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Live on Live - Talking French foreign policy and the presidential race - Manuel Lafont Rapnouil
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- Live on Live - Talking French foreign policy and the presidential race - Manuel Lafont Rapnouil
- Runtime
- 9:49
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey speaks to Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, head of the European Council on Foreign Relations in Paris, to look at where France stands with regard to its foreign policy and what the potential outcome for France's relations abroad will be if either Emmanuel Macron or Marine Le Pen is elected president.
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- Live on Live - French 1st Round Presidential Election Special - 2nd Edition
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- 20:21
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey presents a 2nd extended election special edition of Live on Live, joined in studio by political strategist Olivia Grégoire and media consultant Benoît de Vallicourt to examine the state of France's new political landscape following Sunday's 1st round presidential election.
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- Live on Live - French 1st Round Presidential Election Special - 1st Edition
- Runtime
- 21:23
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey presents an extended election special Live on Live on Monday 24th April, joined in studio by political scientist Vincent Martigny, Nicolas Sarkozy's former media advisor Frank Tapiro and Front National MEP Bruno Gollnisch to pick-apart what is happening in French politics following Sunday's 1st round presidential vote.
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- Pierre-Antoine Balu, of PwC, on Africa's digital revolution
- Runtime
- 10:19
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- "1bn Africans will be living in cities by 2050, and they'll be digital natives," Balu tells RFI's Amanda Morrow.
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- Live on Live - Turkey referendum analysis with Dorothée Schmid
- Runtime
- 11:58
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- RFI's David Coffey speaks to Dorothée Schmid, a specialist in Turkish politics at the French Institute of International Relations, about the reshaping of Turkey's political system and the future strategic direction of the nation.
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- Playing the honky tonk piano at a train station in Paris
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Every day around 12,000 passengers go through Issy-Val de Seine station just outside Paris. They take either the RER C train or the tram. But they could also play the honky tonk piano that was put there. We met Christelle, a student, just before the piano was removed. It was already in a very poor state because of the rain.
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- Live on Live looks ahead to Turkey's referendum, with France 24's Leela Jacinto
- Runtime
- 10:18
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey speaks to France 24 journalist Leela Jacinto, recently returned from Diyarbakir, to get some background to this Sunday's constitutional referendum in Turkey.
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- Live On Live - The Africa Report - Marshall Van Valen
- Runtime
- 11:20
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- RFI's David Coffey speaks to Marshall Van Valen from the Africa Report Magazine about the latest insider news from the African continent.
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- Live On Live - Panama Papers Anniversary - Attac - Dominique Plihon
- Runtime
- 10:44
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- RFI's Angela Diffley speaks to Dominique Plihon from the anti globalisation movement Attac. On the 1st anniversary of the Panama Papers explosion, they discuss tax avoidance and tax fraud and how the French government could claw back billions in uncollected revenue.
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- Live on Live Brexit Day John Laughland Institute of Democracy and Cooperation
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- 11:39
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- As Britain has begun the formal process of leaving the European Union in the shape of a letter delivered today to EU president Donald Tusk, RFI's Angela Diffley speaks to John Laughland, a Eurosceptic academic currently based in Paris where he is director of Studies at a think-tank called the Institute of Democracy and Cooperation.
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- Violence after Paris protest at Chinese man's death
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Video shot on 27 March on the streets of the 19th district, Paris following protests over police killing of Shaoyo Liu.
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- Live On Live - IFRI Specialist Dorothée Schmid - Turkey, Erdogan and faltering relations with the EU
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- 11:14
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- "It's a bluff on the Turkish side to say they will suspend the EU agreement on migrants" : RFI's David Coffey speaks to author and academic, Dorothée Schmid, who heads the Turkey & Middle East Department at the French Institute for International Relations, IFRI about Ankara, Erdogan and a nose-dive in relations with the EU.
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- Live on Live Dutch Elections and the Rise of Populism in the EU Famke Krumbmüller OpenCitiz
- Runtime
- 12:33
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- "What is important is that it doesn't look like any of these populists will come to power in any EU countries": RFI's David Coffey speaks to Famke Krumbmüller, political analyst and Co-Founder of "OpenCitiz" business intelligence group, to discuss the Dutch elections and the rise of populist parties across Europe in 2017.
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- 'A million years to reach Trappist 1', astrophysicist Daniel Hestroffer
- Runtime
- 11:18
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Astronomers recently discovered 7 new planets orbiting a single star, Trappist 1. Daniel Hestroffer of the Observatoire de Paris tells RFI's Angela Diffley about cool stars, new planets and how we find them.
