RFI English
Acupuncture for refugees
- Title
- Acupuncture for refugees
- Runtime
- 3:04
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Elise Boghossian is an acupuncturist and founder of the Paris-based NGO EliseCare. Touched by shocking images of violence meted out by the Islamic State armed group against religious minorities in Iraq and Syria, in 2014 she decided to travel there to see what she could do to help. http://en.rfi.fr/
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- Yellow Vests' Tenth Protest
- Runtime
- 2:18
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- On 19 January, the Yellow Vests held their tenth Saturday of demonstrations across France to show continuing discontent with the policies of President Emmanuel Macron. In Paris they started at the Esplanade des Invalides. RFI's Jan van der Made spoke to them. For the full story: https://bit.ly/2FEAz4d
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- Paris Live guest Colin Hay
- Runtime
- 18:07
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey speaks to Colin Hay, UK political specialist with Paris' Sciences-Po University about what happens next for Britain as a motion of no-confidence has been tabled against Prime Minister Theresa May, following last night's parliamentary vote on her Brexit agreement which was overwhelmingly rejected by the House of Commons.
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- Paris Live guest Elizabeth Milovidov
- Runtime
- 11:28
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Products incorporating artificial intelligence and virtual reality are increasingly being marketed to children, which raises questions about ethics. Our guest Elizabeth Milovidov, the director and founder of Digital Parenting Coach, helps us to unravel these issues and others relating to children and gadgets. See our website en.rfi.fr for the full story
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- Paris Live guest Alain Richard
- Runtime
- 15:08
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The US pullout of its troops from Syria will leave France as the only Western power with an army presence in that country. RFI talks to former Defense Minister Alain Richard (1997-2002 under President Jacques Chirac) about the French army’s strategy and prospects after the American departure. Find the full story at en.rfi.fr
- Title
- Jewellery from waste bones and scrap metal
- Runtime
- 4:17
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Residents of Kibra, Kenya use waste bones and scrap metal to craft jewellery for a global market.
- Title
- A message for migrants from Guinea's Cirque Mandingue
- Runtime
- 2:46
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- RFI spent Christmas with Cirque Mandingue, a circus troupe from Guinea, during rehearsals for their opening night at the Cabaret Sauvage in Paris.
- Title
- Gemma King, Lecturer in French Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra
- Runtime
- 14:28
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- France has witnessed weeks of protests known as the Yellow Vest movement in which angry citizens have taken to the streets. At first it was over fuel tax hikes and taxes in general but it very quickly spread to a wider section of the population ... and became an expression of discontent with the political leadership and the policies of President Emmanuel Macron. So how have these protests been seen by outsiders and visitors to France? RFI's Ollia Horton spoke to Dr Gemma King - a Lecturer in French Studies at The Australian National University, in Canberra. She has been in Paris for the last month, accompanying students from the course she teaches which combines French language, culture, history and politics. Witnessing the protests up close gave them a unique perspective on contemporary French life. Gemma King, also a specialist in French cinema and is the author of a book called "Decentring France: Multilingualism and Power in Contemporary French cinema”
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- Arancha Gonzales, Executive Director of the International Trade Centre in Geneva.
- Runtime
- 8:39
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- A biennial World Trade Organisation forum got underway in Geneva this week, as US trade policies came under the spotlight with the European Union (along with other members) stating that "the multi-lateral trading system is in deep crisis... and the USA is it its epicentre". Earlier Wednesday, the U.S. Ambassador Dennis Shea rejected the comment made by EU on Monday... and clashed anew with China. Both Washington and Beijing accusing each other of undermining the WTO system. Here is Arancha Gonzales, speaking to RFI's David Coffey
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- Migration: France's Portuguese community
- Runtime
- 2:41
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The Portuguese in France, most of whom came to in the 1960s and 70s, are one of the country’s longest-established communities. Valdemar Francisco, who was one of them, recounts his experience of living in a shanty town near Paris.
- Title
- Sir David Attenborough Addresses UN climate summit in Poland , December 2015.
- Runtime
- 0:41
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- As the world's nations agreed in Poland on measures to uphold the 2015 Paris climate deal, President Macron emphasised France's role in the process.After a fraught conference, at which even Sir David Attenborough appealed for climate action, delegates finally agreed on action.
