries conditional on greater cooperation in the fight...
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