International report

Do you ever think about having dinner in jail with prisoners? In Colombia, it's possible. Since December 15, in Cartagena in the north of the country, "El restaurante Interno" receives customers every night from Tuesday until Sunday.

Its a unique experience, which takes place inside a San Diego jail for women. Even the waitress and cooks are prisoners. This project aims to help them to build another life after release.Najet Benrabaa has the details.

Hundreds of millions of mosquito nets have been distributed across Africa. They have undoubtedly saved countless lives in the battle against malaria. But many of Africa's poorest are using bednets in other ways… including as fishing nets, with potentially harmful environmental consequences. And it’s just one of the methods of illegal fishing that are threatening the Great Lakes of Africa. Benedict Moran reports, from Rukoma, Tanzania.

Whether they’re places linked to the slave trade or are natural wonders, Unesco world heritage sites located in West Africa have become more accessible because of a new app. It's called 'Vue d’Afrique' and it was developed by Unesco.

Correspondent Emmanuelle Landais has more from Gorée island, off the coast of Senegal, on how the UN's cultural arm is mixing heritage and hashtags.

Hundreds of visitors flocked to the two-day drone festival that was held in Paris over the weekend. RFI's Dhananjay Khadilkar has this report on the exciting new concepts that were presented by start ups at the event.

It is estimated that some 300,000 Ukrainian soldiers have served on the eastern frontline over the past four years. Some of those returning wounded have turned to sport as a form of rehabilitation. 

In September this year Ukrainian injured veterans will take part in the Invictus Games - an international sporting event for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women.

Veterans will take part in disciplines such as athletics, indoor rowing, powerlifting, swimming and wheelchair basketball among others.

Ukraine will compete for the first time when the tournament is held in Toronto at the end of the year.

Filip Warwick attended the final qualifiers in Kiev and has this report.

May 8 marked the anniversary of the death of 18th century French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, whose work revolutionised the world of science. He is the one who named the elements Hydrogen and Oxygen. However, as RFI's Dhananjay Khadilkar reports, despite his accomplishments and reputation, his life ended abruptly after finding himself caught in the storm of a political revolution at home.

One of Colombia’s most influential musicians is a man who has spent decades writing and performing folk songs, some of which are folk classics today. But while they might know the songs, Colombians know almost nothing about the 95-year-old musician: Magin Diaz. Now, as correspondent Emily Wright reports, this is changing.

In 2015, Brussels City Hall pedestrianised 48 hectares of the centre. Since then, a series of law suits, dysfunctional politics and disgruntled local traders and residents have brought the whole thing to a halt. But just 35 miles away, in the city of Ghent, its 20-year-old pedestrian zone has been such a success they've decided to expand it this year. Correspondent Don Duncan has more on a Belgian tale of two cities.

In France, a team of scientists have developed an unconventional technique of detecting breast cancer. RFI's Dhananjay Khadilkar has more.

According to opinion polls presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron is the favourite to win the French election this Sunday.

With former US president Barack Obama having publicly backed Macron Thursday in a last-minute intervention, Russia's President Vladimir Putin has already offered his support to the far-right National Front presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen.

During the first round and leading up to the second, Moscow has denied any meddling in the presidential election though French officials have been on the look-out for any signs of Russian interference.

Filip Warwick has this report.