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Global Competitiveness report releases 2018 Africa performance

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Uighurs and Kazakhs held in re-education camps in China

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Salim Saab: Showcasing the women of the Arab art world

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Irish border remains stumbling block in Brexit talks

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Film show: Capernaum - powerful social drama or poverty porn?

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Nature under threat: Arresting pictures from Wildlife Photography Awards

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Protecting heritage land against mining companies

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Latest update : 2018-07-16

Iran water shortages, street art in Yemen, and more

A weekly news show produced with photos, videos and personal accounts from France 24 Observers around the world - all checked by our staff here in Paris.

Biking in Cuba, entrepreneurship in Burundi, and more

A weekly news show produced with photos, videos and personal accounts from France 24 Observers around the world - all checked by our staff here in Paris.

2018-10-02 The Observers

A cat video hoax, migrants abandoned in Djibouti, and more

A weekly news show produced with photos, videos and personal accounts from France 24 Observers around the world - all checked by our staff here in Paris.

2018-09-25 The Observers

A controversial pastor in Haiti, pollution in Casablanca, and more

A weekly news show produced with photos, videos and personal accounts from France 24 Observers around the world - all checked by our staff here in Paris.

2018-09-17 The Observers

Riding the 'desert train', cleaning up Tunisia's coast, and more

A weekly news show produced with photos, videos and personal accounts from France 24 Observers around the world - all checked by our staff here in Paris.

2018-09-10 The Observers

A drone to save sea turtles, and synthetic drugs in Cairo

A weekly news show produced with photos, videos and personal accounts from France 24 Observers around the world - all checked by our staff here in Paris.

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DEREK THOMSON Presenter

He has worked in online journalism since the early 1990s. In 2007, he co-founded the FRANCE 24 Observers - the project he always dreamed of!

GAËLLE FAURE Journalist

She is in charge of the Observers website in English, and occasionally presents The Observers TV show. She specialises in participatory journalism and the verification of amateur images.