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Pope Leo XIV arrived in Cameroon Wednesday for the next stop on his 11-day apostolic journey across Africa. Separatist groups in the English-speaking west declared a three-day ceasefire to allow the pontiff to travel to the conflict-ridden region.
Pope Leo XIV will touch down in Cameroon Wednesday for the next stop on his 11-day apostolic journey across Africa. Separatist groups in the English-speaking west declared a three-day ceasefire to allow the pontiff to travel to the conflict-ridden region.
On the third anniversary of the start of the war in Sudan, which has killed tens of thousands of people, an aid worker from one of the main NGOs still there has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the starvation of the people. She also spoke about the incredible way the Sudanese come together to try to help each other.
A flotilla of dozens of boats set sail for Gaza from Barcelona on Wednesday in a fresh bid to break an Israeli blockade and deliver aid. Last year, another flotilla of about 50 boats was boarded by the Israeli navy, resulting in crew members, including Sweden's Greta Thunberg, being arrested and expelled by Israel.
François Picard is pleased to welcome Zsuzsanna Szelényi, foreign policy specialist, former politician, author and founding director of the CEU Democracy Institute Leadership Academy. For more than three decades, she observed, first-hand, Hungary’s political transformation from within. There was no sudden descent into autocracy, she witnessed a gradual and deliberate restructuring of political pow...
Social media users are claiming that Apple has intentionally removed towns in southern Lebanon from its Maps app, sparking allegations of a link to the ongoing Israel-Lebanon conflict. Apple has denied the claims, stating the locations were never indexed to begin with and citing longstanding coverage gaps predating the war.
PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, April 15, 2026: First, the Italian front pages rally around Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as she stands up to US President Donald Trump. Next, war robots in Ukraine have captured Russian positions for the first time in history. Meanwhile, the war in Sudan enters its fourth year. Elsewhere, the World Press Photo awards have been given out. Finally, an unusual campaign take...
Gaza's civil defence agency said on Tuesday that a toddler was among 10 people killed in separate Israeli strikes in the northern part of the Palestinian territory. Violence continues despite a ceasefire in the Gaza war that came into effect on October 10, with both Israel and Hamas regularly accusing each other of violations.
Three pieces of wire and string, a clothespin, a cork – these humble materials gave rise to the famous sculptures of American artist Alexander Calder, now on majestic display at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. Some 300 works, including 139 sculptures and 33 paintings, will enliven the vast galleries until August 16, as well as, for the first time, the museum’s garden designed by the America...
François Picard welcomes Farès Boueiz, former Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Israeli-Lebanese talks in the US cannot be defined as a "breakthrough", explains the former Lebanese minister. He sees this as a technical prelude to meaningful negotiations. What we are witnessing is the exploratory stage of diplomacy. According to Boueiz, the fundamental issue lies in the misalignment of obje...
As countries on both sides of the Atlantic ramp up deportations of undocumented migrants, Spain’s left-wing government on Tuesday prepared to give legal status to hundreds of thousands of irregular workers. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has championed the amnesty as a way to not only give informal workers legal protections, but to also bring more money into a social security system increasingly und...
Pope Leo XIV is to arrive in Cameroon on Wednesday, the second stage of an African tour shadowed by insults from US President Donald Trump and suicide attacks in Algeria on his first day. The pontiff is to meet Cameroonian President Paul Biya at the start of his four-day visit to the mainly French-speaking country, before heading to a conflict zone where English-speaking separatists have been figh...
Peruvian right-wing presidential hopeful Rafael Lopez Aliaga gathered hundreds of supporters in Lima on Tuesday and gave authorities 24 hours to annul the first round of the country's election over allegations of fraud. Lopez Aliaga, a fan of US President Donald Trump, is locked in a tight three-way race with a leftist candidate and a social democrat for second place in Sunday's vote. The election...
Paris Saint-Germain’s grip on the Champions League trophy remains strong. The defending champion advanced to the semifinals of European club soccer’s biggest competition by dumping out six-time winner Liverpool on Tuesday. A 2-0 win at Anfield sealed a 4-0 aggregate victory and moved PSG a step closer to becoming only the second club to retain the trophy in the modern era after all-time king of Eu...
