Nigeria's plan for state police raises hopes for security and fears of abuse

France, Nov. 7 -- Nigerian police and military forces have long been overwhelmed - battling a protracted jihadist insurgency, as well as kidnappings, banditry and attacks by armed groups, which have b... Read More

Poor facilities held back Senegal's medal-free Youth Olympics team, parents say

France, Nov. 7 -- The swimmers had been forced to train in club pools, some just 20 metres long, because the Olympic pool was closed to them for four years, one mother told RFI. "We can't expect a lo... Read More

Unesco at 80: 'Attacks on culture strike at the very heart of who we are'

France, Nov. 7 -- For the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), preserving cultural heritage helps to ensure that histories and identities are not erased in confli... Read More

Suez Crisis at 70 reveals the humiliation France tried to keep hidden

France, Nov. 6 -- Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal in July 1956, bringing it under state control. The invasion followed three months later. Historian Franck Mazuet explo... Read More

Israel's Arab parties emerge as kingmakers after decades of discrimination

France, Nov. 6 -- Israel's President Isaac Herzog is expected to announce on Sunday whether Benjamin Netanyahu, now the country's caretaker prime minister, or his rival Gadi Eisenkot will be given the... Read More

Tanzania opposition leader Lissu cleared of treason but jailed for incitement

France, Nov. 6 -- A panel of three judges at the High Court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's commercial capital, convicted the 58-year-old leader of the country's main opposition party, Chadema, over rema... Read More

Three-quarters of world's displaced people 'on frontlines of climate crisis'

France, Nov. 6 -- People fleeing conflict, violence and persecution find themselves in places grappling with severe droughts, deadly floods and extreme heat, UNCHR said in a statement on Friday, warni... Read More

'AI cannot do everything': bullying experts warn against confiding in chatbots

France, Nov. 6 -- French charity e-Enfance, dedicated to protecting young people online, found in its latest study that one in three young people have experienced bullying - including cyberbullying - ... Read More

Uncertainty over Nigeria vote after court bars opposition leader from running

France, Nov. 6 -- The Federal High Court in Abudja ruled that the leadership of the ADC, one of the three major parties contesting the January presidential election, was illegally constituted and ther... Read More

'We'll get them': Macron's private comments on rivals revealed in new book

France, Nov. 5 -- Two years of Telegram messages feature in Vous etes tous trop durs avec moi - 'You're All Too Hard on Me' - published on Thursday by Robert Laffont. Degois, a former adviser to Soci... Read More

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