France in South Africa

The European Film Festival in Lesotho invites you to embark on a cinematic journey, exploring themes of transition, change, and human resilience. Join us as we showcase a diverse selection of European and local films, from thought-provoking dramas to heart-warming comedies.

The Paris Peace Forum, which takes place on 11 and 12 November, will address the urgent need for effective international governance in a world marked by rivalries, instability and mistrust.

The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), chaired by Colombia, was held in Cali from 21 October to 2 November 2024. France welcomes some of the progress made, but regrets that it was unable to obtain a decision on the follow-up to the Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity framework.
The collapse of biodiversity, which poses an (...)

After the first two Conferences in New York (2017) and Lisbon (2022), France and Costa Rica are jointly organizing the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice, from 9 to 13 June 2025.

A short film on the historical ties between Lesotho and France