UN report: Army, 'foreign' fighters killed 500 in Mali in March 2022
And fighting continues in Sudan, after ceasefire talks fail - but an agreement has been reached between the army and rival RSF forces to protect civilians and relief workers.
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France's Teddy Riner wins 11th judo world title
The 34-year-old beat Russian Inal Tasoev in the +100kg final to become the oldest world champion in history.
A week of turmoil in Pakistan: Breaking down the Imran Khan case
Elsewhere, India's farmers have joined some of the country's top wrestlers in protests, demanding action against a powerful politician. Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is accused of sexually harassing female athletes. The case has shone a light on a culture of sexual abuse, inequality and impunity in Indian sports.
Thirty-five years on, murder of anti-apartheid activist Dulcie September still unsolved
In December 2022, a French court dismissed a request filed by September's family. They had sued the French state for gross negligence in hopes of reopening the investigation into her unsolved assassination.
Wife of jailed Russian activist Kara-Murza says she will 'never stop fighting' for him
Speaking to FRANCE 24 from Washington, Evgenia Kara-Murza said her "only contact" with her jailed husband "since his arrest in April of last year has been through his lawyers".
South Africa rejects US accusations it has provided arms to Russia
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Could Erdogan lose? Shock pullout boosts Turkey opposition candidate
Polls already suggested that Turkey's opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu had more than an even chance in a runoff against Erdogan. Now, after managing to unite six disparate parties behind his name, and the sudden pullout of a seventh, what to expect in the run-up to Sunday, during the vote and once the ballots have been cast?
US authorities brace for surge of illegal immigration as Title 42 expires
Meanwhile in Brazil, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has signed a decree stipulating a quota of 30 percent of Black people in high-level "positions of trust" in the civil service. In Brazil, where Black people represent more than 50 percent of the population, Lula says that despite the nation's status as the second most Black nation on the planet, the country has not settled its accounts with 350 years of slavery. Our correspondents report.