RFI English
France struggles with influx of Tibetan refugees
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- France struggles with influx of Tibetan refugees
- Runtime
- 2:31
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds of Tibetan refugees live in camps outside Paris as the authorities struggle to house them.
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- Brexit and the Irish border
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Ireland and the UK were among the first countries to vote in the European parliament elections. Results in both countries were radically different with pro-Brexit forces winning big in the UK and pro-European parties holding the fort in Ireland. RFI was at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in a region where a “hard Brexit” will be felt more than in any other place in Europe. See more at http://en.rfi.fr/europe/20190527-brexit-northern-ireland-what-if-hard-border-hits + read more at http://en.rfi.fr/europe/20190525-brexit-looms-dark-over-north-ireland
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- #ClimateStrike - Hugo Viel, member of the NGO CliMates
- Runtime
- 1:12
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- With two days to go before European parliamentary elections, young activists in France are ramping up the pressure on politicians to take climate change seriously. Engineer student Hugo Viel, says he's determined to make his vote count.
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- #WorldMusicMatters: French jazz singer Sarah Lenka
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- 2:40
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sarah Lenka reinterprets Oh Death - a "conversation" with death recorded by American gospel and folk singer Bessie Jones, and Vera Hall in the 1930s. It's one of several songs from her latest album Women's Legacy: subtle reinterpretations of work songs and prison songs that convey the suffering and resilience of several African American women in the early 20th century.
Listen to the full podcast:https://rfi.my/4481.f
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- #Cannes2019 - Composers, the unsung heroes of film
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- 11:12
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- "Film is like the new opera", says Jean-Michel Blais, composer of the music score for director Xavier Dolan's "Matthias et Maxime" at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival.
Music is usually the background of all the film in the festival's main selection, but it plays an essential role in the pace of the film, the mood and the colour.
https://rfi.my/44Ct.y
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- #Cannes 2019 - 'The Young Ahmed': a story about youth and radicalisation
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- 2:04
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- 'The Young Ahmed' is a film about the radicalisation of youngsters, how it affects their entourage and the means society has today to deal with them. It's directed by social-realism experts Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. It is one of the films in the Golden Palm competition at the Cannes Film Festival and releases in France on 22 May.
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- #Cannes 2019 - ‘The Swallows of Kabul': an Afghan love story
- Runtime
- 1:53
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- For her fifth feature film, nominated for the Un Certain Regard award at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, Zabout Breitman offers——an animated film version of Yasmina Khadra’s novel, The Swallows of Kabul.
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- Christopher Chantrey, Vice President British Community Committee, France
- Runtime
- 12:54
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- How are British citizens living in France coping with the uncertainty of Brexit and their future on the continent, as Europe gears up for the polls? Christopher Chantrey is vice-president of British Community Committee of France and board member of British in Europe. In this interview with RFI's Ollia Horton, he describes how British citizens are coping in the face of so much change.
http://britishinfrance.com/
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- Cannes 2019: RFI meets director Mira Nair
- Runtime
- 13:27
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Indian film director Mira Nair speaks to RFI's Rosslyn Hyams about her role as mentor at the French Institut Français film development workshop, about women in cinema, about filmy-politics in India and about her upcoming stage adaptation of her 2001 Monsoon Wedding, and TV mini-series of Vikram Seth's epic novel, A Suitable Boy.
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- #WorldMusicMatters: award-winning Franco-Nigerian soprano Omo Bello
- Runtime
- 1:45
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- She performs Bizet’s Vasco de Gama at the Opera Lyrique in Paris. Our guest on this week's World Music Matters podcast talking about being an opera singer and her project to develop classical music back home in Nigeria.
http://en.rfi.fr
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- Sarah Tullamore - British singer and actress
- Runtime
- 16:19
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sarah Tullamore is an actress, singer, composer and voice coach based in Paris. She told RFI's Ollia Horton how she prepared for the role of Jeanne in a French musical called “Belles de Nuit", set in 1946 when a law to shut down brothels was brought in. Written and produced by Jonathan Kerr and Bénédicte Charpiat, it's on until the 8th June at the Trévise Theatre in Paris. www.sarahtullamore.com
https://www.facebook.com/bellesdenuitlemusical
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- Zambian rapper FREEM1ND
- Runtime
- 23:39
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- RFI's Rosie Collyer talks to Paris-based Zambian rapper - FREEM1ND - about his relationship with Zambia, and his new album.