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- Live On Live with Gerald Olivier on Donald Trump's address to US Congress
- Runtime
- 11:38
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- "The US Democrats need a 'Birth Certificate' issue to bring down the Trump Administration" RFI's David Coffey speaks to Gerald Olivier, author and strategist to take a look at US President Donald Trump's address to both Houses of Congress ... and where America and the World goes from here.
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- Live on Live with Nick Norbrook, managing editor of The Africa Report
- Runtime
- 10:51
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Who runs South Africa? That's the 64 thousand dollar question being asked in this month's Africa Report mag. With Jacob Zuma set to hand over the ANC leadership later this year, Amanda Morrow asks Nick Norbrook about who's in charge, and where the money is ...
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- Amnesty International Annual Report - The State of the World's Human Rights
- Runtime
- 11:12
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- "Disproportionate response to security threats has absolutely the opposite effect": RFI's Amanda Morrow speaks to Amnesty International senior researcher Anna Neistat on the publication of this year's annual report "The State of the World's Human Rights"
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- France 24 chief foreign editor Robert Parsons on phase 2 of the Iraqi offensive on Mosul
- Runtime
- 9:50
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- "Once they lose their caliphate, the appeal of IS will disintegrate" RFI's Amanda Morrow speaks to France 24 chief foreign editor Robert Parsons on phase 2 of the Iraqi offensive on IS-controlled Mosul
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- Marc Antoine Pérouse de Montclos on the history of Jihad in Sub Saharan Africa
- Runtime
- 10:07
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- "Just because jihadi groups copy each other, it doesn't mean they're coordinated" : RFI's Amanda Morrow speaks to Chatham House associate fellow, Marc Antoine Pérouse de Montclos, on the history of Jihad in Sub Saharan Africa.
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- How African gold gave rise to capitalism
- Runtime
- 11:02
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Exchanges within Africa, and outside its borders, began thousands of years ago ... well before colonisation and the arrival of the first Portuguese ships. A new exhibition that's just opened at Paris's Quai Branly Museum tells the story of the circulation of African cultures throughout history. L’Afrique des Routes, or African Routes, was co-curated by the French historian and author Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch who spoke to RFI's Amanda Morrow.
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- Under Somali clan politics, money has to change hands - Roland Marchal CENI on Live on Live
- Runtime
- 12:01
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- RFI's Amanda Morrow delves into of Somalian politics, as the country which has been without a functioning central government for 25 years, holds presidential elections.
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- "Our ultimate aim is full membership of the EU": Georgian Foreign Affairs Minister Mikheil Janelidze
- Runtime
- 22:31
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Georgia has taken a step further towards becoming a fully-fledged member of the European Union, though the process is still many years away. RFI's Daniel Singleton speaks to Georgia's Foreign Affairs minister Mikheil Janelidze.
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- "Trump Presidency a gamechanger for Europe" Yves Bertoncini, Director of Jacques Delors Institute
- Runtime
- 9:26
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- On Paris Live PM, RFI's Amanda Morrow speaks to the man in charge of the Jacques Delors Institute to discuss the problems plaguing Europe ahead of tomorrow's 25th anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty.
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- Should we be afraid? Ex US diplomat weighs in on Trump's first fortnight
- Runtime
- 10:29
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Following violent protests against the appearance of a far-right commentator at Berkeley University in California, David Coffey asks former US State Department official William Jordan if this is only the beginning of the backlash against the new Trump Administration.
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- How Aleppo soap is made in France
- Runtime
- 1:41
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The Syrian town of Aleppo is famous for its laurel soap. But since the war reduced the city to ruins, the vast majority of its 50 factories have closed. Now the soap is being manufactured 4,000 kms away ... on the outskirts of Paris.
Read more : http://en.rfi.fr/france/20170131-alepo-soap-finds-refuge-france
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- Are French pollsters getting the figures right? Hamon wins Socialist primaries - Live On Live
- Runtime
- 9:21
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- RFI's David Coffey is joined by Bruno Jeanbart, the Director of Polling and Political Analysis at Opinion Way in Paris to discuss the surprise victory of Benoit Hamon over former Prime Minister Manuel Valls as the Socialist candidate for the French Presidency in 2017.
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- Live on Live with Nick Norbrook, managing editor of The Africa Report magazine
- Runtime
- 11:35
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey chats to Nick Norbrook about Brexit for Africa, the next potential leader of the ANC and Kenyan politics, which all feature in the February edition.
