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US aid freeze halts Malawi's top science programme, disrupting research

France, April 7 -- Just over a year after the US government, through the agency USAID, introduced a five-year, $17 million initiative to strengthen higher education in Malawi through science projects,... Read More


France's Macron to hold Gaza summit with Egyptian, Jordanian leaders

France, April 6 -- French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a trilateral summit on the situation in Gaza with Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II on Monday and Tuesday... Read More


From Dakar to Paris, stories of struggle and joy told by modern African dance

France, April 6 -- For Franco-Senegalese choreographer Germaine Acogny, dance is a powerful medium that can bring people together and tell compelling stories. A group of young dancers from the African... Read More


Children's tale takes root in West Africa's fight to regrow its forests

France, April 6 -- A bedtime story written by a journalist for his daughter during lockdown has grown into a reforestation movement reaching 30,000 children in West Africa. In 2020, journalist Arnaud... Read More


French FM in Algeria to reset bilateral relations

France, April 6 -- French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot is in Algiers on Sunday, at the invitation of the Algerian government, to plan ways to shore up bilateral relations which have been strained... Read More


Biopic explores the life and legacy of Frantz Fanon, a century after his birth

France, April 6 -- Soldier, psychiatrist, philosopher... who was Frantz Fanon?A new film by directorJean-Claude Barny seeks to answer that question in a year that marks a century since the birth of on... Read More


France's political parties hold rival rallies in the name of democracy

France, April 6 -- France's far right held a rally on Sunday to show support for their figurehead Marine Le Pen, who was this week convicted of embezzlement and banned from public office. At the same ... Read More


France's political parties hold parallel rallies in the name of democracy

France, April 6 -- France's far right will hold a rally on Sunday to show support for their figurehead Marine Le Pen, who was this week convicted of embezzlement and banned from public office. At the ... Read More


US to revoke all visas for South Sudanese amid row over repatriations

France, April 6 -- Washington is revoking all visas for South Sudanese passport holders and blocking new arrivals, the US State Department said, accusing the African nation of not accepting its nation... Read More


Green light for greens as French health watchdog backs veggie diets

France, April 6 -- Vegetarian diets can help reduce diabetes and other chronic illnesses, the French health and safety agency has concluded, in the first study specifically examining diets free of ani... Read More