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The fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, which resumed last week, has prompted concern from UN Secretary-General António Guterres, as well as from the African Union, the European Union and the UK, all of whom have called on the parties to exercise restraint.

Two more brands of French infant formula have recalled batches due to their levels of the cereulide toxin, three days after France lowered the threshold limits and the European Commission is due to rule on its own acceptable levels.

French DJ and muisc producer Gesaffelstein has won his first-ever Grammy for his remix of Lady Gaga‘s song Abracadabra.

Cyclone Fytia hit Madagascar at the weekend, flooding large parts of the northwest of the main island and leaving three people dead, while impacting nearly 30,000 others.

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu faces two new no-confidence motions on Monday, after he forced the 2026 budget through parliament without a vote for the third and final time on Friday.

Israel has announced it is partially reopening the Rafah crossing between the devastated Gaza Strip and Egypt following months of urging from humanitarian organisations, although the initial access will be limited to the movement of people. Rafah is considered a key entry point for supplies into the Palestinian territory, where…

Young Frenchman Alexandre Helwani is using ancient texts and forgotten techniques to bring old fragrances back to life. Through experiments in his laboratory, this self-taught 'nose' merges history, culture and smell to create scents such as the Bible and the Odyssey.

A teenager injured in a New year's fire that engulfed a bar in a Swiss ski resort has died in hospital, taking the death toll from the disaster to 41, the local public prosecutor announced Sunday. The day before, several hundred demonstrators marched in Lausanne to demand "justice and truth"…

Nigeria's Afrobeat king Fela Kuti was on Saturday evening posthumously recognised by the Grammys with a Lifetime Achievement Award, becoming the first African artist to receive the distinction.

This eight-part podcast series examines the Paris Agreement ten years on, featuring global climate leaders discussing progress, challenges, and the dramatic shift in power towards emerging economies. The series explores how multilateral cooperation has evolved despite geopolitical fractures, from industrial transformation and innovative financing to the changing rules of climate…

Africa’s growth could outpace Asia’s for the first time in 2026, figures from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggest, as the continent’s population continues to rise fast.