Drought threatens French livestock farmers

In the Charente region, as in most of the rest of France, farmers were scrutinizing the skies this spring for signs of rain, which never came. This year, the water shortage was catastrophic and livestock farmers needed to buying expensive feed for their cattle. Some are being forced to dispose of their livestock as fast as possible, and the worst-affected even risk bankruptcy.

REPORTERS

By Rabah ZANOUN

19/08/2012 - REPORTERS

Iraqi Kurdistan: the downside to a success story

The semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan is held up as an example of stability and development in the Middle East, in large part thanks to its oil revenues. But the gap is increasing between a minority that is thriving, and those who are not reaping the benefits from this economic boom...

15/08/2012 - Reporters

EXCLUSIVE REPORT - The battle for Damascus

Despite the military cordon that now surrounds Damascus, our reporters Matthieu Mabin and Sofia Amara managed to enter the city. They report on the rebel fighters’ struggle to overthrow the Assad regime. Warning: video contains graphic footage.

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09/08/2012 - Reporters

EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Revolution and Jihad in Syria’s Aleppo

The anti-regime rebels in Syria all want to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. But an increasingly influential faction aims to set up a caliphate, and some of these jihadists are members of the Free Syrian Army. Watch our exclusive report from the heart of the insurgency, the Salaheddin district of Aleppo. (Warning: video contains graphic footage.)

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02/08/2012 - REPORTERS

Economic crisis: young French graduates try their luck in Morocco

High unemployment, economic crisis, rampant gloom and doom...More and more French graduates are leaving their homeland behind to try their luck Morocco. Our reporter spent some time with these young people, who have emigrated in search of a better life on the other side of the Mediterranean.

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27/07/2012 - REPORTERS

Thailand's Burmese slaves

In Mahachai, an industrial zone south of Bangkok, half a million Burmese people work in the fishing industry. But most have no papers and make easy pickings for organised crime. Held against their will and forced to work at sea for months on end, they are treated cruelly by their captors. France 24’s Cyril Payen brings you an investigation into this new form of human slavery.

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