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The resurgence of ‘ticking timebomb’ tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is set to overtake Covid-19 as the world’s most deadly infectious disease, with medical experts warning its resurgence represents a “ticking timebomb” healthcare emergency.

The Week · Jun 6, 2023

French army accused of failing to stop journalist's kidnapping in Mali

French forces tried to use a journalist's visit to northern Mali to track a jihadist leader but failed to prevent the reporter from being kidnapped by the militants, a joint investigation by RFI, newspapers Le Monde and Liberation and broadcaster TV5Monde has found.

Radio France Internationale · May 18, 2023

PFAS chemicals: Everlasting pollution

They can be found on raincoats, non-stick pans and plastic packaging. In the last 50 years, PFAS – short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – have made their way into many of our everyday objects. Dubbed "forever chemicals", they're extremely persistent and can stay in the air, water and soil…

France 24 · Apr 21, 2023

Burkina Faso expels two French journalists

Burkina Faso has expelled two French journalists working for newspapers Le Monde and Liberation, the two publications said on Sunday, accusing the authorities of seeking to stifle freedom of speech with an escalating crackdown on foreign media.

Reuters · Apr 2, 2023

Military junta in Burkina Faso kicks out two French journalists

The military authorities in Burkina Faso have expelled correspondents from France's Le Monde and Libération dailies, the newspapers said on Sunday, the latest move the junta running the west African country has taken against French media. Broadcasts by France 24 were suspended last week.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 2, 2023

Burkina Faso expels reporters from French newspapers 'Le Monde', 'Libération'

Burkina Faso has expelled correspondents from France's 'Le Monde' and 'Libération' dailies, the newspapers said on Sunday, the latest move the junta running the west African country has taken against French media.

France 24 · Apr 2, 2023

Paris suburb grants paid menstrual leave in a first for France

The town of Saint-Ouen on the northern edge of Paris has become the first French municipality to grant paid medical leave to female staff suffering from period pain, hoping to “break a taboo” on the subject and inspire similar moves at the national level.

France 24 · Mar 27, 2023

Farmers in drought-stricken southwest France invoke Saint-Gaudérique for rain

Faced with the worst droughts since 1959, farmers in the Catalan region of southwest France turned to their patron Saint-Gaudérique on Saturday to help bring on the rains, carrying the saint's relics through the streets of Perpignan.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 19, 2023

France a nation on the boil after government's pension gambit

The front pages of the French dailies look like a war zone on Friday morning, with images from motorway blockades, demonstrations, piles of blazing rubbish. On the political front, several opposition groups have promised to bring down the government.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 17, 2023

Press review: Transport, petrol distribution disrupted in wake of pension reform protests

The morning after the sixth day of nationwide demonstrations against the government's pension reform plans, the French daily papers attempt to sort out what happened on Tuesday, and suggest what might happen next.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 8, 2023