The Observers

Jun 19, 2026 — As Colombia’s conflict has intensified in recent years, armed groups have flooded social media like TikTok with videos aimed at getting new recruits – particularly young people. The FRANCE 24 Observers team investigated the inner workings of this new...

Feb 21, 2026 — Four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, drones have transformed the battlefield. But they have also brought the war to Ukrainians’ doorstep. Small drones known as FPVs and long-range Shahed drones are terrorising Ukrainian civilians....

Nov 29, 2025 — An investigation by the FRANCE 24 Observers team reveals how chlorine gas was used as a weapon in the ongoing civil war in Sudan. All evidence suggests the Sudanese army used chlorine to recapture a strategic refinery from the Rapid Support Forces...

Oct 28, 2025 — On October 14, 2025, a UN humanitarian convoy carrying vital supplies to the village of Bilozerka in southern Ukraine came under a coordinated drone attack. Striking just a kilometre west of the village, Russian suicide drones damaged two clearly...

Jul 01, 2025 — A weekly news show produced with photos, videos and personal accounts from France 24 Observers around the world - all checked by our staff here in Paris.