- Title
- French Yellow Vest Protest to impact economy
- Runtime
- 0:30
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Earlier this week, the French finance minister explained that the protests would have a consierable impact on the French economy. You can read more about the December 15th protests here. https://bit.ly/2UMRZ2T
- Title
- Wassim Nasr, France 24's specialist in Middle East politics and jihadist movements
- Runtime
- 8:38
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- On this day 15 years ago, Operation Red Dawn was launched in the Iraqi town of ad-Dawr that led to the capture of dictator Saddam Hussein. RFI's David Coffey discusses the repercussions of this day with France 24's Wassim Nasr, who specialises in Middle East politics and jihadist movements.
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- Dilemmas in the Budryk coal mine
- Runtime
- 2:27
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Europe's largest coke coal producer, the Budryk Coal Mine near Katowice, is facing pressure to clean up its act. Poland is hosting the COP24 climate summit in this city but is struggling to move towards cleaner energy. RFI's Jan van der Made interviewed workers and management at the mine in 2009. Has anything changed today? Find out in this report. And follow the full coverage of the COP24 conference with RFI's Christina Okello on our website at en.rfi.fr
- Title
- Johnny Hallyday fans pay homage to their hero
- Runtime
- 0:47
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- A year after the death of French rock legend Johnny Hallyday, more than a thousand fans flocked to the Eglise de la Madeleine for a final mass and musical tribute
- Title
- March for the Climate in Paris2
- Runtime
- 0:16
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Decmber 8, 2018 Climate Change march in Paris. Thousands turned up to demand changes in politics to support climate change.
- Title
- Yellow Vests-related protests
- Runtime
- 0:39
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- French riot police clash with protesters as the Yellow Vests wave of protests continue despite concessions by the government.
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- Edward Boucher and Alan Madigan from Dublin - Paris Live Guest
- Runtime
- 15:40
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey marks UNESCO's decision to include Reggae music an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, with a discussion on the move with Edward Boucher, President of the Association of Jamaican Nationals in France and music producer and musician Alan Madigan, who joins them on line from Dublin.
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- Tsilavina Andriamisaina, Africa Deal Advisor for the consulting firm KPMG - Paris Live guest
- Runtime
- 15:20
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Tsilavina Andriamisaina knows Madagscar well. He spent several years helping small and medium sized businesses in Madagascar to secure funding. Madagascar is one of the world’s poorest countries according to the World Bank. He explains the biggest hurdles to Madagascar’s economic development.
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- Angry farmers march on parliament in New Delhi
- Runtime
- 7:09
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Tens of thousands of farmers and agricultural workers marched towards the Indian parliament Friday demanding debt waivers and higher crop prices, putting pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of 2019 elections. It is the latest protest by Indian farmers. Their demands are for a complete debt waiver and prices for their produce that will guarantee their livelihood. Over the last few months, the country has seen several farmer rebellions which have gained national prominence. Our New Delhi correspondent Murali Krishnan explains the situation to RFI's Daniel Singleton.
- Title
- Andalusia elections : Spain’s Socialist government faces first big test
- Runtime
- 5:35
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Spain’s Socialist government on Sunday faces its first big test since taking power in the summer following a no-confidence vote. The party is likely to lose votes in the southern region of Andalusia where it has governed for most of Spain’s democratic history. Opposition members from the conservative People’s Party, the liberal Citizens Party and the left-wing Podemos alliance say it is time to oust Socialist leader Susana Diaz to tackle the region’s high unemployment and to punish a party with former high-ranking members currently on trial for corruption. Diaz has urged voters to back her strongly to avoid anti-immigration party Vox getting into power. Our Madrid correspondent Sarah Morris analyses the situation for RFI's Daniel Singleton during Paris Live on Friday.
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- Eiffel Tower staircase segment sold for 169,000 euros
- Runtime
- 1:12
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- On 27 November, another section of a staircase from the Eiffel Tower in Paris sold for 169,000 euros, around three times the pre-sale estimate. More than two dozen steps from the original spiral structure, from between the second and third floors of the Paris landmark, were sold to a collector from the Middle East after a fierce bidding-war in the French capital.
https://bit.ly/2U0jPIR
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- Live in Studio 51 - Olivia Zémor, President of the EuroPalestine Solidarity Group
- Runtime
- 19:31
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly called for the annual observance of November 29th as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. On that day, back in 1947, the Assembly adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine, known as Nakba to the Palestinian population, directly translated as "Disaster".
