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Venezuelan photographer Fabiola Ferrero wins Carmignac Photojournalism Award

Venezuelan photographer, Fabiola Ferrero, won the 12th Carmignac Photojournalism Award for her series Venezuela, The Wells Run Dry, documenting the disappearance of the Venezuelan middle class following the collapse of the oil industry.

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US midterms: all eyes are on Georgia's black vote

Voting for the midterm elections gets underway on Tuesday across the United States. In the deep south state of Georgia, with its bitter past of racial segregation, African Americans hope that for the first time ever a black woman will fill the position of governor. RFI met with grassroots groups…

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US midterms J-3: 100 black men are combatting racism in an Atlanta school

In Georgia, one of the states in the US where the legacy of segregation is still heavily felt, African Americans are hopeful that the state will get its first ever black governor - Stacey Abrams. But will that help the daily lives of the many who live in poorer areas…

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US Mid-terms J-4: early voting closed in Georgia, activists continue the fight

On Friday, voters in Georgia had their last chance to cast their 'early voting' ballot for the midterm elections. Next Tuesday, 8 November, is the official voting day for US Mid-terms. It will become clear if the former confederate state will remain blue, or if it will flip back to…

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Political activists win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about this year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureates. There’s the bonus question and the “Listeners Corner” with Michael Fitzpatrick, “Music from Erwan”, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the “Audio” arrow above and enjoy!

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Tuberculosis, a forgotten disease still endemic in South Africa's Cape Town

Zanyiwe Mavebenwane, from Cape Town in South Africa, hasn’t seen her eldest daughter in two months. It’s the fifth time she has had tuberculosis, and is receiving long-term care in hospital. The unemployed mother of five runs a soup kitchen a few times a week and is taking care of…

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Italy’s far-right triumph

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about Italy’s recent general elections. There’s some spooky music for Halloween, the bonus question and the “Listeners Corner” with Michael Fitzpatrick, and “Music from Erwan”. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the…

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Former UK chancellor Rishi Sunak to replace Liz Truss as prime minister

Former UK Treasury secretary Rishi Sunak has won the race to be leader of the Conservative Party and will become Britain’s next prime minister – the third this year.

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Biopic of French politician and Holocaust survivor defies critics

A biopic of the late Simone Veil, one of France's most admired public figures, has received some damning reviews, but its success at the box office shows there's an appetite for tales of strong women and dark periods in French history.

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RFI correspondent in Kenya wins prize for report on GMO cotton

Kenya-based correspondent Victor Moturi has been named among the prize winners at the Open Forum on Agriculture Technology 2022 Awards for his radio report aired on RFI’s Africa Calling podcast.

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Good old stinky French cheese …

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about “homemade” Roquefort. There’s “On This Day”, the bonus question and the “Listeners Corner” with Michael Fitzpatrick, and “Music from Erwan”. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the “Audio” arrow above and…

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Tara sails back to France after global voyage checking plankton and pollution

After a voyage of 70,000 kilometres around the globe, the schooner Tara arrived in Brittany on Saturday. The scientists who took part in the two-year mission gathered thousands of samples of marine micro-organisms in a bid to better understand ocean plankton and the impact of pollution.

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Ukrainian journalists recount horror during Russian siege of Mariupol

Journalists Evgeniy Maloletka and Mstyslav Chernov spent 20 days in Mariupol at the beginning of the siege that would last nearly three months. The south-eastern Ukranian city is now occupied by Russian forces. RFI met the two Ukrainian reporters at the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for war correspondents event where they…

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'Growing number' of French schoolgirls flouting secularism rules

The Ministry of Education has recorded 313 violations of France's rules on secularism – which includes a ban on the wearing of ostentatious religious insignia in schools.

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Alice Diop triumphs at the Venice Film Festival

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about Alice Diop. There’s The Sound Kitchen mailbag, the bonus question and the “Listeners Corner” with Michael Fitzpatrick, and plenty of good music. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the “Audio” arrow…

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How Western countries could stop Africa making vaccines of the future

While Western donors have stumped up significant funding for a programme to make Covid-19 vaccines in Africa, activists say more support is needed to help poor countries secure the intellectual property rights they need to produce mRNA vaccines beyond the pandemic.

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France's article 49.3 a handy constitutional tool to bypass parliament

Since the French government lost its absolute majority in parliament, it's becoming harder to get legislation passed. However France has a handy tool called article 49.3 – and it appears increasingly likely the Prime Minister will be using it. RFI looks at how this “nuclear legislative weapon” actually works and…

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Africa overcomes the odds to produce its own Covid vaccines

Set on redressing vaccine inequality between rich and poor nations, a South African consortium is taking on pharmaceutical giants in its quest to produce Africa's first homegrown mRNA Covid-19 vaccine and share it with the global south.

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Survivors sue Liberian government over failure to track down civil war killers

Survivors of a massacre during Liberia’s civil war have sued the government in Monrovia for its failure to address wartime atrocities. The administration of President George Weah is under pressure to implement a report setting guidelines on bringing wartime criminals to justice.

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How far has France’s far-right National Rally come in 50 years?

As Marine Le Pen’s far-right movement marks 50 years in French politics, RFI looks back at how the National Rally – formerly the National Front – went from a fringe group to France’s single biggest opposition party.

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Raila Odinga’s eternal optimism

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about Kenyan Raila Odinga’s presidential aspirations. There’s “On This Day”, the bonus question and the “Listeners Corner” with Michael Fitzpatrick, and lots of good music. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the…

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Burkina Faso’s coup and political situation: All you need to know

New military leader Ibrahim Traore says Paul-Henri Damiba was removed due to his inability to deal with armed groups.

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‘Not being in control is when the magic happens’, says Prix Bayeux jury president

The conflict in Ukraine and the plight of Afghan women are just two topics at the heart of the 29th edition of the Bayeux Awards for War Correspondents, which kicked off on Monday with a series of exhibitions, conferences and screenings ahead of the award ceremony on Saturday. RFI spoke…

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Burkina Faso's new junta vows to respect timeline for return to civilian rule

Calm returned to Burkina Faso's capital on Monday after the country's military leader fled to neighbouring Togo following the second coup in less than nine months. His replacement, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has promised that a new civilian or military transitional president will be appointed "before the end of the year".

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French businesses look ahead to possible energy rationing

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about French Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne’s expectations for French businesses before the winter. There’s the Bonus Question and the “Listeners Corner” with Michael Fitzpatrick, Ollia’s “Happy Moment”, and “Music from Erwan”. All that, and the new quiz…

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