2024

Opposition groups fear that the new constitution will allow President Faure Gnassingbé to stay in power.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France and its allies could have stopped the 1994 Rwanda genocide but lacked the will to do so,… Read More »France and allies ‘could have stopped’ 1994 Rwanda genocide, Macron says

Have you heard of “La France moche”, or ugly France? In this episode, we discuss how the expression is often used to describe shopping centres… Read More »‘La France moche’: It’s not all châteaux and vineyards!

According to the 2001 census in Ukraine, nearly 48,000 people identified themselves as Roma, however, unofficial sources claim that the actual number could be between… Read More »“I want to build a network of powerful Roma women and girls” –  Anzhelika Bielova on Roma women’s activism and leadership in Ukraine

As the war in Gaza enters its six month – and more than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed – FRANCE 24 spoke to the Palestinian ambassador to… Read More »‘Netanyahu wants a perpetual war,’ says Palestinian ambassador to UK

Somalia’s government on Thursday ordered the expulsion of Ethiopia’s ambassador and the closure of two consulates, accusing Addis Ababa of “bluntly interfering” in its internal… Read More »Somalia expels Ethiopia ambassador for ‘bluntly interfering’ in internal affairs

As NATO marks its 75th anniversary on Thursday, the Alliance is seeing renewed dynamism, particularly with the recent accessions of Finland and Sweden. But the… Read More »As NATO marks 75 years, a revitalized Alliance faces an array of new challenges

President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday denounced as “bizarre and threatening” Russia’s tone following rare phone talks between the defence ministers of France and Russia, their… Read More »Macron slams Russia’s ‘bizarre and threatening’ comments after rare phone talks

Some fear that the drought sweeping southern Africa will be one of the worst in decades.

Iran has turned its prisons into sites of mass killing with at least 853 people executed in the Islamic republic in 2023, over half of… Read More »Spike in executions shows Iran’s prisons are ‘killing fields’, says Amnesty International