For the second year in a row, the city of Ouidah in Benin is playing host to Vodun Days – a celebration of the region’s long spiritual traditions. France 24’s correspondent Lilaafa Amouzou visited the festival and found out about efforts to dismantle myths about Vodon.
Celebrating Benin's Vodun heritage
Gaza experiences World Cup from afar as local players face ongoing struggles
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In Gaza City, Ali Tafesh, an amputee football player for Gaza Al-Irada, trains in the damaged Palestine Stadium. As Gaza prepares for the World Cup,
World Cup teams, players and officials face US visa denials and delays
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Concerns over US visa denials for World Cup participants intensify as Somali referee Omar Artan is ordered back to Istanbul despite holding a valid visa.