- Title
- Madagascar's folk opera
- Runtime
- 2:35
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Among the troupes of minstrels who roam the length and breadth of Madagascar performing Hira Gasy folk operas at country fairs, burials and ancestral spirit ceremonies, one stands out. The Rasoalalao Kavia company use Hira Gasy to name and shame society’s bad apples, from alcoholics to sex offenders. Rasoalalao Kavia company are touring France this autumn.
- Title
- Eiffel Tower stairs auction
- Runtime
- 1:05
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- RFI's Jan van der Made talks to François Tajan, CEO of the auction house Artcurial, which is auctioning a part of the stairs of the Eiffel Tower on November 28th.
Retrouvez-nous sur www.rfi.fr et sur www.afrique.rfi.fr
- Title
- Live on Live - Bruno Smadja, founder of the Mobile Film Festival
- Runtime
- 15:34
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Bruno Smadja, the founder of a festival of films made using smartphones, tells RFI's Amanda Morrow how the event is also being used to promote social justice.
- Title
- France’s Lonely Hearts Serial Killer
- Runtime
- 3:34
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Richard Tomlinson draws on more than 5,000 pages of original case documents, including witness statements, police reports and private correspondence, to reveal for the first time the real truth behind Henri Désiré Landru, France’s most notorious serial killer.RFI’s Jan van der Made takes at look at story and Tomlinson’s new book Landru’s Secret: The Deadly Seductions of France’s Lonely Hearts Serial Killer. Retrouvez-nous sur www.rfi.fr et sur www.afrique.rfi.fr
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- Live in Studio 51: Marshall Van Valen, journalist with The Africa Report magazine
- Runtime
- 10:22
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- RFI’s monthly meeting with The Africa Report, where we look at what lies ahead for the African continent in 2019.
- Title
- Gael Musquet: Hacking for Change
- Runtime
- 2:55
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Hacking is often used to describe illegal computer access, but it isn't necessarily a criminal activity. Gael Musquet, who describes himself as an ethical hacker, uses technology to help better prepare for natural disasters.
- Title
- Live in Studio 51: street artist Darco
- Runtime
- 12:59
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- What's the link between music and graffiti? What differentiates street art from graffiti? And how do street artists feel about their works becoming commodities? The views of acclaimed street artist Darco, on RFI English.
- Title
- Meet the man behind the Prix du graffiti
- Runtime
- 2:33
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The Prix du Graffiti is the brain child of Cedric Naimi. He came up with the idea in 2013 after noticing that street artists work were not on display in conventional galleries in France. The Prix du Graffiti is awarded every second year on the final day of an exhibition displaying the works of tens of street artists.
- Title
- Live on Live with UNESCO's Kate Redman
- Runtime
- 11:17
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey speaks to Kate Redman from UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring department to discuss how immigrants are being left behind by France's schooling system and being better integrated in some Sub-Saharan Africa countries.
- Title
- Live on Live - Yves Bertoncini, president of the Mouvement Européen in France
- Runtime
- 12:18
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Yves Bertoncini, president of the Mouvement Européen in France.. has been engaged in keeping public debate on the European Union open and reaching out to young Europeans to shape the future of the bloc. Retrouvez-nous sur www.rfi.fr et sur www.afrique.rfi.fr
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- Live on Live - Olivia Caeymaex, Quaker Council for European Affairs peace programme director
- Runtime
- 11:33
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- As Paris hosts its inaugural peace forum, RFI looks to the question of "peacebuilding" and what it actually involves. Amanda Morrow sat down with Olivia Caeymaex, peace programme director with the Quaker Council for European Affairs.
- Title
- RFI roundtable - Democrat Penny Shantz, analyst Nicholas Dungan, economist Gerald Friedman
- Runtime
- 17:52
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- What next as the US Democrats take back the House in midterm elections? RFI's David Coffey talks to analyst Nicholas Dungan, of the Atlantic Council, Penny Schantz, of Our Revolution France - a left-wing group belonging to the Democratic Party, and Gerald Friedman, an economist with Amherst University in Massachussetts.
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- RFI roundtable - Robert Oliver, Republicans in France, and Curtis Young, Democrats Abroad
- Runtime
- 17:26
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- As the US heads to the polls for midterm elections, RFI gets the views from both sides of the political divide. David Coffey sits down with Robert Oliver, from Republicans in France, and Curtis Young, former chairman of the Black Caucus with Democrats Abroad in Paris.
