4543 - Coup d'Etat (Coup)

Learn French by Watching TV with Lingopie: https://learn.lingopie.com/dailyfrenchpodLa France est devenue le premier pays de l'UE à ouvrir un consulat général à Nuuk. Cette étape renforce les liens politiques et scientifiques polaires.Traduction:France became the first EU country ...  Show more

Début février, des pluies torrentielles ont provoqué de graves inondations en Bretagne et Normandie. Les sols saturés inquiètent les autorités face à de nouvelles perturbations. Traduction: In early February, torrential rains caused severe flooding in Brittany and Normandy. Satur ...  Show more

Relations between France and Mali have hit a low point, with both countries trading hostile comments in public about what the other is doing. Mali’s military rulers accuse France of supplying arms to anti-government militants. Paris denies this and is unhappy about Mali’s working ...  Show more

France and Mali have been exchanging harsh words in recent weeks. The tension between the two usually close allies started to sour after Paris’s decision to withdraw troops from the country. Now there are reports that the government in Bamako will turn to the Russian private secu ...  Show more

West African leaders have imposed sanctions on Mali’s military government. They have been calling for a return to civilian rule since a military coup in 2020. Mali has experienced a second coup since then. And elections which were planned for February are now facing a lengthy del ...  Show more

This lesson, which we recorded some time ago, focuses on the situation in Mali. In our role-play, Brendan asks Simone to shed some light on the military intervention of France in one of its former colonies. Let's listen. Then we'll come back and discuss some key vocabulary.