Former Ivory Coast Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, a leading candidate barred from standing against President Alassane Ouattara in an election next month, called onbThursday for the opposition to block Outtara’s re...
Europe’s weekly coronavirus tally ‘exceeded 300,000 patients’ last week, WHO Europe chief says
The European head for the World Health Organization is warning of “alarming rates of transmission” of the #coronavirus in parts of the continent. Dr. Hans Kluge says the largest proportion remains among adults ages 25...
The Cuties controversy: Today’s school girls empowered or under pressure?
Why has Cuties struck a nerve? An award-winning film set in Paris’ working class suburbs about an 11-year old torn between the pressure to conform with her family and the pressure to be sexy seemed destined for an...
Libyan PM to resign: Rival factions expected to convene soon for peace talks
The head of Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord said Wednesday he planned to step down within six weeks as part of efforts to broker a peace agreement. FRANCE 24 Senior reporter Catherine Norris...
‘Cuties’, the French indie movie dragged into US election fray
An award-winning film about a girl of Senegalese heritage growing up in a Paris suburb has become a target of vocal conservatives and Republican politicians who seized on a misleading Netflix poster to accuse it of...
Lesbos camp fire: Thousands of refugees being moved to new tent city
Greek police moved hundreds of migrants stranded on the island of Lesbos into a new temporary tent camp on Thursday, more than a week after a fire razed the country’s biggest migrant camp, where they had been...
The future of dining out
After an economically crippling Covid-19 lockdown, Parisians are now flocking to their favourite bars and restaurants once again. But with the virus still circulating widely and colder weather just around the corner, do...