- Title
- Live on Live - Irish filmmaker John Butler
- Runtime
- 11:58
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey sits down with Irish director John Butler, whose film "Handsome Devil" - about a rugby athlete forced to share a school dorm with a bullied outsider - is screening in Paris.
- Title
- A taste of France near the White House
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In Washington DC, just 500 metres from the White House, you’ll find one of the 19 US outlets of French bakery Maison Kayser. RFI’s Jan Van der Made has more.
- Title
- Live on Live - Maria Doyle Cuche, Irish Eurovision finalist and Magdalene laundry survivor
- Runtime
- 15:16
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- RFI's Amanda Morrow chats to Maria Doyle Cuche, whose remarkable life story — from her birth in a Magdalene laundry to her rise to fame singing for Ireland at Eurovision ... and subsequent move to France — has been published in a heartfelt memoir: On ne Voit Bien Qu’Avec le Coeur, We Only See Clearly With the Heart.
- Title
- Exclusive interview with 2018 Physics Nobel Prize winner Gérard Mourou
- Runtime
- 13:00
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Gérard Mourou talks to RFI's Dhananjay Khadilkar about his invention and its wide range of applications.
- Title
- Live on Live - Countdown to the midterms with former US diplomat William Jordan
- Runtime
- 9:42
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- RFI's Amanda Morrow meets with former US diplomat William Jordan to discuss US politics just one week away from the midterm elections on Novemeber 6th.
- Title
- Live on Live - Angela Merkel won't seek CDU re-election - Emmanuelle Chaze
- Runtime
- 10:31
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- RFI's Amanda Morrow speaks to Berlin correspondent Emmanuelle Chaze for reaction to German Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to wind down her political career, following heavy losses at regional elections.
- Title
- Live on Live - Nick Norbrook, The Africa Report
- Runtime
- 11:14
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Nick Norbrook, managing editor of The Africa Report, talks to RFI's David Coffey about farmer-herder wars in Nigeria, and the unsteady political landscape ahead of December's elections in the DRC.
- Title
- Live on Live - Arancha Gonzales, International Trade Centre
- Runtime
- 11:24
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Arancha Gonzalez, executive director of the International Trade Centre, speaks to RFI's David Coffey about trade wars, Trump and reforming WTO rules.
- Title
- Live on Live - Robert Oliver, Republicans in France
- Runtime
- 10:14
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Robert Oliver from Republicans in France speaks to RFI's David Coffey about the challenges faced by US President Donald Trump ahead of the November midterm elections.
- Title
- Live on Live - Saudi author in exile, Rana Ahmad
- Runtime
- 9:55
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- RFI's Sarah Elzas talks to activist and author Rana Ahmad about her childhood in Saudi Arabia, why she fled - and what life's like as an athiest in Germany. Ahmad's first book, "Women Aren’t Allowed to Dream Here" has been published in both German and French.
Read more : http://en.rfi.fr/20181027-mid-east-junction-27-10-18
- Title
- Kagame sees progress in Rwanda - France relations
- Runtime
- 15:53
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Rwanda's president Paul Kagame talked to France 24’s Marc Perelman and RFI’s Christophe Boisbouvier in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the 17th OIF summit - the International Francophone Organisation - held in Yerevan in Armenia on 11 and 12 October 2018.
- Title
- Charles Aznavour Homage , Palais des Invalides, Paris, 5 October 2018
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- France paid a moving national homage on Friday to the late singer Charles Aznavour, the little man with the very big life.
With honours that are usually reserved for national heroes, one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century was lauded as a cultural giant by the leaders of his two homelands -- France and Armenia -- at a ceremony in Paris. Arnab Beranger was there for RFI English.
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- Live on Live - US Midterms 2018 - Analysis with Franco-American commentator, Gerald Olivier
- Runtime
- 11:07
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- RFI's Amanda Morrow takes a look ahead to the US midterm elections with Live on Live guest, Franco-American commentator Gerald Olivier.
- Title
- Live on Live - Kenyan MP Kenneth Okoth
- Runtime
- 12:17
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey speaks to Kenneth Okoth, Kenyan MP for Nairobi's Kibra constituency, who was elected five years ago on the platform of "Education First" and who, according to many who live there, has been transforming the educational sector in Kibra - which includes the city's largest slum Kibera.
