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No laughing matter: France moves to tackle recreational use of nitrous oxide

France, Nov. 30 -- Nitrous oxide is sold in high street catering shops, primarily for use in whipped-cream dispensers - but inhaling the gas has euphoric effects.Users, often young people, fill balloo... Read More


Call to put child welfare at the heart of business regulation in Africa

France, Nov. 30 -- The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), which brought together lawyers, academics, development experts andhuman rights institutions on the sidelines of a s... Read More


Touadera says peace deals are proof of progress as CAR readies for election

France, Nov. 30 -- RFI: On 28 December, you will be seeking a new mandate as president of the Central African Republic. Was it always your intention to run again? Faustin-Archange Touadera: Yes. Cent... Read More


Gunmen storm party headquarters as military cements power in Guinea-Bissau

France, Nov. 29 -- Gunmen on Saturday morning raided the headquarters of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), a former liberation movement and Guinea-Bissau's oldes... Read More


Change on the horizon for the Netherlands' strained asylum system

France, Nov. 29 -- With negotiations ongoing between leading parties including the Democrats 66 (D66) and the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), observers are watching for signs of a more balanced app... Read More


French minister says most Airbus A320 planes fixed after emergency recall

France, Nov. 29 -- Airbus issued one of its biggest ever recalls after looking into what cause one of its best-selling A320 planes to make a sudden nosedive at the end of October. It concluded that "... Read More


Haitian prisoners dying as crowded jails buckle under impact of gang violence

France, Nov. 29 -- Cells are packed far beyond capacity, medical care is scarce and most detainees have not yet seen a judge, the UN warned, adding that Haiti's deep humanitarian crisis has fed this c... Read More


German president visits Spanish town of Guernica, hit by Nazi bombs in 1937

France, Nov. 29 -- The Condor Legionunit of the German air force devastated the northern Basque town on 26 April 1937 in support of General Francisco Franco's rebels during the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil... Read More


How the last words of a little girl in Gaza became an award-winning film

France, Nov. 29 -- On 29 January 2024, cousins Hind Rajab and Layan Hamada were ​​killed with their familyas they tried to flee the fighting in Gaza City in their car. Surrounded by Israe... Read More


Hungary's Orban defies EU by promising to go on buying Russian oil

France, Nov. 28 -- Orban met Putin at the Kremlinin the midst of a diplomatic push to end the war in Ukraine, his fourth meeting with the Russian president since the 2022 invasion. In power since 201... Read More