Focus

By FRANCE 24 English

Our Focus programme brings you exclusive reports from around the world. Every day at 8:45am Paris time.

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April 08, 2020 Coronavirus: Amid a worldwide shortage, China launches 'mask diplomacy'
Since the beginning of March and the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe, Chinese companies have sold nearly 4 billion face masks overseas, according to authorities. For Beijing, this is a perfect way to change the narrative: China is now offering its assistance to virus-hit countries while trying to leave the mistakes of the early outbreak in the past.
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April 06, 2020 Hundreds of migrants still sleeping rough in Paris region amid coronavirus
Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and lockdown measures in place in France, hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers are still sleeping rough in the Paris region. Local NGOs are providing help as best as they can. FRANCE 24's Eléonore Vanel, Armelle Caux and Nadia Massih report.
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April 02, 2020 Amid coronavirus spread, measles outbreak kills thousands of children in DR Congo
As DR Congo faces the onslaught of the Covid-19 pandemic, the country is already struggling to deal with the world's worst measles outbreak. Since January 2019, the virus has claimed the lives of over 6,300 children and infected hundreds of thousands of others. Our correspondents Clément Bonnerot and Juliette Dubois report from the north of the country.
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March 13, 2020 Food crisis looms as Kenya endures locust infestation
Since the start of the year, East Africa has been suffering from an invasion of desert locusts, which are multiplying after an unusually long rainy season. In Kenya, the last time this happened was 70 years ago. Dozens of millions of insects are destroying everything in their path, including crops and grass for feeding cattle. Nothing escapes the swarms' appetite. The locusts have reproduced and their descendants are expected to take flight in the coming days. The country is racing against time to avoid a massive crisis and has even called in a paramilitary group. Our correspondents report.
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March 12, 2020 Coronavirus in Italy: From Florence to Palermo, tourism and economy grind to a halt
As Italy reels from the coronavirus pandemic, with 827 dead and nearly 12,500 cases, the entire country is under quarantine. From the Tuscan city of Florence, to the Sicilian capital Palermo, to the large port of Genoa, our correspondents measured the catastrophic impact of the virus on tourism and the Italian economy. Their report was filmed just before further restrictive measures came into force, closing all stores except for pharmacies and food shops.
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March 11, 2020 Gender equality: Japan lagging behind other developed nations
Japan, the world's third-largest economy, consistently ranks poorly in global gender equality tables. Despite their increasing presence in the workplace, many Japanese women find it difficult to balance work and family life, are paid less than their male counterparts and encounter sexual harassment. The #MeToo movement seen in other countries, including neighbouring South Korea, has yet to take hold in Japan. Our correspondents report.
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March 10, 2020 Anxiety, isolation, boredom: The side effects of coronavirus in China
The coronavirus epidemic may be slowing in China after three months of crisis, but another problem is taking hold in the country: anxiety. Isolation and fear of being infected by the virus have given way to loneliness, especially among the residents of Wuhan, who are still under quarantine. A recent poll puts the number of people suffering from anxiety in China at 42 percent. Our correspondents Antoine Védeilhé, Charlie Wang and Charles Pellegrin report.
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March 09, 2020 Central African refugees return home after seven years in Cameroon
Seven years after the start of the civil war that devastated Central African Republic and one year after the signing of the Khartoum peace agreements, the country is seeking to rebuild itself. This fragile process includes the return of some 600,000 Central African refugees, almost 270,000 of whom are in neighbouring Cameroon. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees is coordinating a major repatriation operation for 25,000 of them this year. Our team made the trip home with a group of these Central African refugees, some of them still traumatised by the violence they experienced.
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March 06, 2020 South Africa's rhino orphanage: A sanctuary in the war against poaching
At the start of the 20th century, there were half a million wild rhinoceros on the planet. Only 29,000 remain. Of these survivors, 80 percent are in South Africa where they're still actively poached for their horns: 1,000 rhinos are slaughtered each year in the Rainbow Nation. This illegal and lucrative business supplies black markets in Asia, where some people believe rhino horns have medicinal properties. In this ongoing battle against organised crime and extinction, an orphanage caring for baby rhinos is standing its ground. France 2's Marc de Chalvron and his team report.
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March 05, 2020 Underpaid German farmers fed up with 'hard discount' logic
Chicken legs and pork chops for a few dozen cents: welcome to Germany, where the prices of milk and meat are hard to beat. Germans are among the Europeans who spend the least on their food, thanks to discounters who dominate the market and who also put enormous pressure on food producers. But German farmers are having a hard time getting by and consumers are not always getting quality food. The system has reached a breaking point and has pushed farmers to take to the streets. Our correspondents report.
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The podcast currently has 1,499 episodes available.