Nigerian sex traffickers jailed in France
A French court sentences 24 members of a Lyon-based sex trafficking ring to prison terms of up to seven years for forcing Nigerian women into prostitution…
Has Trump fulfilled his promise to revive US manufacturing?
US President Donald Trump insists manufacturing is key to economic growth, even as his protectionist policies hit the sector hard and put jobs at risk.…
France: Strikes over Macron pension reform cause severe disruption
Millions of transport workers, teachers, police and other professionals have started for a general walkout in France's biggest shutdown in years. The strikes will be a major test of President Macron's political…
Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi slams repression in Iran, ‘unprecedented’ since 1979
Shirin Ebadi, the exiled Iranian lawyer and human rights activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, speaks to FRANCE 24 about the deadly protests in Iran over the past…
African NGO maps out the waterways of Lagos’s forgotten slum
Officially, the floating Lagos slum of Makoko does not exist. It does not appear on any city planning documents or maps. But that is about to change, thanks to a team of…
Educated Germans leave home to earn more money abroad, for a while
The majority of German emigrants are well-educated young people who find better pay abroad, a new study shows. Many of them, however, choose to return.…
Germany: Activists apologize for Holocaust memorial with ‘victim ashes’
A German art-activist collective has apologized after a public outcry over a "tasteless" memorial it erected in Berlin that claims to contain the ashes of Nazi victims. "We made mistakes," the group…
UNESCO: Germany’s adult education system ‘one of best’
Too few adults have access to education and governments worldwide aren't spending enough to redress the problem, says UNESCO. With one exception: Germany is bucking the trend…
French court sentences eight youths to prison for assaulting police officers
Eight youths have been given prison sentences ranging from 10 to 20 years for assaulting police offcers by throwing petrol bombs at their cars during clashes in Viry-Chatillon, a town 21 km…
Film show: Lessons in divorce with Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver
Film critic Lisa Nesselson speaks to Eve Jackson about the week’s film news, including Noah Baumbach's "Marriage Story", which is being released on Netflix this week. Hailed as one of the best…