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'Trumpist' billionaire wins Czech election, spelling shift on Ukraine

France, Oct. 5 -- Billionaire former prime ministerAndrej Babis won this weekend's general election in the Czech Republic, official results showed, though his party fell short of an overall majority. ... Read More


The 'wowo' women carrying DRC's border trade on their backs, despite the risks

France, Oct. 5 -- Hundreds of women carry cross-border trade on their heads and backs every day at Kasumbalesa, the Democratic Republic of Congo's second-busiest border crossing into Zambia. Their wor... Read More


Why Africa's oceans bear brunt of planet's environmental crisis

France, Oct. 4 -- The world's oceans are bearing the brunt of a triple environmental crisis, according to the European Union's Earth monitors: global warming, pollution and declining biodiversity. The... Read More


'It's time for this to end': Israeli mother's two-year quest to free her son

France, Oct. 4 -- Nearly 50 people remain hostages of Hamas since being kidnapped in the group's attacks on Israel in October 2023. With an agreement to free the captives tantalisingly close, RFI spok... Read More


Artists help break the silence around France's rising scourge of loneliness

France, Oct. 4 -- Loneliness is a fact of daily life for millions of people in France, with record numbers cut off from friends, family and neighbours. At the Photoclimat Biennale in Paris, organisati... Read More


Chad's parliament speeds through plan to drop presidential term limits

France, Oct. 4 -- Lawmakers in Chad have fast-tracked a proposal to allow the president to serve an unlimited number of terms, in a move that the opposition warns opens the door to authoritarianism. ... Read More


French photojournalist Antoni Lallican killed in Ukraine drone attack

France, Oct. 4 -- Antoni Lallican, an award-winning French photographer on assignment in Ukraine, died in a drone attack in the eastern Donbas region on Friday, press groups have announced. It is the ... Read More


Jane Goodall: 'Every one of us makes a difference - it's up to us what kind'

France, Oct. 4 -- Jane Goodall, who died on Wednesday aged 91 in California, transformed how the world sees animals - and helped redefine humanity's place in nature. RFI's Alison Hird spoke with Gooda... Read More


Germany marks 35 years of unity, despite persistent East-West divide

France, Oct. 3 -- Germany marks 35 years since its reunification on Friday, but the country's East-West divide continues to shape its economy and its political landscape. The anniversary celebrates t... Read More


French PM ditches parliamentary override in push for budget deal

France, Oct. 3 -- French Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu on Friday vowed to forgo an infamous article of the constitution that would have allowed him to steamroller a budget bill through parliament w... Read More