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Social media videos, satellite images capture snapshot of atrocities in Sudan

France, Nov. 7 -- New analysis of online videos, satellite images and eyewitness accounts has painted a chilling picture of atrocities committed during the capture of El-Fasher, the capital of North D... Read More


Kidnapped, killed or silenced: Africa's journalists increasingly under threat

France, Nov. 6 -- Across Africa, journalists are being kidnapped, tortured and killed - often by people whose identities are known but who face no punishment. Reports gathered by RFI and press freedom... Read More


France urges EU to crack down on online seller Shein over illicit products

France, Nov. 6 -- France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Thursday called on European Union business enforcers to get tough with the online platform Shein for defying trading rules, less than a ... Read More


Fighting spreads to North Kordofan as Sudan's war turns deadlier

France, Nov. 6 -- Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are battling the army for control of North Kordofan, opening a dangerous new phase in a war that began in April 2023 and has caused what the... Read More


Cameroon's Biya, world's oldest president, sworn in for eighth term

France, Nov. 6 -- Paul Biya, who has been president of Cameroon for 43 years, was sworn in on Thursday for an eighth term, after a contested election that sparked mass protests and subsequent repressi... Read More


French interior minister admits concern over police actions during eco protest

France, Nov. 6 -- France's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez on Thursday admitted that he was unhappy with the behaviour of police officers seen in video footage during a protest against a giant reservo... Read More


Man rams car into pedestrians in France, wounding 10, prosecutor says

France, Nov. 5 -- A 35-year-old man Wednesday rammed his car into pedestrians and cyclists on the French Atlantic island of Oleron, wounding 10 people, including four seriously, a prosecutor said. Th... Read More


France suspends Shein website as riot police guard Paris store opening

France, Nov. 5 -- Shein has opened its first-ever physical store worldwide in Paris under the watch of riot police, as the French government announced it was suspending the Asian e-commerce giant's on... Read More


Macron presses Iran to allow released French pair to return home

France, Nov. 5 -- President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday urged his Iranian counterpart to let two French citizens return home, as they were released after over three years in prison on espionage charg... Read More


Shein opens first store in Paris as scandal and criticism mount

France, Nov. 5 -- Chinese ultra fast-fashion giant Shein on Wednesday opened its first-ever physical store inside Paris's BHV department store. The brand's rock-bottom prices and opaque supply chains ... Read More