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'I asked Macron to invest $300m in girls' education', Malala tells FRANCE 24
The youngest laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize, Malala Yousafzai, talks to FRANCE 24’s Marc Perelman. The UN messenger of peace is at the UN General Assembly to meet world…
South Sudanese troops accused of rape, murder of aid workers in court
In tonight's edition, South Sudanese troops accused of rape and murder during attack on Terrain Hotel appear in court, 50 years on people living in Biafra mark the anniversary of…
Planned cuts to US foreign aid risk intensifying global unrest
President Donald Trump has promised a “historic” increase in defence spending to be offset by cuts to the State Department and US foreign aid. But members of both parties warn…
Search for kidnapped French aid worker intensifies in Mali
French and Malian security forces have teamed up with local religious leaders in the northern Malian city of Gao to search for a popular 67-year-old French aid worker who was…
French aid worker Sophie Petronin kidnapped in Mali
A Frenchwoman who runs an organisation for malnourished children has been kidnapped in Mali's restive north, France's foreign ministry confirmed on Sunday, as French troops…
Niger says US aid worker likely kidnapped by jihadists
A US aid worker kidnapped in Niger is likely being held by jihadists from the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (Mujao), the country's interior minister said Sunday.
At least 1.4 million Haitians need urgent aid after hurricane, UN says
Haiti faces a humanitarian crisis that requires a "massive response" from the international community, the United Nations chief said Monday, with at least 1.4 million people…
World powers pledge $15 billion in aid to Afghanistan
World powers raised $15 billion for Afghanistan on Wednesday to fund the country over the next four years, while the European Union said it won support to revive a stalled peace…
Syrian NGOs suspend UN cooperation over regime interference in aid deliveries
Some 73 aid agencies operating in Syria said Thursday they were suspending cooperation with the United Nations over interference from President Bashar al-Assad's government in…
Syria ceasefire holds but aid convoy held up near border
The United Nations urged Syria's government Thursday to allow immediate aid deliveries to hunger-stricken civilians after a fragile ceasefire was extended for 48 hours by Russia…
Syria bombs Kurdish stronghold for first time
Syrian government warplanes on Thursday bombed Kurdish-controlled areas of the city of Hasaka in northeastern Syria for the first time in the five-year-old civil war, the…
US, France push Aleppo aid as condition for new Syria talks
The United States and France pushed Tuesday for aid to reach Syria's battlefront city of Aleppo before plans for a new round of talks can move forward.