Dupont was a journalist who was "passionate about her job and the African continent that she covered since joining RFI in 1986", it said in a statement.
Dupont alikuwa mwandishi wa habari ambaye "alikuwa na shauku kuhusu kazi yake na bara la Afrika ambalo aliandika tangu kujiunga na RFI mwaka 1986", ilisema katika taarifa.