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The cocoa connection: How ‘brown gold’ is smuggled between Ivory Coast, Liberia and Guinea

As the world’s top cocoa producer, Ivory Coast faces many challenges – first and foremost the fight against illegal smuggling of this “brown gold”. Some cocoa farmers consider the…

Mexico: Ten years after disappearance of 43 student teachers, questions remain unanswered

It’s the biggest mystery and probably the biggest scandal to hit Mexico in the past decade. on September 26, 2014, in the southern town of Iguala, police officers…

Iranian-born American author Navid Sinaki explores forbidden gay love in ‘Medusa of the Roses’

Navid Sinaki speaks to Dheepthika Laurent on arts24 about how much of his own story is echoed in his novel “Medusa of the Roses”. It traces an illicit…

Trump safe after gunshots in his vicinity, campaign says • FRANCE 24 English

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is safe after an incident on Sunday in which two people exchanged gunfire outside his Florida golf club, according to his campaign and…

Iran two years after Mahsa Amini: Persecution and defiance • FRANCE 24 English

Persecution of bereaved relatives. Impunity for perpetrators. Rampant executions and infighting among the opposition. A bleak picture confronts opponents of Iran’s clerical authorities two years after a protest…

Two years after Mahsa Amini’s death, ‘Women, Life, Freedom’ movement lives on • FRANCE 24 English

on the streets of Iranian cities, it’s becoming more common to see a woman passing by without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, as the second anniversary of the…

Two years after Mahsa Amini’s death, what has changed for Iranian women? • FRANCE 24 English

the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests were sparked by the death in custody of a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd called Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022, after she was arrested…

TV series show: ‘Shogun’, ‘The Bear’ and ‘Baby Reindeer’ win big at Emmys • FRANCE 24 English

Olivia Salazar-Winspear and Dheepthika Laurent take a look at all the winners, losers and surprises from the 2024 Emmy Awards ceremony, including historic wins for American-Japanese epic “Shogun”…

Amazon CEO hopes to rekindle startup spirit by ending remote work • FRANCE 24 English

In a long memo sent to Amazon staff on Monday, CEO Andy Jassy told the tech giant’s corporate employees that they would no longer be allowed to work…

Film show: ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ critiques Iranian regime • FRANCE 24 English

Director Mohammad Rasoulof had escaped a prison sentence in Iran just days before his latest film screened at the Cannes Film Festival this year. “The Seed of the…