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RFI's FM waves have been cut across Mali since mid-Thursday. Consequence of the decision of the Malian Transitional Authorities to suspend RFI and France 24, following the sending of testimonies reporting abuses by the Malian army in the center of the country.…

On Thursday, March 17, 2022, the Malian authorities suspended the broadcast of RFI on FM, as well as France 24. This is how listeners can continue to follow our two antennas in Mali. ►Opportunity to receive RFIOn the InternetBy satelliteClearly on satellites with a receiver for the public:Eutelsat 16A and SES 4(RFI in French) SES 5(RFI in French and African languages)On short wavesIn…

In Mali, the Ministry of Territorial Administration publishes a press release announcing its intention to initiate proceedings to shut down the RFI and France 24 channels. France Médias Monde (FMM), the parent company of RFI and France 24, notes and regrets this…

On Monday, August 16, applications for the Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon Scholarship open today. This is the eighth edition of this scholarship, which each year trains ten young journalists and radio technicians from French-speaking Africa. An award bearing the name of our colleagues who were murdered in 2013 while reporting in Kidal, in northern Mali. The selected candidates will first be trained for one month, then the scholarship…

Mariaa Siga, 2021 © Stéphane Pineau With a calling card as her first album Asekaw, which she finally has the opportunity to defend on stage, the Senegalese singer Mariaa Siga claims herself and with conviction forms her musical imprint between folk and reggae. Seeing her dance enthusiastically in the audience to the sound of Elida Almeida's Cape Verdean funaná, which performed on the July evening at the Nuits du Sud…

On Dino D'Santago's t-shirt, the five words written immediately set the tone: "Funaná is the new funk." * The formula, effective, came to mind in South Korea in 2014. At the end of a concert in Ulsan, several spectators came to ask him about this music that they wanted to understand. That same year, while playing in Central Park in New York City, he again found that funaná had the same effect on the audience and raised the same questions. "I replied that for me it was a revolutionary way of life, as funk had been…

Five years after their debut, as a miracle, the Daughters traveled to Illighadad around the world to spread their desert blues in combination with women. At Pioneer Works, a record with undeniable charm and power, recorded live in Brooklyn, testifies. A magic, an enchanting energy, woven on a handful of tones, a brilliant meditation inflated by electricity, guitars with circular and infectious songs, irrevocable clapping of the hands, traditional water drums - the tendency - for foundations and…

Gathered in Accra on Sunday following a new coup by the Malian military, ECOWAS member states have decided to suspend Mali, said one of the heads of state present at RFI's special envoy. But there will be no financial sanctions. as reported from Bamako, Serge Daniel, and our special correspondent in Accra,Peter Sassou…

The picture is taken on the foot of the Lion of Judah monument in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. Within the foreground, Bob Marley, carrying a green-yellow-red jacket, his dreadlocks hidden beneath one in every of the big caps that Rastafarians love. Behind him, excessive up on the pedestal, is the statue of the lion carrying a crown and holding a spire in its entrance left paw. The picture, stuffed with which means, is a focus of reggae symbolism. And one in every of the few images that testifies to the…

Malian rapper Ami Yerewolo. © OTHANTIQ AA AY is the third album by Malian rapper Ami Yerewolo. After 10 years of self-production, Aminata Danioko signed her civil standing on the label Othantiq AA by artist Blick Bassy. He proposed the instrument and Ami Yerewolo introduced it as much as communicate, in Bambara and in French, about perseverance, to religion, about societal considerations rooted in his expertise. A vibrant,…