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Mombasa port in Kenya is one of the largest cargo terminals in the world. But recently there has been a plan to privatize some of the container handling. This has sparked a division between government officials and coastal leaders.

Those against the proposals are worried about the economic impact and possible loss of job opportunities to locals.

Joseph Jira has this report from Mombasa.

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Back in early June of this year, National Geographic presented its most prestigious awards to honor the trailblazing conservationists, scientists, educators, and storytellers who are leading the push to protect our planet for future generations.

Among them was Tomas Diagne, a Senegalese expert in African turtles, terrapins, and tortoises who’s been fighting to protect them for 25 years. 

He received  this year’s Leadership in Conservation Award. 

Emmanuelle Landais has this report from Dakar.

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French competitors have been making history in the game of chess.

The recent Top Twelve club competition in the western French city of Brest was crucial for International Master Sophie Milliet, who has already won the French women's championship a record-equalling six times.

Dhananjay Khadilkar travelled to Brest to meet Milliet and talk about the world of women's chess.

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This week, we’ve explored gender violence in Mexico. It’s been on the rise for the last few years. Every day, an average of nine women are murdered in the country. In some places, women don’t go out alone, because they fear they’ll be abducted.

This alarming situation is taking place in a country where violence in general has soared in the last twelve years. It is, in part, a result of the never-ending war on drugs.

For more on this, RFI's Ollia Horton spoke to Mexico correspondent Alix Hardy. 

 

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In an unprecedented move, Istanbul will re-run a mayoral election this Sunday, June 23.

At the end of March, President Recep Tayip Erdogan's AKP party was defeated in the city's local elections, ending its 25 year control of Istanbul.

That result was widely seen as a political game changer, but a re-run was called after authorities annulled the vote.

Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul on the election is now more than just about who runs the city.

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In Mexico, the scope of violence against women is particularly wide.

It goes from unsolicited cat-calling to socially accepted harassment to increasing levels of femicides.

In March 2019, hundreds of women took to social media to report the many abuses they have suffered under the #MeToo and off-shoot hashtags.

But the suicide of a 64 year-old rockstar after accusations were levelled against him made the issue more complex.

Alix Hardy followed the case in this final report in a four-part series on women in Mexico.

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Mexico is suffering an unprecedented level of gender violence. Femicides are on the rise and six out of every ten women has suffered some kind of physical or sexual violence. Yet a majority of victims don’t dare to go to the authorities to file a complaint.  In this third report from a four-part series, Alix Hardy takes a look at why the authorities’ record is so bleak, when on paper, Mexico has it all figured out.

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In Mexico, self-defense lessons are becoming increasingly popular among women. Providing more than just physical techniques, they address the reality of living as a woman in a country where they face increasing violence.  In the second report of a 4 part series, Alix Hardy went to a class in Mexico to meet the women who have decided to take their own security in charge. Click the 'play' button above to listen or subscribe to our podcast by searching 'RFI international report'.

When you are seventeen, meeting your friends and escaping your parents’ control is usually a major occupation. But that’s not the way it goes for young girls in Ecatepec, a tentacular municipality neighbouring the capital, Mexico city. In the first of a four-part series on the problems facing women in Mexico, Alix Hardy has this report from Mexico City.

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Mourning loved ones is a difficult task, even more so when the family of the deceased has no body to bury. Between 1976 and 1983, during the military dictatorship in Argentina, thousands of people disappeared, mostly young political dissidents whose bodies were never found.