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France 24’s correspondent Sarah Morris has been named “best foreign correspondent in Spain” by the International Press Club (Club Internacional de Prensa) for the quality and depth of her coverage of the latest news in the country. The award ceremony will take place on September 22nd in Madrid. Each year, the International Press Club (Club Internacional de Prensa) of Spain, chaired by Javier Fernandez Arribas, rewards the work of Spanish journalists and correspondents. [Source: FMM press release] |
From the France 24 Observers: an in-depth investigation into smuggling networks of Iran.
With more than 36% of its economy coming from the informal sector, a significant proportion of consumer products sold in Iran are smuggled (alcoholic beverages, clothing, electronic products, food supplements, vehicle spare parts, etc.)
The goods are transported by three types of smugglers: The “Kulbars” are active in the West, bringing consumer goods across the mountains from neighboring Iraqi Kurdistan. The “Soukhtbars” haul gasoline and diesel across the desert plateaux in the east, to Pakistan. And The “Shootis” transport all kinds of goods from city to city across the country in cars that have been customised to carry heavier loads at high speed.
Ershad Alijani, journalist for the France 24 Observers and RFI’s Persian service, has been following these three groups of smugglers since 2019.
« The Bloody Silk Road – The Smugglers of modern-day Iran », seldom-seen images offer an immersion into the depths of a world that is little known, even in Iran.
« The Bloody Silk Road – The Smugglers of modern-day Iran »
Saturday July 2nd at 10.45am on France 24* (Paris time)
From July 4th on RFI’s digital platforms in Persian
[Source: France 24 press release]
In February 2022, France and Portugal embarked upon a cultural season that will see nine months of arts events in both countries. To celebrate this international friendship, France 24 is exploring Portuguese culture in a special programme. The culture show Encore! is going on a musical journey to Lisbon to meet the country’s top artists.
This show zooms in on the new Afro-Portuguese scene, whose influences come from Portugal’s former colonies Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and Sao Tome and Principe.
Presenter Eve Jackson meets award-winning Dino d’Santiago, a rising star of Portuguese music who mixes traditional and contemporary sounds. And DJ Marfox is in the mix, to explain how he brings new beats to the airwaves.
France 24’s team also takes part in a concert from the Batukadeiras Orquesta, a group of female drummers and Cape Verdean singers, specialising in Batuka – a rhythmic call-and-response style created in Cape Verde during the slave trade.
Watch on France 24 on Friday 13 May at 1015 GMT.
The country’s High Authority of Communication said: “The licence granted to France Medias Monde [FMM] to establish and operate Radio France International, RFI, services in Mali under convention No. 055/HAC-MALI/2018 of 11 June 2018 is hereby permanently withdrawn.”
The ruling means that the two services cannot be carried by any Malian TV or radio distributor, and it also means that the online services of the broadcasters cannot be carried on Mali-based mobile phone operators.
Reacting, France Médias Monde condemned the move, saying: “France Médias Monde strongly contests such a measure and intends to appeal this decision. It will use all other possible means of appeal.
“We will continue to cover the news in Mali, which is of interest to the whole of Africa as well as the rest of the world. All technical solutions will be implemented to make our media accessible to Malians who wish to continue to receive free, expert information that is open to the world. FMM stresses its commitment to the independence and freedom of information.”
29th April 2022
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says it has unblocked French media outlets in Mali a day after the country’s military rulers revoked their operating licences.
RSF said in a tweet that RFI and France 24 were back online as part of its Operation Collateral Freedom, which was launched in 2015 and “is currently enabling 47 websites in 24 countries (including eight sites in Russia) to circumvent censorship by their governments”.