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Algeria recalls ambassador to France as tensions rise

Algiers – Algeria on Saturday rejected “inadmissible interference” in its affairs, hours after recalling its ambassador from Paris following comments... Read more

3 Oct, 2021

World

France extends Covid health pass rule to teens

Paris – France on Thursday began requiring teenagers 12 and older to present a Covid-19 “health pass” to enter public... Read more

30 Sep, 2021

World

Macron’s ex-bodyguard on trial over beating of protesters

Paris – President Emmanuel Macron’s former bodyguard goes on trial on Monday on charges of assaulting a young couple... Read more

13 Sep, 2021

News

Six French soldiers detained at Equatorial Guinea airport

Malabo – Six French soldiers were detained at the Bata airport in Equatorial Guinea on Thursday morning while stopping... Read more

30 Jul, 2021

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Macron to reassure African leaders on commitment to fighting terror

Paris – President Emmanuel Macron will seek to reassure Sahel leaders of his commitment to Africa’s anti-terror fight, at... Read more

10 Jul, 2021

Politics

At least four Mali soldiers die in attack

At least four soldiers in Mali have died in an attack by suspected jihadist gunmen near the border with... Read more

5 Jul, 2021

Politics

Chad’s military leader leaves for talks in France

The head of Chad’s military junta, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, has left N’Djamena for a “friendship and working visit”... Read more

4 Jul, 2021

Politics

France resumes joint military operations with Mali

France says it will resume joint military operations in Mali, after suspending them early last month following the west... Read more

4 Jul, 2021

News

Uhuru Kenyatta, Macron meet as Paris courts east Africa

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his French counterpart President Emmanuel Macron have met in Paris where they discussed several... Read more

2 Jul, 2021

Politics

6 Malian soldiers killed, 15 UN peacekeepers wounded in separate attacks

  Six Malian soldiers were killed on Friday in a raid in the centre of the war-torn Sahel state,... Read more

27 Jun, 2021