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Children in French overseas territories lack the access to healthcare, housing and education that kids in mainland France can rely on, a new report by Unicef highlights. The UN children's agency is calling on the French government to address what it calls "alarming inequalities" and protect basic rights across the…

Around 80 people in Kenya and Somalia have lost their lives in less than a month as a result of floods caused by heavy rains, which come on the heels of East Africa's worst drought in decades.

The former prime minister of Côte d'Ivoire, sentenced to life in prison for undermining national security, said on Monday that he has been in Niamey since Saturday and met with Niger coup leader Tiani. On Sunday. He also announced that he was ending his self-imposed exile, which began in 2019.

As more nations enter the space race, Europe must ensure it maintains a strong role in space exploration, the director general of the European Space Agency, Josef Aschbacher, told RFI.

More than 70 French charities are urging organisers of the Paris Olympics to ensure the event does not endanger those living on the streets or in emergency shelters – warning that vulnerable people are being cleared out as the city prepares to host the 2024 Games.

Visiting Tanzania this week, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier asked for forgiveness for Germany’s brutal quelling of the Maji Maji uprising over a century ago. Around 300,000 Tanzanians died during this dark episode of Germany’s colonial history; some combattants beheaded and their remains yet to be returned to Tanzania.

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the French linguist Jean-François Champollion. There are reflections on keeping time, “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, and Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan”. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the “Play”…

The Senegalese activist Pape Ibra Guèye, known as “Papito Kara”, has died at sea while trying to reach Spain. Relatives in Dakar told RFI he feared being arrested.

Separatist Tuareg rebels in northern Mali claim to have taken over a camp evacuated by the UN in the strategic town of Kidal, a significant development in an ongoing battle for territory.