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- Cannes 2019 film of the day: The Dead Don’t Die
- Runtime
- 1:53
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Jim Jarmusch takes on the zombie genre in his latest work, which has the honour of being chosen as the opening film for the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. http://en.rfi.fr
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- Live Guest - Peter Mandelson
- Runtime
- 11:23
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Peter Mandelson was one of the main architects of the so-called New Labour party in the mid-1990s. He served in various ministerial roles and went on to be an EU trade commissioner. Mandelson is a stanch advocate of Britain remaining in the EU.
He has criticized the current Labour leader - Jeremy Corbyn - for making the party, quote "unelectable".
Mandelson is in France to attend the two-day Leaders for Peace conference in Paris. RFI's Rosie Collyer caught up with him and began by asking him about his role in the advocacy group Open Britain:
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- Sharjah - UNESCO World Book Capital 2019
- Runtime
- 3:56
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- RFI's Tarek Kai speaks to Sheikha Bdour Al Qasimi, Vice-President of the International Publisher's Association about the events the Emirati city of Sharjah will be hosting over the coming months as UNESCO's designated World Book Capital in 2019.
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- Falun Gong
- Runtime
- 2:36
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- May 13 is World Falun Gong Day. RFI was at Trocadéro and talked to Falun Gong members and their critics. For an in-depht investigation into Falun Gong and its Shen Yun theater group, check our website at en.rfi.fr
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- Libya crisis will stop once militias leave, official says
- Runtime
- 5:08
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Over 400 people have been killed in Libya’s capital Tripoli since April, following an offensive by strongman General Khalifa Haftar. Fayez al-Sarraj, Prime Minister of the internationally recognised government in Tripoli, says the assault has ‘destroyed’ any chance of peace.
Abdulhadi Ibrahim Lahweej is foreign minister of the rival parliament in the east, which supports General Haftar. He says war is not the right way, but that it is necessary to oust militias.
For more information: https://rfi.my/41Dt.y
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- The lure of vanilla
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Demand for natural vanilla is high. Cultivators struggle to keep up with the demand because it takes five years for a new plant to flower. Graziella Catan has a vanilla plantation in the Reunion Islands. She talks to RFI about why vanilla is one of the most sought after flavours.
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- Mary Paccard and Ross Taverner of the Democratic Alliance talk South African politics
- Runtime
- 16:36
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The African Nation Congress is likely to retain it's majority in South Africa's general elections, but lose seats to opposition parties, including the Democratic Alliance. RFI's Rosie Collyer talks to two members of the DA abroad about what's at stake in the upcoming elections.
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- Yellow Vests take to the Paris streets for the 1st of May
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Yellow Vest protestors took to the streets on May Day to continue to urge President Macron to take further steps....
http://en.rfi.fr
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- Pogba's World Cup-winning boots sell for 30,000 euros
- Runtime
- 1:22
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The football boots with which Paul Pogba effectively won the World Cup for France last year were sold for 30,000 euros at a Paris auction on Monday. The proceeds will go to a charity helping young people in the Paris surburb where Pogba grew up.
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- Ethiopia's ambassador to France, Henok Teferra Shawl
- Runtime
- 24:13
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Ethiopia has been undergoing major changes since the arrival of Abiy Ahmed as prime minister in April 2018.
Such improvements include the release of all political prisoners, the lifting of the ban on political parties, a push for regional economic integration, and the renewal of relations with Eritrea after more than 25 years of strife.
New ambassadors have also been appointed to open a new chapter in international relations.
Henok Teferra Shawl took his post as Ethiopia's ambassador to France some three weeks ago.
RFI English's editor-in-chief Daniel Singleton asks him about his links with France, the objectives he has set for his mandate, and the enormous challenges Ethiopia is facing.
