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Africa's Gen Z unrest shows 'generational divide' between people and politicians

France, Dec. 5 -- South Africa used its G20 presidency this year to push youth involvement more than any previous summit. The Y20 process- created in 2010 to bring young people into G20 debates- took ... Read More


Why Lebanon's Christians wield power greater than their numbers

France, Dec. 5 -- Lebanon has been a refuge for diverse peoples and religious groups since ancient times. Christians have been rooted there for more than 2,000 years, and remained even as the region b... Read More


Burkina Faso moves to reinstate death penalty as junta overhauls penal code

France, Dec. 5 -- The reform, approved at a Council of Ministers meeting on Thursday, reverses the country's 2018 abolition of the death penalty and forms part of a wider legal overhaul undertaken by ... Read More


Study confirms Covid vaccines did not increase mortality rates in France

France, Dec. 5 -- In a research paper published on Thursday in Jama Network Open, the French epidemiological group Epi-Phare - which brings together the national medicines agency ANSM and the health i... Read More


Pandas and ping-pong: Macron ending China visit on lighter note

France, Dec. 5 -- Far from the imposing Great Hall of the People in Beijing where the two leaders held talks, Xi and First Lady Peng Liyuan showed Macron and his wife Brigitte around the centuries-old... Read More


Dutch royal visit brings €66m fund for Suriname slavery descendants

France, Dec. 5 -- The announcement came during this week's three-day visit by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima, who arrived in Paramaribo on Sunday. The trip marks 50 years since Suriname gained... Read More


Rwanda and DR Congo begin complex peace process after signing US-brokered deal

France, Dec. 5 -- Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame, the longtime president of Rwanda, officially signed the "Washington Agreements for Peace and Stability" in the US capital on Thu... Read More


Four countries boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete

France, Dec. 5 -- After a meeting in Geneva Thursday, the European Broadcasting Union, or EBU, decided not to call a vote on Israel's participation, saying it had instead passed new rules aimed at dis... Read More


EU agrees deal on genetically edited crops, sparking renewed debate

France, Dec. 4 -- New genomic techniques (NGT) add, remove or tweak small sections of DNA using precise gene editing tools. Plants made this way differ from traditional genetically modified organisms,... Read More


Washington summit on DRC-Rwanda relations aims for peace despite deep mistrust

France, Dec. 4 -- The aim of the meeting on Thursday between DRC's PresidentFelix Tshisekedi and Rwanda's PresidentPaul Kagame aims to ratify two agreements already signed by their teams. However, wi... Read More