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The Kenyan engineer building a sustainable future with recycled plastic bricks

France, May 3 -- It's a typical day in a Nairobi neighbourhood. As the sun beats down on dusty streets, children are playing and market traders are shouting out their best prices. As you walk past bri... Read More


Germany's intelligence service moves against far-right AfD, sets off quarrel with US

France, May 3 -- Germany's domestic intelligence service on Friday designated the far-right AfD party as an extremist group, setting off a diplomatic spat with the United States. The BfV intelligence... Read More


New Caledonia bans 'dangerous' seabed mining for half a century

France, May 2 -- New Caledonia this week imposed a 50-year ban on deep-sea mining across its entire maritime zone - a rare and sweeping move that places the French Pacific territory among the most res... Read More


'Alarming deterioration' of US press freedom under Trump, warns RSF

France, May 2 -- Media rights group RSF on Friday warned about "an alarming deterioration in press freedom" in the United States under President Donald Trump as well as "unprecedented" difficulties fo... Read More


South Africa to examine past failures to prosecute apartheid crimes

France, May 2 -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa this week announced a judicial inquiry to establish whether previous governments led by his ANC party deliberately blocked investigations and p... Read More


French prison attack probe shifts from terrorism to drug gangs

France, May 2 -- French anti-terror prosecutors have handed over the investigation into a spate of violent attacks on prisons, saying that the violence is linked to drug gangs rather than terrorism. ... Read More


German intelligence classifies AfD party as extremist threat to democracy

France, May 2 -- Germany's domestic intelligence agency has designated the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party a right-wing extremist group that threatens the country's democratic order.The ... Read More


Paris violence against Socialist MPs mars huge May Day rallies in France

France, May 2 -- More than 300,000 people joined May Day rallies across France on Wednesday, unions said, with protests mostly peaceful - apart from in Paris where masked demonstrators targeted Social... Read More


Hard right wins local UK election in blow to PM Starmer

France, May 2 -- Hard-right upstarts Reform UK snatched a parliamentary seat from Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour party on Friday in local elections that dealt a blow to Britain's two establishme... Read More


Protests, picnics and politics as France marks fraught May Day

France, May 1 -- France is preparing for large May Day demonstrations on Thursday, as a political row deepens over which businesses should be allowed to open on the country's most symbolic public holi... Read More