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Latest update 2009-10-12 17:31 TU

daily features

Drought-struck east Africa hopes for rain

With the rainy season starting again, Kenya looks to this year as the one to break the five-year drought that has hit east Africa.

2009-11-17 14:19 TU

Crossroads: drought in Kenya

Learn French through the eyes of Eva, who is fighting an enemy who wants to return France to the era of Napoleon III and restore the Second Empire.

Club 9516: 15 November 2009

Latin America specialist Colin Harding on the possibility of war between Venezuela and Colombia, music from Bertrand Bélin and the weekly news quiz.

2009-11-15 15:23 TU

Club 9516: 15 November 2009

Europe beyond the news, brought to you by a partnership of international broadcasters across the continent From music profiles, to the latest trends, Network Europe Extra offers a unique perspective on Europe.

Blend of an era: South Africa’s jazz age

A homage to the photographic work by Jurgen Schadeberg of South African jazz artists that goes back six decades.

2009-11-20 18:07 TU

World Tracks: Jurgen Schadeberg, South African photographer

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Witnessing the wall come down

As Berlin prepares to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall, we meet people who witnessed its fall: East Berliners who rushed to West Berlin, and West Berliners who were there to greet them.

2009-11-04 17:43 TU

People who witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall

Classic car enthusiasts battle for the survival of Linas-Montlhéry

The annual Linas-Montlhéry race track heritage festival brings together more than 800 classic car owners. And although it lost its racing permit in 2004, enthusiasts continue to hold regular meetings to raise funds for urgent renovation work.

2009-11-05 12:58 TU

Rendezvous: Linas-Montlhéry

Culture in France

Normandy’s "A Bon Port" harbours culture in Dieppe

In November 2009, the Festival d'Automne en Normandie, the Normandy Autumn Festival, provided a weekend of entertainment as part of a five-week-long jamboree.

2009-11-16 17:30 TU

Culture in France: the Normandy Autumn Festival

Indie rockers take the French capital

Indie music fans in France get treated to a festival each year put on by Les Inrockuptibles magazine. Here's a look at Les Inrocks 2009.

2009-11-16 08:26 TU

Culture in France: Festival des Inrocks

Asterix and the Gallo-Roman baths

To mark the golden jubilee of Asterix, original sketches and typescripts from most of the 33 albums are being shown for the first time in France at the third-century frigidarium in Paris’s Musée de Cluny.

2009-11-08 17:15 TU

Culture: Asterix on exhibition in Roman ruins

The Louvre Museum Moves into Making Movies

When you think of the Louvre museum in Paris, you may think immediately of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. But the Louvre museum and former palace, has a growing number of strings to its bow.

2009-11-08 09:38 TU

Culture in France: Visage and the Louvre