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Macron says new national service plan will not send French youth to Ukraine

France will not send its young people to Ukraine under a new voluntary national service, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. Speaking on RTL radio, he confirmed plans to reshape the national service programme and warned that Europe must not show weakness toward Russia as the war in Ukraine escalated…

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Parts of Nigeria face unprecedented levels of hunger, UN warns

A surge in militant attacks and instability in northern Nigeria is driving hunger to record levels, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday, warning that nearly 35 million people could go hungry in 2026 as it runs out of resources in December.

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France says goodbye to star pandas going back to China

Female panda Huan Huan and her partner Yuan Zi are set to return to China on Tuesday, for medical treatment. Their arrival in France 2012 was seen as a sign of warming diplomatic ties between France and China. Twins born to the pair in 2021 will remain at the Beauval…

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Sudan's RSF declares humanitarian truce after army rejects US plan

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Monday announced a unilateral three-month ceasefire a day after the army dismissed a US truce proposal from international mediators.

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Reggae icon and 'cultural giant' Jimmy Cliff dead at 81

Jimmy Cliff, the iconic reggae star who helped transform the island's rhythmic music into a global cultural phenomenon, has died, his wife said Monday. He was 81.

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Europe demands more work on US peace plan to end Russia-Ukraine war

The United States has set a Thursday deadline for Ukraine to accept its controversial 28-point peace plan, placing Kyiv’s embattled government under acute pressure. US President Donald Trump has described the proposal as “a starting point”, but both the substance and the process have provoked concern in Ukraine, Russia, and…

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Reggae icon Jimmy Cliff and his long love affair with Africa

A monument of Jamaican music for over half a century, singer Jimmy Cliff died on Monday at the age of 81. While he made the world dance and transcended generations with hits like "Reggae Night" and "Hakuna Matata," he played a pioneering and enduring role in Africa, introducing the musical…

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Cameroon opposition leader flees to Gambia for 'safety' after contested vote

Issa Tchiroma Bakary, the Cameroon candidate declared runner-up in October's presidential election, is in Banjul, in the Gambia, reportedly for "humanitarian reasons," according to the Gambian government.

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French citizens’ convention on children's time calls for school rhythm shifts

France’s third ‘Citizens' convention’ has concluded, presenting ideas on how to better organise children’s time, with a strong focus on school rhythms rather than use of free time. The proposals – which will now be put to the government – also include support for limiting screen use and access to…

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Leaders gather for EU-Africa summit on trade, minerals, in shadow of Ukraine war

European and African leaders are meeting in Angola for a summit focused on trade and renewing the relationship between African and European countries that have been tested by growing influence of Russia, China and the United States.

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Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal calls for 'reconciliation' between France, Algeria

In his first public remarks since he was released by Algeria and returned to France, Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal said Sunday that diplomatic tension between the two countries was likely the cause of his arrest, and that he had always sought “reconciliation” between the two.

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Guinea Bissau's Embalo in tight race for second presidential term

Counting of votes is underway in Guinea-Bissau where a presidential and legislative election took place on Sunday. President Umaro Sissoco Embaló is in a tight contest to become the first leader in three decades to win a second consecutive term in the coup-prone West African nation.

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Did French media silence enable Brigitte Macron fake news story to go viral?

France’s presidential couple have filed court cases both in France and the United States to refute false claims that Brigitte Macron was born a man. One French misinformation specialist believes a lack of coverage of the story by traditional media may have only fanned the flames of one of the…

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Fifty pupils escape kidnappers in Nigeria, as Pope calls for release of all 315

Fifty of the more than 300 students kidnapped from a Nigerian Catholic school last week have escaped, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said Sunday, as Pope Leo appealed for them all to be immediately released.

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A stitch in time: the Ghanaian artist sewing trash into treasure

A civil engineer by trade and an artist at heart, Emmanuel Aggrey Tieku has found an innovative way to raise awareness about the problem of textile waste in his native Ghana. His ever-expanding installations are stitched together from hundreds of pieces of used clothing, collected from cities around the world…

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G20 summit ends with commitment to multilateralism, despite US boycott

The G20 summit in Johannesburg closed on Sunday with South Africa claiming a diplomatic victory after securing agreement on a wide-ranging declaration – despite a boycott by the United States and warnings from several leaders that the forum is struggling to remain relevant in a fragmenting world.

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Hicham Benohoud's 'The Classroom' awarded PhotoBook of the Year

Moroccan photographer Hicham Benohoud’s book The Classroom was been awarded PhotoBook of the year at Paris Photo, the world’s largest photography fair. The book presents a striking collection of black-and-white images created while he was working as an art teacher in Marrakesh in the early 1990s.

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France’s primate research drive sparks backlash from animal rights groups

Plans to expand one of France’s primate research centres are facing resistance from animal rights groups and growing national debate over Europe’s animal testing future.

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Corruption, lack of accountability helps organised crime to thrive across Africa

Organised crime has steadily gained ground across Africa since 2019, while efforts to combat it have weakened, according to the 2025 Africa Organised Crime Index. The new analysis found that corruption, disregard for law and lack of accountability are helping criminal networks to proliferate in several regions across the continent.

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Thousands march in France to demand action on violence against women

Thousands of protesters across France braved the cold on Saturday to express their anger over the persistence of violence against women and demand more public action and funds to combat the scourge.

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How Germany's Nuremberg trial for Nazi crimes transformed international law

Eighty years ago, on 20 November, 1945, the historic trials of many leaders of the Nazi Third Reich began in Nuremberg, Germany, just months after the end of WWII. The exceptional procedure laid the foundations of a new international legal model to prosecute crimes against humanity.

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Major rally in France decries drug violence after murder of activist's brother

Thousands of people gathered in Marseille on Saturday to honour the brother of an anti-drug activist murdered in France's second largest city whose death sparked nationwide calls to confront drug crime.

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Amazon summit seals climate deal without fossil fuel plan

Nations clinched a deal at the UN's COP30 climate summit in the Amazon Saturday without a roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels as demanded by the European Union and other countries.

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Climate activists dye Venice's Grand Canal green

Climate activists dyed Venice's Grand Canal green Saturday, as countries at a UN climate conference in Brazil struggled to agree on the crucial issue of phasing out of fossil fuels.

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Gunmen seize 315 pupils and teachers in latest Nigerian mass school kidnapping

Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 schoochildren and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said Saturday. No group has yet claimed responsibility for what is the second abduction in a week in Africa's most populous nation.

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