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- Finding romance in Paris, here's how!
- Runtime
- 11:09
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Canadian writer Lily Heise, author of 'Je t'aime... maybe' adopted Paris 15 years ago and she's often stumbled into romantic misadventure. Her book shows a realistic side to romance in the city where, nonetheless, "passions can be sparked quickly and can be very exciting." She tells RFI about the best places to find romance.
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- Live on Live with Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Head of ECFR Paris
- Runtime
- 9:59
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- RFI's Amanda Morrow speaks to Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, head of the European Council on Foreign Relations' Paris office, about France's renewed effort to revive the Middle East peace process on Sunday 15th January, which Israel has described as a farce.
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- Live on Live with Adele Humbert from the Medill Justice Programme
- Runtime
- 15:52
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey is joined by Adele Humbert from the Medill Justice Programme, an initiative that reviews the legal cases of "Shaken Baby Syndrome" and uncovers potential failures within both the legal and medical systems.
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- French anti-pollution NGO suing the State for 'not doing its job'
- Runtime
- 10:32
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Air pollution kills. A survey carried out last year by France's National health agency found it was behind the deaths of 48,000 people in France each year, just behind alcohol and tobacco-related diseases. Recent peaks in pollution in Paris, Lyon, Grenoble and at the foot of Mont Blanc brought the issue to the fore. Respire, a French NGO campaigning for an improvement in air quality is now helping 30 people sue the French State for failing to protect its citizens. "It protects citizens against violence, against terrorism," says Olivier Blond, head of Respire, "and it has also to protect against pollution."
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- Eritrea's Ghebreslassie, youngest world marathon winner
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- On 6 November 2016, Eritrean Ghirmay Ghebreslassie won the New York City Marathon. He became the youngest athlete ever to win the race. Find out more about this promising long distance runner.
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- 'Turkey is using Syria to show its strength - it's all about image'
- Runtime
- 10:34
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Turkey is looking to revive a fragile ceasefire in Aleppo, and the planned evacuation of civilians, which it brokered with Russia. But why is Ankara, a staunch opponent of Damascus, interested in helping to create an outcome that would benefit President Assad? Amanda Morrow put the question to Dorothée Schmid, head of the Turkish studies programme at the French Institute of International Relations.
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- African food on wheels
- Runtime
- 3:16
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- This month marks three years of business for a Parisian 'food truck' that specialises in west African dishes. It took Fati Niang a year to prepare the business and to convince her bank manager, but now her truck rolls around La Défense serving Senegalese food to Paris's businessmen and women. Niang was awarded an entrepreneur's prize soon after she started the business. Now she wants to set up a chain of permanent restaurants across Europe and Africa. Video by @aodhanlutetiae.
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- RFI & France 24 Ukraine correspondent Gulliver Cragg - Live on Live
- Runtime
- 10:13
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey talks to France 24's Ukraine correspondent Gulliver Cragg about the current situation in the country, relations with Russia and NATO... and the on-going separatist war in the east.
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- Cathy Ho - Taiwanese food critic & Founder of HaoKouFu
- Runtime
- 10:48
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey speaks to Cathy Ho, Taiwanese food critic and founder of the HaoKuoFu epicurean blog and website, to discuss the highs and lows of reviewing Michelin Star restaurants and the cuisine of Taiwan that may be showcased at the Paris International Food Salon in 2018.
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- Tête-à-tête with Madrid correspondent Sarah Morris
- Runtime
- 9:49
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey speaks to RFI and France 24 Madrid correspondent Sarah Morris, about the political situation in Spain and the challenges of economic recovery.
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- 'Putin needs an enemy abroad to appear strong at home'
- Runtime
- 10:18
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- In Live on Live, Amanda Morrow chats with Elena Servettaz, from RFI's Russian service, about how President Vladmir Putin stands to extend his influence as Moscow-friendly political figures rise to powerful positions in several countries.
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- The 'Trump effect' on the Syria war - Political analyst Oleg Koptzeff
- Runtime
- 14:38
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- RFI's David Coffey speaks to Paris-based historian, author and political analyst Oleg Koptzeff about the "Trump Effect" on the current situation with the war in Syria and the fading potential for a negotiated end to the conflict.
