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The long half-life of France's nuclear tests in Polynesia

France, Jan. 31 -- "It started with my grandmother. She had thyroid cancer during the Nineties. Then her first child, my auntie, had thyroid cancer too." Hinamoeura Morgant-Cross was a child in Tahit... Read More


Kenya: The accidental librarian keeping Kibera's kids in books

France, Jan. 31 -- Every afternoon at four o'clock, Joseph Otieno unlocks a dented metal door at the edge of Kibera, Nairobi.The sign above the door reads "Community Library" - painted by hand and fad... Read More


US strikes on Nigeria set 'deeply troubling precedent' for African governance

France, Jan. 31 -- Dickson is a Nigerian policy analyst and team lead at the community peacebuilding organisationTattaaunawa Roundtable Initiative (TRICentre). RFI: Did Abuja really ask for the strik... Read More


Psychedelic therapy gains ground in Europe, under strict conditions

France, Jan. 30 -- When Marie Mallevialle arrived at the Geneva University Hospital in 2023, she feared she was "losing her mind". Two years earlier, the Franco-Swiss woman had lost her son to a brai... Read More


Former minister meets with imprisoned French journalist in Algeria

France, Jan. 30 -- Royal, who now heads up the France-Algeria Association, an organisation that promotes friendship and cooperation between the two countries, met with Algerian President Abdelmadjid T... Read More


As Tigray clashes intensify, locals stockpile food and airline cancels flights

France, Jan. 30 -- Clashes have taken place in recent days between Tigrayan forces and the Ethiopian federal army in the remote area of ​​Tsemlet, western Tigray. Occupied by the authorit... Read More


France and Chad seek to reset ties, one year on from military split

France, Jan. 30 -- Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby held talks with Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace on Thursday, after the French president personally welcomed him in the palace courtyard. ... Read More


Senegal to appeal Confederation of African Football sanctions over CAN final

France, Jan. 30 -- The Confederation of African Football (CAF)banned Thiaw for five of its matches and fined him $100,000, it announced on Thursday. In a statement it said the coach was guilty of "un... Read More


Niger accuses France, Benin and Cote d'Ivoire of sponsoring airport attack

France, Jan. 30 -- Armed men on motorcycles attacked Diori Hamani International Airport, outside Niger's capital Niamey, shortly before midnight on Wednesday. Niger's state broadcaster reported loud ... Read More


Evidence shows Russian oil tanker was 'deliberately' attacked near Dakar

France, Jan. 29 -- Having left the Russian port of Taman on 21 August, 2025, the Mersin- a tanker operated by Turkish shipping company Besiktas - first stopped in Togo before arriving in Senegalese wa... Read More