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Cleaner kitchens, healthier lives: Ghana's cookstove revolution gains ground

France, Aug. 10 -- Ghana is stepping up efforts to move households away from firewood and charcoal, which are still used in 78 percent of homes and contribute to deforestation, indoor air pollution an... Read More


Investigation uncovers RSF military base hidden in Libyan desert

France, Aug. 10 -- A research centre specialising in digital and open sourceshas tracked the movements of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) using satellite images, online videos and photos. The inves... Read More


The troubled legacy of Ion Iliescu, who rebuilt Romania but left it torn in two

France, Aug. 9 -- Ion Iliescu, Romania's first freely elected president after Communism, helped bring down the country's dictatorship and led its transition to democracy and a market economy. A centra... Read More


French scientists map plankton, the ocean's mysterious oxygen factories

France, Aug. 9 -- French scientists are mapping plankton across the Indo-Pacific - using Navy ships to study the microscopic organisms that produce half of Earth's oxygen, feed the ocean and help regu... Read More


Ugandan court denies bail to veteran opposition leader in treason case

France, Aug. 9 -- AUgandan judge refused to grant bail to veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who has been in jail for nearly nine months ontreason charges. The case has raised concerns among go... Read More


Despite dangers, migrant flow persists between Horn of Africa and Yemen

France, Aug. 9 -- According to the International Organization of Migration, the route from the Horn of Africa to Yemen is one of the busiest - and deadliest - in the world. Hoping to find work in the ... Read More


Starvation spreads from camps to besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher

France, Aug. 9 -- Months after famine was declared in nearby displacement camps, the besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher is now seeing starvation deaths of its own, with no food aid entering and the U... Read More


'Unprecedented interference': how Russia is attempting to shape Moldova's future

France, Aug. 8 -- As Moldova heads towards parliamentary elections in September, concerns are mounting over an alleged Kremlin-backed campaign to alter the country's pro-European direction. Moldova's... Read More


French PM turns to YouTube to sell budget cuts and calm public anger

France, Aug. 8 -- French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is turning to YouTube to defend deep budget cuts aimed at bringing the country's soaring debt under control. He says France is running out of ti... Read More


Toxic convenience: what science tells us about plastic's hidden costs

France, Aug. 8 -- As talks aimed at finalising the first global plastics treaty continue in Geneva, mounting scientific evidence is revealing the full scale of the plastics crisis, from toxic chemical... Read More