LATEST STORIES
Video | 01
A Day with Hunters | fr & en
YouTube
Hunting is increasingly controversial in France. Former Minister of Ecology Nicolas Hulot mentioned them when resigning in 2018, and their communication posters in the Paris metro sparked protests across France. But why are hunters arguing that they are biodiversity's guardians, against all odds? We spent a day with one of them, in the forests of Paris' region.
Web | 02
A Franco-Syrian zaatar, to mix "memories" and "dreams" | fr
L'Orient-Le Jour
Two chefs, one Syrian and one French, joined forces to revisit thyme, one of the most famous Middle-Eastern spices.
Digital | 03
Drawing the war | en
Adobe Sparks
Pauline Arnouil is 93 years-old. She lives in the 16th arrondissement, in Paris. She has been living in the city since before the Second World War. As a child, she fled from the Germans with her family in May 1940. This is her story, through her childhood drawings.
Video | 04
Safe Haven | fr & en
YouTube
In La Défense, the business district of Paris, only a few residential buildings remain. The three residences Les Damiers, built in the 1970s, are on the verge of being demolished - and their inhabitants are being evicted, one by one. With my colleague Julie Bourdin, we talked to one of them.
Audio | 05
The Fourth World enters History | fr
Radio France International
60 years after the creation of ATD Quart Monde, discover the untold story of an organization who fought in a novel way to defeat misery through a struggle to make the poorest people visible and grant them the basic human rights. Some archives in this show were undisclosed until now. Find episode 2 here.
Digital | 06
Powering Sub-Saharan Africa | en
Medium
To this day, two out of three Africans live without access to electricity. This leaves densely populated cities and rural areas in pitch-black darkness as soon as night falls.
Video | 07
Modern Slavery stays taboo in France | fr
ARTE France
Modern slaves still exist in France. Young foreigners are the most likely to be forced to work in inhumane conditions, in construction or in domestic chores. Nobody hears them, nobody sees them and their suffering can last for years behind the façades of French buildings.
Audio | 08
Saving Creil's maternity center | fr
Soundcloud
1,650 babies are born there every year: Creil's maternity center, located in one of France's poorest cities, is being closed by the regional health authority. For months personnel, unions and local politicians have been protesting against this shutdown.
Web | 09
In Tripoli, yesterday's foes rebuild their neighborhoods | fr
L'Orient-Le Jour
Former fighters from the Beb el-Tebbaneh and Jabal Mohsen previously enemy neighborhoods in Tripoli, Lebanon, rebuilt more than 200 shops destroyed in the clashes, as part of a project by the human rights organization MARCH. Listen to the audio report (fr).
Web | 10
Policewomen in shorts in Brummana | fr
L'Orient-Le Jour
Since mid June 2018, policewomen are required to wear shorts in Brumanna, near Beirut in Lebanon. This stemmed from one of Mayor Pierre Achkar's controversial ideas.