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A controversial counterterrorism boot camp in the West Bank is attracting thousands of tourists from all over the world. Former commandos from the Israeli army reserve are showing them how to take down an attacker and to shoot with a rifle.

The military training takes place in the Gush Etzion settlement, located in the Palestinian territories… which has been illegally occupied by Israel for 50 years, under international law. An NGO is accusing the private company of profiting out of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Sabrina Myre reports from this Israeli-style security training in the West Bank.

Earlier this week, Argentina hosted the final of the world’s Tango competition. Buenos Aires is the birthplace of the Tango dance and every year hundreds of amateur and professional dancers come to compete for the prize, over the course of a week. Our correspondent in Buenos Aires, Aude Villiers-Moriamé, went along.

In South Sudan, gas stations across the country are running out of fuel. Imports have slowed down because roads to east Africa are either blocked or frequently attacked. On top of this, the fuel import business has become difficult with inflation at about 800 percent. As a result, many fuel traders have simply given up importing.

In recent months, some public buses and motorbike taxies in the capital Juba have stopped operating.

Now businesses are also beginning to be affected across South Sudan because goods cannot be transported.

Correspondent Tito Justin has this report from Juba.

Life is difficult for Central African refugees and returnees living in refugee camps in southern Chad, but some people manage to find their way-- and help their fellow Central Africans as well.

RFI's Laura Angela Bagnetto speaks to three people who have made a difference, helping themselves and their communities.

The Chadian government, working with the United Nations and various aid agencies, are trying to provide healthcare to the Central African Republic refugees, returnees, and the local population in southern Chad. Typical ailments include malaria, flu, and diarrhea. Health care workers are available for everyone, but medication is in scarce supply.

RFI's Laura Angela Bagnetto looks at how healthcare--or lack of thereof-- is a problem in the eight refugee camps dotting the border of Chad:

Central African returnees and refugees living in southern Chad are trying to scrape by on one meal a day to feed their families, but are suffering in the process. They say that they have been forgotten by the international donor community, but the World Food Program has such limited resources due to lack of funding.

RFI's Laura Angela Bagnetto looks at the issue of food-- a constant  worry in the refugee camps-- especially when you feel like you are ignored by the international community.

Central Africans fleeing the violence sometimes get caught up in it. Ex-Seleka and anti-Balaka militias abduct, rape, steal and kill people trying to get across the border to the safety of Chad.

RFI's Laura Angela Bagnetto reports from Diba1 and Diba2 refugee sites in southern Chad .

Life is hard for the 147,000 Central African refugees who have crossed the border in to southern Chad-- in addition to food, shelter, and sanitation, there are other perils that refugees have to deal with daily.

Some are returnees are originally from Chad, others are from the Central African Republic. The most recent fled in early August, while others came across the border in 2003. No matter what time they came, refugees in southern Chad are grappling with a myriad of issues.

 RFI's Laura Angela Bagnetto reports from southern Chad.

Last year in the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth II ordered what was to be the largest reform of the country’s penal system since the Victorian era.

The level of violence, the numbers of deaths and suicides, incidents of self-harm and drug taking among English and Welsh prisoners had reached crisis levels.

But that was before the Brexit referendum, and all talk of reforming the country’s prisons has since been shelved.

Meanwhile, in the country’s overcrowded prisons, newly published statistics show conditions are worsening.

Pierre Bertrand has this report.

Venezuela's opposition movement has announced a 2-day general strike for this week. It is just the latest move to pressure the government of president Nicolas Maduro. As the political and economic crisis continues, some families are choosing to flee and seek better conditions in other parts of South America.

No fewer than 11,000 Venezuelans emigrated to Argentina last year.

Most of them settle in the capital Buenos Aires where they try to recreate the life they left behind in Venezuela.

RFI's correspondent Aude Villiers-Moriamé, went to talk to some of them last week as they voted -- from abroad -- in a recent anti-government referendum.