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- 'Juppé will never recover from this': analyst Bruno Cautrès weighs in on French Republican primary
- Runtime
- 15:22
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- As you've been hearing in the news today, French voters have taken part in a US-style primary to choose the candidate of the centre-right Les Républicains party in next year's presidential election. Former president Nicolas Sarkozy suffered a shock defeat -- and was knocked out of round 1. This Sunday's battle for Les Républicains ticket will now be fought by former prime ministers François Fillon and Alain Juppé. With us to make sense of both the candidates -- and the numbers -- is Bruno Cautrès, a political analyst with Sciences Po-CEVIPOF in Paris.
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- 'US Democrats need to veer left to recover lost ground' – Constance Borde
- Runtime
- 11:27
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Following the Democrats’ poll defeat, Hillary Clinton has now left the formal political stage. But how should her party go forward? Democrats Abroad France vice-chair Constance Borde, who is also a Superdelegate and a member of the National Democratic Committee, brings some answers. She is interviewed by RFI’s Angela Diffley.
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- Opera singer Dame Felicity Lott on Paris Live PM
- Runtime
- 10:00
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Today's guest on Paris Live PM is the English opera soprano Dame Felicity Lott, whose book "Il nous faut de l'amour", or We must have love, will be in bookstores on November 14. RFI's Susan Owensby talked to Dame Felicity about her 4 decade long international career, and what most moves her on the world's operatic stages.
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- US elections - What can we expect over the next 4 years from Donald Trump? (Second round table)
- Runtime
- 19:58
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- For the second round table discussion of our 2-hour US election special, RFI's David Coffey is joined by Ron Soffer, lawyer and US political expert and William Jordan, former US state department official. They look back at what has happened during the electoral process... and discuss what we can expect over the next 4 years.
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- US elections - What can we expect over the next 4 years from Donald Trump? (First round table)
- Runtime
- 20:42
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- For the 1st round table discussion of our 2-hour US election special, RFI's David Coffey is joined by Axel Krause, correspondent for TransAtlantic Magazine and Secretary General of the Anglo-American Press Association of Paris, Ardavan Amir-Aslani, Paris-based lawyer specialised in international law and Middle East specialist... and Curtis Young, Professor of History and Literature at ESSEC and former chair of the Black Caucus at Democrats Abroad in Paris.
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- US elections - Republicans & Democrats Abroad, Marc Porter & Penny Schantz
- Runtime
- 19:30
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- As polling gets underway for the US presidential election, RFI's David Coffey speaks with Republicans Abroad chairman Marc Porter and Democrats Abroad's Penny Schantz about the past 18 months of the campaigning.
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- 'Many IS jihadists are from Mosul, and they know how to defend the city'
- Runtime
- 16:31
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- As the Mosul offensive moves from the desert to an urban landscape, we asked General Dominique Trinquand, a former head of the French military mission to the UN, how the shape of the battle is set to change.
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- Geert Wilders no-show 'just another publicity stunt'
- Runtime
- 10:20
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The trial of Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders has opened in the Netherlands. The self-styled 'Dutch Trump' is not attending. Judges will rule on whether comments Wilders made in 2014 about reducing the numbers of Moroccans in his country constitute hate speech or freedom of expression. He was acquitted of similar charges in 2011 but as Dutch-born Famke Krumbmüller, founder of political analysis consultancy OpenCitiz’ tells RFI's Alison Hird, the decision 'might be different' this time round.
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- Filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain on Live on Live
- Runtime
- 9:53
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Rubaiyat Hussain is a film director from Bangladesh whose background in theatre comes to the fore in her feature 'Under Construction'. The film hinges on two strong female roles played by Shahana Goswami (Roya/Nandini) and newcomer Rikita Nandini Shimu (Moyna) based on a play called 'Red Oleanders' by Rabindranath Tagore. She spoke with RFI's Rosslyn Hyams.
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- “Boko Haram’s infrastructure is totally destroyed now, though they remain a threat”, says UN chief
- Runtime
- 14:51
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel Mohamed Ibn Chambas explains that closer military and political cooperation between Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger is succeeding in rolling back Boko Haram.
He spoke to RFI's Daniel Singleton during his European tour to raise funds for completing the Nigeria-Cameroon border demarcation.
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- Polish blogger Mateusz Kijowski on Live on Live
- Runtime
- 10:18
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Polish blogger and democracy activist Mateusz Kijowski founded the Democracy Defence Committee (KOD), in 2015. He tells Paris Live PM how the ruling Law and Justice party is bulldozing democracy and why recent protests show Poles remain attached to European values.
