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In an exclusive interview granted to France 24 and RFI in New York, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye returned to his break with Ousmane Sonko, the new agreement with the IMF or Macky Sall's candidacy for the post of UN Secretary General. The decryption of this interview with Zyad Limam, director of the monthly Africa Magazine and Bruno Daroux, international columnist in France 24.
In this issue, 100% cinema of "A l'Affiche ! " : "Heart of the Beast" by David Ayer, the friendship story between Brad Pitt in former military of the retired US Special Forces and his dog Odin, also marked by post-traumatic stress disorder.
In an interview with France 24 on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York, Togo's Foreign Minister, Robert Dussey, assures us that relations "have never been difficult" between France and Togo, a country where France 24 and RFI are suspended. He also called not to isolate the countries of the Alliance of Sahel States.
Today in "Let's talk about it", the exceptional testimony of Olivier Grondeau, a young man who was arbitrarily detained in Iran for two and a half years. In "Joseph in the night" (Ed. L-Iconoclaste, 2026), he tells the story of his first weeks in prison. But beyond arbitrariness and violence, he goes back to what art, words and beauty can do in such a dark world.
In an interview granted to France 24, Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye believes that the "threat" of an attack by Rwanda against his country "still exists". Considering that the Rwandan authorities "are not honest", he sees "another hidden agenda" behind Kigali's reasons for his presence in eastern DR Congo.
The 81st UN General Assembly opened on Tuesday in New York. The Heads of State and Government followed each other in the rostrum, in the midst of growing tensions and divisions, as wars continued in the Middle East, Sudan and Ukraine. In his speech, Trump said that an agreement with Iran would be reached after the mid-term elections.
Is France heading straight for an autumn of anger? What are the reasons for dissatisfaction? What reality do they correspond to? And what impact on the election campaign? Let's talk about it with Vincent Jarousseau, photographer and documentary artist, author of "In souls and ballots; ten years at the meeting of France that votes RN." (Éd. Les Arenes) and Jean Garrigues, president of the International Commission for the History of Assemblies.
As part of the Aukus alliance between Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, London and Washington fired a torpedo from an unmanned submarine vessel last week in British waters. A "significant breakthrough for Euro-Atlantic security", the British government welcomes Monday.
Where do urban music come from? In the "Full Circle" series, Mr. Jahill and James Cabron give the floor to 76 artists, including Bennie Man, Machel Montano and Jacob Desvarieux, to tell the story of these musics that have travelled, evolved... but that keep the same root: Africa.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz was under pressure on Monday 21 September to recover after regional electoral defeats against the radical left and the extreme right, the latter even predicting his departure before the end of the year. In the north-east of the country, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, its Conservative party, the CDU, was eliminated from the assembly, failing to achieve the elimination score of 5%, a first for a regional state in the history of the country since 1945. For further analysis, Paul Maurice, Secretary General of the Franco-German Relations Studies Committee at IFRI,
Since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024, southern Syria has become the scene of many Israeli military operations. In a number of villages close to the area of separation between Syria and the Golan Heights, residents told France 24 that they had faced incursions, searches and arrests by Israeli soldiers.
In this issue of Reporters+, Karina Chabour investigates an unknown face of American migration policy: the expulsion of people to third countries in Africa, away from the United States and sometimes away from their country of origin.
It's not just Flavio campaigning in the shadow of the father at the Bolsonaro. The eldest son, who is currently at the elbow-to-neck with Lula in the presidential race, can count on his brothers, senatorial and legislative candidates in southern Brazil. Officialized by the Liberal Party, Carlos is running for a term in the Senate for the first time. The Benjamin Renan is running for the National Assembly. In this South faithful to their father, their only name is enough to win.
Vigilantes, marches and recollections: hundreds of demonstrators mobilized across South Africa on Friday evening, September 18, to pay tribute to the nine women found dead in east Johannesburg. In a country with more than 60 homicides a day, the nine murders caused shock waves across the population. Anger is rising and calls are increasing for the government to act against violence against women.
In Ondo, Nigeria, at least 49 people died and a hundred others were injured after drinking alcohol containing methanol. According to the local authorities, the "Monkey Shoulder", a locally brewed and heavily alcoholic herbal beverage, is believed to be the source of this poisoning, but the investigation is continuing. State police announced the arrest of 15 persons in the course of the investigation.
Ed Sheeran apologized on Saturday for the polemic that erupted this week when rapper Macklemore was removed from the tour of the British singer for which he had to secure the first parts due to pro-Palestinian comments. "What is happening in Gaza is catastrophic, unjustifiable and disproportionate," said Ed Sheeran at the opening of his first concert in Philadelphia.
Banana is the most consumed fruit of the French, it is also the most imported: 81% come from Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, traveling thousands of kilometers before arriving on our tables. What if, tomorrow, they were pushing you two steps away? In the south of France, climate change is reshaping vegetable crops. Rather than fighting this upheaval, some farmers have chosen to tame it: they have embarked on the production of exotic fruits: bananas, papayas, dragon fruits grown in the middle of Provence. All, s
Freed after more than four years in prison, Diarra tries to return to normal life. In this report, many women prisoners testify about their living conditions since their release and the stigmatization they face.
Every week, Judith Grimaldi receives a guest in her podcast "With Judith". This Saturday's guest is Michel Marx, writer and writer. Part of his family died in the Shoah. A heavy legacy that marked her childhood: her parents did not go into detail, but this tragedy followed them everywhere. For years, he has been trying to reconstruct the puzzle. His quest led him to exchange with Simone Veil and Ginette Kolinka, whose history is linked to that of his missing relatives.
The destruction in early September of an obelisk dedicated to Red Army soldiers in Bytom, Poland, provoked the anger of the Russian embassy in Warsaw. The large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 triggered a wave of dismantling of the monuments of the Soviet period, varying in scale according to the countries.
