Global Focus

This week's Global Focus takes a look into how our oceans are affected by plastic pollution, but also how this could change thanks to a new UN initiative. Efforts to address global plastic pollution took a significant step forward this month as world governments agreed to establish a group of experts to look into the problem of plastic in our seasOne recent report says that if nothing is done, by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish, in the seas.At the third meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly, member states agreed on a series of steps to eliminate the dumping of plastic and microplastics into the oceans.Among the solutions is reducing the amount of plastic we produce, increasing reuse and recycling and avoiding the unnecessary use of plastic.

In Global Focus this week, RFI's Laura Martel takes a closer look at the relationship between Israel and Africa. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahou announced last week the opening of an embassy in Rwanda and expressed a desire for Israel to become an official 'observer' member of the African Union.These are the latest stages of a diplomatic offensive launched by Netanyahou in February 2016 to strengthen ties with Africa, embodied in a catchphrase :"Israel is coming back to Africa, Africa is coming back to Israel".