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The decree, dated June 8, appeared yesterday Thursday in the French official newspaper. This makes the archipelago the glorious islands, which belong to the scattered islands, the 170th French nature reserve. The glorious islands, located in the Mozambique Channel, and French possession, were still part of the islets that Madagascar claimed against France since 1973. The claim was repeated by President…

The Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi and Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, today inaugurated the International Academy for the Fight against Terrorism AILCT in Jacqueville, about 60 kilometers from Abidjan. The first part of the project has been delivered, but the website is up and running and can be run at full speed. We will do training, strategy and practice…

On Thursday, June 10, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a "profound transformation" of the French military presence in the Sahel and the establishment of an international anti-jihadist alliance in the region. "At the end of the consultations (..) we will embark on a profound transformation of our military presence in…

It's an innovative festival that opened its doors on Wednesday 9 June in the heart of Paris: until Sunday 13 June, creators from all over the world will be present in virtual reality or augmented reality. And this year, in collaboration with the "Africa 2020" season for the Institut français, the Forum des images honors African creators.…

Diplomatic passports stamped with Guinea's Bissauvendu's official stamp for French employers, economists or consultants from a Parisian building. This reveals a Liberation survey. He followed in the footsteps of several men who benefited from this market. It is by investigating former police officers or soldiers who have…

France has frozen its budget support and suspended military cooperation with the Central African Republic. Paris justifies this decision with unfulfilled commitments from the Central African authorities "both politically towards the opposition and behavior towards France", the French Ministry of Armed Forces specifies. The tea towel is burning between Paris and Bangui, but signs of conviction have…

France has suspended aid and military cooperation in the Central African Republic because of what it says is the government's failure to stop "massive disinformation campaigns" aimed at its officials, the Ministry of Armed Forces said. France has cut 10 million euros ($ 12.18 million) in budget support for its former colony and stopped direct military cooperation, the ministry told Reuters in an email on Tuesday. "A number of commitments made by the Central African authorities to France have not been…

France confirms that it has frozen its budget support to the Central African Republic and has also suspended its military cooperation. In Paris, the Ministry of Defense invokes an anti-French campaign led by Russia, in which the Central African authorities are said to be involved. Five cooperatives that have worked specifically…

The French Development Agency (AFD) will provide 35 million euros, or almost 23 billion CFA francs, for the rehabilitation of the famous royal palaces in Abomey and for the construction of a new museum according to international standards planned to accommodate the 26 works that France is preparing to return to Benin by the end of 2021.…

The Joint UN-African Union-ECCAS-EU Delegation to the Central African Republic met with President Touadéra, political, religious and civil society actors to discuss the peace process, two years after the Khartoum Treaty and five months after the coalition's rebel offensive. of patriots for change in the capital. The UN Deputy Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, is RFI's…