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Investigation raises alarm over uranium in DRC cobalt shipments to China

France, Aug. 9 -- Lighthouse Reports obtained a previously undisclosed internal memo from the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2024 and began investigating its contents. The 2009 document cited ... Read More


Sall's chances at UN secretary-general role weakened after first vote

France, Aug. 9 -- The UN is entering the final stages of choosing a successor to Guterres, whose second five-year term ends on 31 December. Under the UN Charter, the selection is led by the 15-member... Read More


High stakes for Ireland's EU presidency amid migration row over Ceuta crisis

France, Aug. 8 -- Interior ministers from the EU's 27 member states attended an emergency meeting on Tuesday at Dublin's invitation, with Ireland having assumed the rotating presidency of the Council ... Read More


DR Congo hands first prisoners back to M23 rebels under peace deal

France, Aug. 7 -- According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which facilitated the transfer, 15 detainees left the government-held city of Beni, in the northern part of North Ki... Read More


'People at war have come to help': Ukrainian firefighters battle French wildfire

France, Aug. 7 -- Nine Ukrainian fire engines are in Gironde, the southwest department at the epicentre of France's wildfires. Concentrated around the village of Le Porge, firefighters from Lviv, Iva... Read More


Rwanda in talks with Italy to take in migrants trying to reach EU

France, Aug. 7 -- "We are still in discussions," Rwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo told on radio station Royal FM on Thursday, stressing that no deal had yet been reached. She said one i... Read More


Revamp of French parliament building faces criticism over cost and heritage

France, Aug. 7 -- A controversial plan to build a new visitor reception pavilion at France's parliament building in Paris has returned to the spotlight after city authorities gave their backing to a k... Read More


Ex-Benin president Talon makes political comeback via newly founded Senate

France, Aug. 7 -- As the sole candidate for the institution's presidency, Patrice Talon secured 24 out of 25 votes, with one blank ballot and no votes against - a result reflecting "a desire for unani... Read More


Ceuta and Western Sahara at heart of US-Morocco rapprochement

France, Aug. 7 -- RFI spoke to Riccardo Fabiani, North Africa project director at the International Crisis Group (ICG), about US moves to increase its influence in the region by supporting Morocco. T... Read More


New Caledonia races to avert shutdown as new government takes office

France, Aug. 6 -- Elected by New Caledonia's Congress last Friday following the 28 June provincial elections, the new government had until now been restricted to managing day-to-day affairs. It must ... Read More