Rafah Crossing re-opens
For the past four years, Palestinians in Gaza have been unable to perform the Omra, one of the pilgrimage rituals which requires a visit to the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca. Recently, the Egyptian...
View ArticleReal Madrid and Barcelona face off in this week's Clasico match
This week in Spain there are two Clasico matches. Barcelona and Real Madrid face off Wednesday evening in the Spanish Cup, ahead of a league encounter on Saturday. Click on the play button above to...
View ArticleSierra Leoneans refugees seeking help in Guinea
Hundreds of Sierra Leoneans have fled to the Guinean capital Conakry, claiming that they had been persecuted by members of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party or SLPP. Most of those who have come to...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs turn India's largest slum into a thriving business region
Dharavi is considered to be India's largest slum. Located in the central area of of Mumbai, its residents have long dealt with problems of infrastructure and security. But now entrepreneurs are...
View ArticleGetting Gaza amputees back on their feet
With the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross, 400 Palestinians from Gaza, whose limbs were amputated following Israeli army attacks, have been able to return to decent jobs that have...
View ArticleFifty Years of Concorde
The first flight of the Franco-British Concorde supersonic passenger aircraft took place fifty years ago this month. The anniversary was marked at the Museum of Air and Aerospace at Le Bourget airport...
View ArticleWiki quests for Africa content
Of the millions of subjects you can read about on Wikipedia, Africa gets the least coverage. According to Wikipedia this is mainly because many people don’t know that they can donate their images,...
View ArticleZambia grapples with alcoholism
Zambia has a major alcohol problem. That’s according to a report by the World Health Organization that indicates 76 percent of men and 33 percent of women in Zambia consume too much. The report also...
View ArticleThousands of women march 10,000 km across India for their rights
Over recent months, thousands of women, especially from the rural outback, have walked 10,000 kilometers across India covering 200 districts in 24 states – to raise awareness about the prevalence of...
View ArticleKenya's battle to cut air pollution
In the Kenyan capital Nairobi, one in every five cars on the road emits black soot. Vehicles are normally fitted with a device that reduces toxic emissions. Youths comb mechanical shops on the hunt for...
View ArticleNigerian-American fashion designer visits migrants in Calabria
Nigerian-American fashion designer Wale Oyejide visited the southern Italian region of Calabria to photograph and film some of the migrants who have helped repopulate the deserted towns of this...
View ArticleZambia's MaFashio Girls
Two millennials, Sekayi and Tukiya Fundafunda, popularly known as MaFashio, have taken the Zambian fashion blogging industry by storm, creating content that celebrates the uniqueness and strangeness of...
View ArticleAlbert Einstein turns 140 on Pi day
Today is the 140th birth anniversary of perhaps the most well known name in the world of science, Albert Einstein. And March 14 is also observed as a Pi Day, as the first three digits of the...
View ArticleSenegal sends its largest team to compete in Special Olympics
A delegation of disabled Senegalese athletes is in Abu Dhabi to participate in the Special Olympic Games which continue until March 21st. This will be their 4th participation in these Summer Olympic...
View ArticleSpecial Olympics in Abu Dhabi kicks off with a splash
We’re heading now to the United Arab Emirates, where the Special Olympics World Games are being held. And as correspondent Andy May explains from Abu Dhabi, a record number of countries are taking...
View ArticleDidier Drogba shares his enthusiasm for Special Olympics in Abu Dhabi
The Special Olympics World Games are underway in Abu Dhabi. This major sporting event for people with intellectual disabilities, gathers 200 countries. In this report, Chelsea and Cote d'Ivoire...
View ArticleInternational report - Humanitarian issues in eastern Chad Pt3: Water crisis
It's time now for Part 3 of our series on eastern Chad, with RFI's Laura Angela Bagnetto.
View ArticleInternational report - Humanitarian issues in eastern Chad Pt4: Darfuri...
France announced last year that it would accept 3,000 refugees from Niger and Chad. RFI's Laura Angela Bagnetto spoke to three Darfuri families in Djabal camp, eastern Chad, pre-selected by UNHCR for...
View ArticleInternational report - Humanitarian issues in eastern Chad Pt5: Migration...
Amidst the numbers and the protests against migrants in Europe and the United States, there are those who are unfortunately living the sad realities of migration that have scarred them for life. In...
View ArticleInternational report - Senegal's youth driven by dreams of sporting success
Senegal has produced dozens of great international football players signed to clubs in Europe. Sadio Mané - Senegal’s team captain and Liverpool player - is a hero for many young boys... not just for...
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