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French President Macron brought new promises to cyclone-battered Mayotte. Residents want more
April 23, 2025
Traditional songs and dances welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron when he arrived this week on the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte — unlike his last visit, when he was...

French prisons hit by mystery arson and gunfire attacks
April 15, 2025
A wave of coordinated attacks have hit prisons across France, with unknown assailants torching cars outside several jails, leaving mysterious inscriptions and hitting one facility with automatic gunfire.In recent...
France expels 12 Algerian officials in tit-for-tat move amid diplomatic tensions
April 15, 2025
PARIS (AP) — France said Tuesday it was expelling 12 Algerian diplomatic officials a day after Algeria announced the expulsion of the same number of French officials in escalating...

Telegram boss admits ‘seriousness’ of French allegations: source
January 18, 2025
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has told investigating magistrates in France, where he is charged with multiple infractions linked to enabling organised crime, that he "realised the seriousness of all...
Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre
December 1, 2024
THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP) — Biram Senghor regularly goes to pay his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital Dakar, bowing in front of...

Custody for Telegram boss Durov extended after arrest in France
August 26, 2024
Telegram founder Pavel Durov remains in police custody after being arrested in France two days ago over alleged offences relating to the messaging app, local media reported on Monday,...
New Caledonia independence group demands Indigenous leader’s release from custody in mainland France
June 24, 2024
NICE, France (AP) — Members of a pro-independence movement in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia demanded on Monday the "release and immediate return” of the Indigenous Kanak...