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The exhibition "Tattoo. Histories of the Mediterranean", held at the Vieille Charité museum in Marseille’s historic Panier district, invites visitors on a journey through the art and tradition of tattooing – from antiquity to the present day. Highlighting Marseille’s deep-rooted connection to tattoo culture, the exhibition also shows the rich…

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Cannes Film Festival. There’s The Sound Kitchen mailbag, a surprise vocal guest for those of you feeling nostalgic, the “Listeners' Corner” with Paul Myers, and plenty of good music. All that, and the new quiz…

The Middle East is bracing for another protracted conflict after Israel's surprise bombardment on Friday of Iranian nuclear and military sites killed several of the country's top generals and nuclear scientists. Iran has responded with strikes on Israel. As the situation escalates, there are concerns about the global impact. RFI…

Togo late Monday announced it was suspending French public broadcasters RFI and France 24 for three months, for an alleged lack of impartiality in their reporting.

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the “Choose Europe for Science” summit. You’ll hear about the Pariwer Bandhu RFI SW Club’s quiz competition, and there’s the Listener’s Corner” with your bonus question answers. All that, and the new quiz and bonus questions…

A collaborative investigation by international media outlets has uncovered secret prisons run by Russian Wagner mercenaries in Mali, where abuse and torture are carried out with impunity. Reporters with the Forbidden Stories consortium – which includes RFI's sister channel France 24 – reveal how the Wagner paramilitary group duplicated methods…

Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, is fast becoming a key player in the battle against climate change, developing innovative approaches to tackle waste management, restore degraded ecosystems, and promote sustainable urban planning. Like many other cities across the globe, Harare faces significant environmental challenges - yet it is also a…

Vanuatu is using this week's UN Ocean Conference in Nice to demand climate justice ahead of a landmark legal opinion from the world's top court – with climate minister Ralph Regenvanu telling RFI that faster action to hold big polluters accountable is "a matter of survival" for his people.

In northern Ghana, the unchecked felling of shea trees is placing the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of women at serious risk. Shea nut collection, a centuries-old tradition and a vital economic activity, is under threat as illegal logging intensifies across the region.