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French Presidential Elections 2022 - The candidates and the policies - Part 2
As the official campaigns for the 2022 French presidential elections came to an end this week, RFI English conitnues its profiles of the personalities and platforms of the contenders for the Elysée Palace and the key issues that dominated the debates on the hustings ahead of this Sunday's first round vote.30/03/202216:55 -
French Presidential Elections 2022 - The candidates and the policies - Part 1
As the official campaigns for the 2022 French presidential elections came to an end this week, RFI English takes a look at the personalities and platforms of the contenders for the Elysée Palace and the key issues that dominated the debates on the hustings ahead of this Sunday's first round vote.28/03/202216:55 -
Vivaldi's Four Seasons reverberates at Paris' Sainte Chapelle
The medieval Saint Chapelle chapel in Paris, which formerly housed Christ's relics, is a secret acoustical haven for musicians. As all major concert halls, festivals and music events have been cancelled this summer, music-lovers in Paris can attend a simple and laid-back rendering of Vivaldi's Four Seasons at the Saint Chapelle, with sound amplified architecturally by the chapel's unique nave.10/08/202004:05 -
Teenager with no feet finishes 110-km cycle race
The Tour de France may be the most famous cycle race in the world, but the biggest, by number of competitors, was held on Sunday in Cape Town. Some 35,000 cyclists rode the annual 110-kilometre Cape Argus, and for some it was more of a challenge than for others. Alex Duval Smith meets 16-year-old Xolisa Dinga, a South African cyclist with no feet.14/03/201102:50 -
Uganda warms up for presidential poll
With eight candidates contesting Uganda's presidential election on Friday, the race appears to be between incumbent President Yoweri Museveni and opposition leader, the retired Colonel Kiiza Besigye.14/02/201102:48 -
Dying of shame: Jordan's honour killings
A Jordanian court charged a man on Monday with the premeditated murder of his sister after he confessed to stabbing her thirty-five times with a knife. He claims to have killed her to "cleanse the family's honour".09/02/201107:45 -
South African voter registration off to a slow start
The South African Independent Electoral Commission has begun registering voters for the country's upcoming municipal elections. The date of the poll has not been announced yet but it is seen as a crucial test to President Jacob Zuma's ambition to stay on for a second term. So far, the IEC has indicated a low rate of registrations.Alex Duval Smith visits a township near Cape Town.07/02/201102:46 -
Boat commutes bring smiles to grumpy Parisians
Residents of the French capital tend to flee the city in the summer months, which is too bad, because Paris takes on a gentler, more peaceful air, particularly on the Seine river. Plenty of Parisians admit they rarely get to experience the charm of the country’s most famous river aboard a boat. Maybe they’re afraid of being mistaken for tourists.09/09/201007:07 -
Norway wonders what to do with its oil wealth
Norway was one of Europe’s poorest countries when oil was discovered off its coast 40 years ago. Now its citizens are considered the wealthiest in the world according to the UN Human Development Index.06/09/201006:45 -
Pride and prejudice as Dutch look at 700 years seafaring
Over a million visitors attended the SAIL Amsterdam maritime festival in August. The event began in 1970 to mark the 700th year of Dutch maritime history and takes place every five years. But as a multicultural city Dutch maritime history is a source of pride for some and prejudice for others.23/08/201006:45 -
I'll pay burka ban fines, says French businessman
If the French parliament's ban on the burka makes it through the Senate in September, a woman who goes out in the street wearing a full-faced veil will be subject to a 150-euro fine. If Rachid Nekkaz has his way, this won’t be a problem.11/08/201005:49 -
Will Britain's fox-hunting ban last?
Britain's Conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron, hinted during this year's election campaign that he might repeal the ban on fox-hunting introduced by the previous Labour government. Six years on how is the ban viewed in the English countryside?05/08/201006:46 -
International oil companies accused of Sudan war crimes
A coalition of 50 non-governmental organisations says several international oil companies may have been complicit in war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan during the country’s two-decade long civil war. A report released last month by the European Coalition on Oil in Sudan details international crimes committed during a military campaign led by the government of Sudan to secure oil fields. Shortly after the report’s release, the Swedish public prosecutor announced he would investigate the involvement of Sweden’s Lundin Petroleum. Miles Ashdown reports from Sudan.22/07/201003:00 -
Clowns let kids be kids
While cultural norms vary from one culture to another, children tend to find the same things funny, whether they are Ethiopian or Mexican, Congolese or American. At least that’s what Clowns Without Borders, an organisation that puts on shows for children in crisis areas around the world, is banking on.13/07/201006:05 -
Short is beautiful in film production
Short film production has been growing each year, a trend that took off some ten years ago with the advent of digital filming and post-production which lowered costs considerably.12/07/201006:36
Special Features
All our seasonal features, special on-the-ground reports from France and around the world.