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In an interview granted to France 24, the midfielder of Real Madrid, Aurélien Chuaméni, believes that the Ballon d'Or must "come back to a Frenchman". He assumes to have played down at the World Championship and asserts that the Madrid club "must necessarily win" this season, after two exercises without title.
In an interview with France 24, former Israeli hostage Shoshan Haran estimated that she and her compatriots had been "naïve" about Hamas prior to the attacks on his kibbutz on 7 October 2023. She was held hostage for fifty days, and three years later she remembered wanting to "show no sign of weakness" to her kidnappers.
In an interview with France 24, former Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos, candidate for the head of the Organisation internationale de la francophonie, believes that his future "is certainly in Africa", but not limited to it. He wanted to "make the Francophonie more useful" and said he was "very confident" before the November election.
In an interview with France 24, Louise Mushikiwabo, a candidate for her own succession as head of the Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF), called herself "sereine" before the very first vote for this position. The confrontation between Rwanda and the DR Congo "does not belong to the OIF," she says. The withdrawal in 2025 from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger of the organization did not, she said, constitute a failure "of the secretary general".
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.
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.
In an interview given to France 24, Simone Ehivet, in France for the first time since 2011, claims to have forgiven both France and Alassane Ouattara. The former Ivorian First Lady also regrets the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo's relatives, speaking of "political prisoners".
