François Picard is pleased to welcome Merijn Tinga, Biologist, Artist, Activist, affectionately known as the Plastic Soup Surfer. He joins us, not only as a scientist or activist, but as someone who spends hours a day on the water, experiencing direct…

François Picard is pleased to welcome Dr. Folahanmi Aina, Political Scientist and Lecturer in the Political Economy of Violence, Conflict and Development at SOAS London. As a researcher of global security and political dynamics, his analysis of Mali’s…

FRANCE 24’s François Picard is pleased to welcome Ulf Laessing, Director of Regional Sahel Programme at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. According to Mr. Laessing, we are witnessing in Mali the complete unraveling of a broader geopolitical experiment. …

President Donald Trump and other officials had to be evacuated from the White House press correspondents’ dinner after a man tried to break in with guns.

Forty years ago, one reactor in the Chernobyl power plant, in Ukraine, exploded, leading to the worst-ever nuclear catastrophe.

The Strait of Hormuz, which is a key passage for oil produced in the Middle East, has come to the center of the Iran-US conflict. 

Since the beginning of the Iran-US war, Pakistan has tried to host talks between the two countries, aiming at finding peace.

Joe Buccino is the former communications director of US Central Command, CentCom, which directs and commands American military operations in the Middle East, Central and Sout Asia.

One of the notable aspects of Pakistan being the centre of peace talks is just how the country positioned itself as the mediator, or facilitator, between the US and Iran.

François Picard is pleased to welcome Tutu Alicante, international human rights lawyer.and anti-corruption activist. According to Mr. Alicante, the Pope’s visit to Equatorial Guinea presents a paradox: it offers a rare opportunity to spotlight injusti…