International report

Scores of Gaza-based amputees recently received a unique sports training at the hands of an international coach, who is himself an amputee. The training lasted one week and involved football players, coaches and referees.

RFI's Rami Almeghari has more.

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Recently in the city of Lausanne, in Switzerland, radio broadcasters from across Europe came together for the annual 'Radiodays Europe' conference.

Now in its 10th year, the conference aims to strengthen the radio industry for both public service broadcasters and commercial stations.

The events also plays host to some big stars, and this year was attended by one of the most famous and influential rock musicians in the world, Stewart Copeland.

Stewart was the drummer with the hugely successful British band, The Police.

Correspondent Colm Flynn was at the conference at sat down with Stewart after his presentation on stage. 

They discussed The Police's relationship with radio, radio versus social media, how “Roxanne” wasn’t an immediate hit, and how pop music has changed over the decades.

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Frank Hersey looks at the way farmers in Cote d'Ivoire are learning the value of protecting local forests.

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s signature drive to protect cows has come home with a vengance during the ongoing national election.

The rising population of wandering cattle trampling crops has angered many of India’s 263 million farmers.

Leather exporters have locked horns with the authorities over restrictions on the livestock trade and the dairy industry has gone sour.

Vikram Roy has written and produced this report from Delhi.

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India’s ruling party has rolled out a TV station dedicated to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Opposition parties complained it provided unfair advantage ahead of a national election.

But in case he is re-elected for a second term, then it will also be sweet victory for marketing Gurus of the right-wing Hindu politician.

Vikram Roy wrote and produced this report from Delhi.

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The International Space Station was launched twenty years ago.

The multinational project has been home to dozens of scientists and has seen the completion of hundreds of experiments.

But the structure is reaching the end of its useful life. What happens next.

Correspondent Dhananjay Kadilkar went looking for answers.

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Despite her age, at 92 years of age, Dr. Melissa Freeman is still running her own private practice in the dynamic neighbourhood of Harlem in New York City.

She can be found there some night's working until 1am.

Other days she's in lowertown Manhattan running a methadone clinic.

In fact, she is long-considered a pioneer in that field after being the first doctor to treat female heroin addicts with methadones as a maintenance programme.

When she first set off into studying medicine, she broke many barriers as a female African-African.

Her own family history began with her grandfather who was a slave in Virginia just before the emancipation act was signed.

Colm Flynn caught up with Dr. Freeman at her clinic in Harlem in this report.

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Temperatures in east Africa have been soaring. The long-awaited March to May seasonal rainfall has been delayed. Experts believe cyclone Idai in Mozambique to be one of the factors contributing to the delay.

As temperatures rise, creating thriving conditions for pests and disease, flash floods and suppressed rainfall threaten food production in east Africa.

Sophie Mbugua reports from Nairobi on the challenges of growing crops sustainably under climate change.

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Harlem was a key location in the civil rights movement in the US in the 1950s and 1960s.

Black leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. or Malcolm X made speeches and organized marches in Harlem.

Correspondent Sarah Lefevre explores the importance of Harlem to the civil rights movement in this final report of a five-part series on the dynamic neighbourhood.

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During the Harlem Renaissance, from the twenties onwards, white people began to discover Harlem’s cabarets and restaurants.

Jazz and blues were everywhere in this northern Manhattan neighbourhood.

The era was known as "full tilt"

In this fourth episode, Sarah Lefevre reports on how this period still inspires musicians and Harlem’s residents.

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