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A health worker oversees temperature checks and hand washing at Kyeshero Hospital in Goma on Monday as authorities step up Ebola prevention measures following reports of a case in the eastern DR Congo city.

DRC Ebola outbreak: 'Nobody has a grip on the numbers,’ top expert warns

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Visitors take pictures of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris on 30 September 2024.

Louvre picks architects for €800m overhaul and new Mona Lisa space

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France's Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin travelled to Algiers to talk about preventing gang bosses from seeking refuge in Algeria.

France's justice minister Darmanin enlists Algeria's aid in fight against crime

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After G7 trade ministers met in Paris on 6 May, it's now the turn of finance ministers to get round the table. But will they reach any agreement?

G7 ministers meet in Paris to seek common ground on China and Middle East war

Geopolitics
Iran executed 2,159 people in 2025, according to the human rights campaign group Amnesty International.

Iran drives global executions to highest level since 1981: Amnesty

Death Penalty
Green Stem uses waste from Kenya's sugar industry to produce packaging for the country's booming takeaway and delivery food sector.

Can sugar cane waste replace plastic? The Kenyan firm pushing sustainable packaging

KENYA
"Free party is not a crime," reads a banner at the Teknival rave held on a military site near Bourges, France, on 2 May 2026.

France’s 'free party' crackdown ignites debate over who controls public space

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Revellers dance during a free-party at a military site in Cornusse, near Bourges, central France on May 2, 2026. A free party bringing together around 20,000 partygoers began on May 1, 2026, on a military site near Bourges, described as "very dangerous" by the authorities, in a context of stricter legislation against these illegal techno gatherings.

Why France's 'free party' is legitimate cultural practice

France
Emmanuel Macron speaking in an exclusive interview with RFI, France 24, and TV5 Monde on May 12, 2026, in Nairobi.

Macron on France and the Sahel

France's President Emmanuel Macron participates in the youth session "Africa Forward, Creation in Motion" during the Africa Forward Summit at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 11, 2026.

Macron on the DRC

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The destruction of the imperial gardens by British and French troops in 1860 is still regarded as a symbol of the aggression and humiliation inflicted on China by the Franco-British alliance.

Why French law on returning looted artefacts is of ‘great importance’ to China

France - China
Malnourished children seen at Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, 14 May 2025.

Famine looms in Somalia amid drought, dwindling aid and Middle East war

Somalia
As African nations develop increasingly dynamic digital systems, they also find themselves most vulnerable to cybercrime.

As Africa rapidly goes digital, it becomes a prime target for hackers

Cybercrime
Demonstrators protest against conversion therapy outside parliament in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 25 May 2023. The European Union has ruled out pursuing a bloc-wide ban on the practice.

'Conversion therapy' is banned in eight EU countries – so why not the rest?

GAY RIGHTS
Smoke rises during the deforestation of a new planting area for palm oil plantations in Lamno, Indonesia's Aceh province on 18 January 2026.

Tropical forests still under pressure despite slowdown in losses

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Donald Trump and Xi Jinping leave a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea, 30 October 30, 2025.

Will Trump's Beijing visit mark another reset in the history of US-China relations?

Geopolitics
Actor Juliette Binoche was one of the 600 leading figures to warn against a "fascist takeover of the collective imagination" in a petition published last week in Libération daily.

Shock threat by billionaire Bollore's Canal+ group rocks French cinema

Film industry
Epstein's appartment near Paris's Champs-Elysees, where a former Dutch model, among others, has said women and girls were sexually abused.

Around 10 'new' victims in France's Epstein probe, says prosecutor

Crime
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oaklahoma City Thunder was voted the best player of the 2026 NBA season. The 27-year-old Canadian won the award in 2025.

Gilgeous-Alexander wins NBA's top player title ahead of French star Wembanyama

Basketball
LGBTQ activists in Botswana respond to the Coalition of Botswana Christian Churches against homosexuality, July 22, 2023 that protested legislation seeking to make same-sex relation legal.

Botswana eases anti-LGBTQ laws as repression grows elsewhere in Africa

LGBTQ rights
The Marseille accent carries positive connotations of holidays at the beach, but speakers are sometimes not taken seriously.

French regional accents rarely heard thanks to ‘deeply rooted' stereotypes

France
A protester, with his face painted in the colours of the flag of England, takes part in a "Unite the Kingdom" rally organised by British anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson, in London, May 16, 2026.

UK police make 43 arrests at far-right rally, counter pro-Palestinian demo

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The new Petit Robert French dictionary has added 150 words and expressions to the previous edition.

Crush, prompter, charo: new French dictionary adds 150 words

French language
There is significant cross-border population movement in the border region between Uganda and DR Congo

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DRC a health emergency 'of international concern'

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Moussa Ag Acharatoumane is a member of the National Transitional Council in Mali and spokesperson for the MSA.

Junta ally says Malians still 'love their army' despite rebel gains

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DARA, representing Bulgaria, the winner of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, holds the trophy during the Grand Final in Vienna, Austria, May 17, 2026.

Bulgaria wins Eurovision Song Contest, Israel comes second again

Eurovision
Ben’imana by Rwandan director Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo will be screened in the Un Certain Regard section.

Why is African cinema out of the picture at the Cannes Film Festival?

Cinema
An Egyptian vulture flies over Gjirokaster, Albania

Middle East war imperils rare vultures' yearly odyssey to the Balkans

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Pope Leo XIV held a private one-hour audience with President Emmanuel Macron in The Vatican on 10 April, 2026.

Pope Leo to visit France in September in first official papal trip in 18 years

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The flags of Israel and Somaliland, seen between the capital city of Hargeisa and the port city of Berbera, Somaliland, 19 February, 2026.

Turkey expands military footprint in Somalia as regional rivalries intensify

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The flags of Israel and Somaliland, seen between the capital city of Hargeisa and the port city of Berbera, Somaliland, 19 February, 2026.

Turkey expands military footprint in Somalia as regional rivalries intensify

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The 'Africa Forward' summit, co-organised by France and Kenya, takes place in Nairobi on 11 and 12 May 2026.

Spotlight on Africa: Does the Africa Forward summit signal a fresh start?

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Nikos Christodoulides and Emmanuel Macron at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia on 23 April, ahead of a meeting on the sidelines of an EU summit.

Turkey sounds alarm over planned French troop deployment to Cyprus

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Spotlight on France, episode 144

Podcast: French raves, accent insecurity, birth of the Front Populaire

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An aerial view of Bamako, Mali, on 25 April, as Turkey deepens security ties with Mali’s military rulers following attacks by Tuareg separatists and Al Qaeda-linked jihadists.

Turkey boosts Mali defence ties after separatist and jihadist attacks

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