Scandals, education, and generational divides are changing the way some South Koreans look at religion.

Recent census data indicates that this country, which was once home to a fervent Protestant population, is becoming less and less religious – and the amount of "non-believers" is at an all-time high.

Correspondent Ryan Thompson reports from Seoul.

Millions of Syrians have fled their country since the beginning of the civil war, in 2011. Most chose to settle in Europe or in neighbouring countries. But some opted to go even further, acording to Aude Villiers-Moriamé. Such is the case for a small Syrian community that currently lives in San Luis, deep in the heartland of Argentina.

In some rural communities in Cameroon, poverty and cultural beliefs can make it difficult for women and girls to access sanitary pads. As part of a sustainable response to the challenge, a project for the production of biodegradable sanitary pads from agricultural waste has kicked off in Bamenda. The pads are destined to serve those in the countryside and suburban areas. Correspondent Tebeck Alphonse observed the production of Kuja Eco-Pads in the rural community  of Mendakwe, about  a  15-minute drive from Bamenda. He  has this report.

Thirty-six million Colombians who are eligible to vote will head to the ballot box on Sunday to elect their next president. hese are the first presidential elections since the historic peace deal with the FARC. With the future of the peace deal at stake, it is one of the most pivotal elections in Colombia's history. Fittingly, it has divided the electorate more than any other election in decades, as centre-ground candidates are pushed aside. Emily Wright has this report from the capital Bogotá.

Environmental conservationists in Coastal Kenya have taken new steps to preserve the endangered mangrove forests along the Indian Ocean, with the aim of preserving better environment and fight climatic change patterns. Through different projects aimed at conserving mangrove forests, communities around the coastal regions have benefitted from different programs funded by donors. Correspondent Joseph Jira has this report.

Colombian musician Cesar Lopez employs music as a weapon against war, by fashioning hybrid guitars out of guns. Last year the Colombian government and the FARC – the country’s oldest rebel army – signed a peace agreement ending 53-years of internal conflict. Emily Wright has more from the Colombian capital Bogotá.

Many challenges lie ahead for Ethiopia’s newly appointed Prime Minister, Ahmed Abiy, particularly in his home region of Oromiya, where people have felt abandoned and marginalised by previous governments. In this report, Vincent Dublange meets those people to find out what they hope Abiy can achieve for them.

Since Ethiopia’s, 42 year-old Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office, he has begun holding public meetings in several regions. He also met opposition politicians and investors before appointing his government. The Oromo ethnic group to which Ahmed belongs, say they are discriminated against by the ruling coalition, despite Abiy Ahmed’s political ascent. In the second part of our series on Ethiopia’s changing political landscape, Vincent Dublange reports from Beshasha, in Oromiya regional state.

Is Ethiopia's political landscape changing? There is no simple answer. But what is clear is that the appointment of a new prime minister in early April has spurred an era of hope, especially for the Oromo people, which represents around 30 percent of the country's 100 million people,Vincent Dublange reports in the first of a three part series on Ethopia.

This month of May represents the 10th anniversary of the death of Irena Sendler, a Polish Socialist humanitarian worker credited with having saved the lives of some 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto during World War II.

It comes as Israel -  a country born out of the horrors of the holocaust in which some six million Jewish people were killed - marks its 70th anniversary.

RFI’s Filip Warwick spoke with Elzbieta Ficowska, one of the Jewish children saved by Irena Sendler.