A Frenchman won a Picasso painting worth 1 million euros ($1.18 million) in a non-profit raffle on Tuesday. The winner, Ari Hodara, a 59-year-old software engineer from Paris, was selected at random at Christie's auction house in Paris from 120,000 tickets sold at 100 euros apiece. The raffle's proceeds will fund Alzheimer's disease research.
Israel and Lebanon agreed to direct negotiations following talks in Washington on Tuesday that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had hailed as a "historic opportunity" for peace. Lebanon's ambassador to the United States Nada Hamadeh Moawad called for a ceasefire. FRANCE 24's Cyril Payen reports from Beirut, Lebanon.
France and Britain will co-host a video-conference Friday of countries ready to contribute to a "purely defensive mission" to secure the Strait of Hormuz, the French president's office said Tuesday. President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are to co-chair the meeting to discuss a plan to "restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz when security conditions allow ...
A new trial over the death of football legend Diego Maradona began Tuesday in Argentina, 10 months after a scandal involving a judge caused the first trial to collapse. Maradona, considered one of the world's greatest players, died in November 2020 at the age of 60 while recovering from surgery for a brain clot. His seven-strong medical team is accused of gross negligence causing his death over th...
Israel's military on Wednesday issued a fresh evacuation order for residents of south Lebanon as it pressed on with an offensive against Hezbollah militants. It is the first evacuation order by the military since direct talks were held on Tuesday in Washington between Lebanon and Israel's ambassadors to the United States. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem.
This Wednesday marks three years since the start of the civil war in Sudan, a conflict that has forced 14 million people to flee their homes. Some 4 million of them have left their country altogether. While many have fled to neighbouring countries, some have chosen Kenya. The capital Nairobi has become a hub for welcoming not only Sudanese refugees, but also political and even armed groups linked ...
The climate-denialist Trump administration is pushing the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to stop focusing on clean energy development projects. We take a closer look. But first: Russia vows to make up for any shortfall in Chinese oil supplies due to the US-Israeli war on Iran, and crude prices fall on hopes of renewed peace talks.
Stuart Norval is pleased to welcome Alon-Lee Green, National Director for Standing Together. He's advocating for a fundamentally different paradigm, one rooted in diplomacy, equality, and the end of occupation. According to Green, the ongoing military campaigns are not only strategically ineffective but morally corrosive and politically instrumentalised. And he argues the new controversial legisla...
Sudan’s government on Wednesday slammed a donor conference hosted by Germany as “surprising and unacceptable”, saying the event meddles in the country’s internal affairs and was organised without consulting Khartoum. The conference is being held as the brutal war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) enters its fourth year.
Antoine Griezmann hopes to bid his beloved Atletico Madrid farewell in spectacular fashion after helping his team reach the first Champions League semi-finals in almost a decade. The record-breaking scorer is leaving the Spanish club at the end of this season to join Orlando City.
Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Simon Mabon, Professor of International Politics and Director of the Richardson Institute for Peace Studies at Lancaster University. He sees the current conflict between Lebanon and Israel as one defined more by layered, overlapping sovereignties. The talks between Israeli and Lebanese officials are, on the surface, historically significant. Yet they risk being mis...
Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Simon Mabon, Professor of International Politics and Director of the Richardson Institute for Peace Studies at Lancaster University, specialising in Middle East studies. He is also Director of SEPAD (the Sectarianism, Proxies and De-Sectarianization Project). He sees the current conflict between Lebanon and Israel as one defined more by layered, overlapping soverei...
Paris Saint-Germain beat Liverpool (2-0) thanks to a brace from Ousmane Dembélé and have reached the semi-finals for the third year running.
US rapper Kanye West said on Tuesday he had postponed his show in Marseille, France’s second-largest city, until further notice. The 48-year-old, now known as Ye, said on X he made the decision after “much thought and consideration.” He had been due to perform on June 11.
Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Tuesday that 10 people, including a toddler, were killed in separate Israeli strikes in the north of the enclave. Violence has persisted despite an October 10 ceasefire. A strike on a police vehicle in Gaza City killed four people, including a child, and wounded others.
Israeli fire killed at least six Palestinians, including two children, in separate incidents across Gaza on Tuesday, local health officials said, in violence undermining a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Four people, including a three-year-old boy, were killed in a strike targeting a police vehicle in Gaza City, authorities said.