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- Playing the gentleman’s game in Chantilly, France
- Runtime
- 1:49
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The Chantilly cricket ground is probably the most picturesque cricket venue in France. It is located 60 km north of Paris at the Ferme d’Apremont, which also hosts one of Europe’s largest polo clubs. The cricket ground borders one of the nine polo pitches. Read more: https://rfi.my/3yc7.y
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- 28 April 1969: President De Gaulle resigns
- Runtime
- 3:00
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Today marks the 50th anniversary of the resignation of French President Charles de Gaulle before the end of his seven-year mandate.
Let’s look at some key events leading up to it.
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- Nigeria’s humanitarian entrepreneurs
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Mary Igbazua set up the Northeast Humanitarian Innovation Hub after returning from studies abroad with a plan to help rebuild areas devasted by the Boko Haram insurgency. Several entrepreneurs are now being incubated by the hub in the hope of providing solutions to the humanitarian crisis in northeast Nigeria.
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- #WorldMusicMatters: reggae artist Marcus Gad on the song River from new EP
- Runtime
- 1:15
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Marcus Gad, reggae singer from New Caledonia, talks to RFI about the song River, inspired by the holy Indian city of Varanasi. It's from his new EP Enter a Space. Hear all about it on this week's World Music Matters podcast.More here: https://rfi.my/3xip.t
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- Kenyan women bikers take their safety message on the road
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Six women, the Throttle Queens, are traveling across East Africa on motorbikes to raise awareness of road safety issues in the region.
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- Célia Fomani and Majirus Fansi - volunteers with the TEAM non profit group
- Runtime
- 15:15
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Since 2007, the French non-profit T.E.A.M. organisation has been able to support around 18 schools and orphanages, and over three thousand schoolchildren from countries such as Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon and Senegal.
Their new crowd-funding link on the platform Ulule, which starts on 25 April, hopes to raise 18,000 euros to donate school supplies and oversee the construction of toilets, water towers and classrooms in remote villages.
www.touchedespoir.org
Crowdfunding site https://fr.ulule.com/together-we-build-their-futur
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- #Cannes2019 - The Directors’ Fortnight: New Face, Same Vision
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- It is Paolo Moretti's first line-up as executive of the Cannes Directors' Fortnight, which is 51 years old this year. He has already worked for a string of international film festivals like La Mostra in Venice, in Leeds and Rome and more recently in France at Roche-sur-Yon. RFI's Rosslyn Hyams talked to him. https://rfi.my/3xIo.f
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- Mideast Junction: Oud for thought?
- Runtime
- 4:16
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Did you know that the musical instrument the oud is one of the most popular ones in the Middle East region? Because its range is much broader it often accompanies songs that convey much more emotion.
Find out more in this week's Mideast Junction this Saturday 27 April.
Check it out online at http://en.rfi.fr/features/mid-east-
junction OR on your favourite podcast platform under
Rfi Mideast Junction
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- Cannabis: A sensitive issue in France
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- France consumes the most cannabis in Europe, but it also has some of the most repressive drug laws. Then there's CBD, so-called 'legal' cannabis. But is that legal? Read about it here: https://rfi.my/3wMh.f
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- Roma activist and actress Alina Serban talks to RFI
- Runtime
- 6:23
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Roma activist, actress, director and playright Alina Serban has been performing excerpts of her one woman play in Paris. Now she plans to adapt the play that was first performed in New York a decade ago to challenge racist attitudes towards Roma people in France.
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- The Yellow Vest Street Medics
- Runtime
- 1:19
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Teams of volunteer medics attend Yellow Vest protests across France to treat injured protesters. They receive donations that help them buy protective gear and medical equipment. Tens of protesters have been injured by rubber bullets and projectiles during the weekly protests against the rising cost of living.
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- Karen Viggers, an Australian author published in French
- Runtime
- 10:08
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Australian Author Karen Viggers discusses her new novel The Orchardist's Daughter on Paris Live with RFI's Ollia Horton.
Set in the wild spaces of Tasmania, the book's characters face a range of issues from isolation, overcoming hardship, making friends and protecting the environment. On the day of this interview, the news had broken about the fire at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. Fire also plays an important role in the book as you will hear. Published by Allen and Unwin in Australia, it has been released in French in April 2019 by Editions Les Escales.
