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Reunion Island deploys sterile mosquitoes to stop the spread of disease

France, April 11 -- Mosquito populations have fallen by around 40 percent in targeted areas within a year, after researchers released sterilised male mosquitoes that mate with females whose eggs never... Read More


Djibouti's Guelleh extends 27-year rule with landslide re-election win

France, April 11 -- 78-year-old Guelleh, marked the moment of his re-election on Friday evening by posting an image of himself on X bearing the word "REELU" - French for "re-elected" - underlining the... Read More


Hungary braces for landmark election as Orban faces strongest challenge in years

France, April 11 -- "What Orban says are lies," says Georg Goya, a former soldier who now works as a plumber. "He claims that if we vote for Magyar, Hungary will be drawn into the war in Ukraine. That... Read More


France's antisemitism bill: a weapon against hate or threat to free speech?

France, April 11 -- The bill - known as the "Yadan law" after the centrist MP who tabled it, Caroline Yadan - would tie hatred of Israel to hatred of Jews, making it an offence to call for t... Read More


Djibouti election unfolds at strategic shipping chokepoint

France, April 10 -- Guelleh, 78, is set to extend his 27-year rule in a country that sits at the entrance to the Bab al-Mandab strait, one of the world's busiest shipping routes, where tensions linked... Read More


Israeli society has 'allowed trauma to take over' and 'cares only about revenge'

France, April 10 -- More than 300 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon on Wednesday, according to the Lebanese health ministry, in the heaviest attacks on Beirut since 1982. The violence ... Read More


Could Zimbabwe's constitutional changes take it back to the Mugabe era?

France, April 10 -- Zimbabwe's ruling party, Zanu-PF, is pushing the reforms after publishing them in February and holding public consultations at the end of March. They would extend presidential and... Read More


Prostitution of minors in France rises by 43 percent in four years

France, April 10 -- The data, released on Friday by the National Observatory on Violence Against Women, show 416 minors were victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation and 288 were victims o... Read More


Russia casts long shadow over campaign for Hungary's watershed vote

France, April 10 -- "I don't want any Putin's allies to be in power in Europe," says Lolja Nordic. "I think Viktor Orban is a threat for human rights in Europe - same as Vladimir Putin." Th... Read More


Kenya approves defence pact with France, as Paris shifts focus from West Africa

France, April 10 -- Signed in October 2025, the accord establishes a five-year framework - renewable once automatically. The agreement will "enhance Kenya's defence capacity through access to French ... Read More