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- Marc Mimram: Roland Garros court architect
- Runtime
- 2:02
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- http://en.rfi.fr
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- #Worldmusicmatters: French quartet Zakouska
- Runtime
- 0:50
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The young, dynamic quartet Zakouska have just released their 3rd album La Criée. Using guitar, accordion, violin and lyra they move the lines of traditional music from the Mediterranean. This piece, Aspasia, gives pride of place to the lyra from Crete. Listen to the band on this week's World Music Matters podcast.
▶️Subscribe: https://fmm.io/10OB.t
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- Relive the night of the Notre Dame fire
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- 1:32
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Efforts have turned to rebuilding Paris's Notre-Dame Cathedral, but when fire broke out on Monday, there was real concern the monument would be lost. Find out here what people were saying as the fire raged the night of 15 April 2019.
![The day after #NotreDameFire [3/3]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7g-0K-q8JWU/2.jpg)
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- The day after #NotreDameFire [3/3]
- Runtime
- 1:19
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Read more here: https://rfi.my/3vjU.t
![The day after #NotreDameFire [2/3]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YtLmo5NjRrk/2.jpg)
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- The day after #NotreDameFire [2/3]
- Runtime
- 1:25
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Read more here: https://rfi.my/3vjU.t
![The day after #NotreDameFire [1/3]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r4Zpqr-nlfg/1.jpg)
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- The day after #NotreDameFire [1/3]
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Read more here: https://rfi.my/3vjU.t
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- #NotreDamedeParis - Sombre mood following devastating fire
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
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- Live on Live - Paris Talks 2019: One Month On - MBahati & KHofmaier
- Runtime
- 16:09
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- One month after the Paris Talks forum on "The Future of Conlfict", RFI's David Coffey speaks for conference organisers Michael Bahati and Keenya Hofmaier about how the event was received by participants, the conclusions reached by the Paris Talks workshops and what lies ahead for 2020.
http://en.rfi.fr
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- Paris marks vinyl records store day
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- MP3, streaming or/and vinylrecords? Paris marked vinyl records store day on 13 April. Vinyl record fans were on the hunt for newly-released albums or rare finds. The day saw thousands of fans and artists visit independent record stores around the world.
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- Ijeoma Onah, founder of the Nigerian International Film and TV Summit.
- Runtime
- 8:17
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- You’ve heard of Nollywood, the Nigerian film industry, but did you know there's a budding TV industry as well? In fact, television industry executives from Nigeria were in Cannes and Paris this week for a special summit designed to encourage cross-cultural productions with French speaking countries in Africa as well as other English speaking countries both within and outside of Africa.
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- #Worldmusicmatters: Glen Hansard plays Brother's Keeper at RFI
- Runtime
- 1:23
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard performed this song from his new album This Wild Willing on a guitar he borrowed in extremis from a busker in Paris. Hansard plays Le Casino de Paris on 27 April.
Listen to the full interview about how Paris inspired the new album here: https://rfi.my/3ui3.t
Subscribe to the World Music Matters podcast: https://fmm.io/10OB.t
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- 25th anniversary commemorations of the genocide against the Tutsis
- Runtime
- 1:38
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- On 7 April, Rwanda began commemorations for the 25th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsis. RFI's Pierre René-Worms has this photo report.
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- Paris's asylum seekers are becoming invisible, NGOs warn
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The European refugee crisis of recent years is not what it once was, but there are just as many asylum seekers are on the streets of Paris. Alix Geoffroy of humanitarian group Utopia 56 says their situation has become more difficult under President Emmanuel Macron.
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- Iraq War - 9 April 2003: The fall of Baghdad
- Runtime
- 2:54
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
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- Julien Benneteau ruminates on Romania
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- France's Fed Cup team captain says his players face a tough fight against Romania in the semi-final. Read more: https://rfi.my/3txL.y
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- Albert Nsengimana: They killed my family in the genocide, but I forgave them
- Runtime
- 7:31
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Genocide survivor Albert Nsengimana was only 7 when he witnessed his brothers slaughtered before his eyes by Hutu extremists. Albert nearly suffered a similar fate when his mother took him to be killed, but miraculously he managed to escape. Twenty-five years after the genocide, he says it’s time to forgive.
In a new book called “Ma mere m’a tué” or “my mother killed me” released on Thursday 4th April, he tells his story of survival and forgiveness.
