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As Algeria celebrates 60 years of independence from France, we take a closer look at the deep diplomatic and social tensions between the two countries. From lingering pain over atrocities committed during colonial rule to calls for reform from within Algeria,…

The snare tightens around the French beverage giant Castel. A preliminary investigation was launched on Wednesday, June 29, in Paris against the group that since last year has been accused of complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity in CAR.…

In Senegal, reactions have been linked since Sunday, June 26, in the majority camp since the publication of the tweet from Olivier Faure, the first secretary of the Socialist Party in France. He demands the release of the opposition MPs who were arrested during…

Lucy's dad no longer exists. The prominent French paleontologist Yves Coppens died on June 22, 2022 at the age of 87. We owe him, along with the American Donald Joganson and the Frenchman Maurice Taieb, the 1974 discovery of the fossil of Australopithecus Lucy in Ethiopia. The story went around the world: on November 30, 1974, in Hadar, in the lower Awash Valley, in Ethiopia, the…

French farmers are not yet very numerous when it comes to producing exotic African fruits and vegetables, but global warming allows certain regions to adapt to the tropical climate. This is also of interest to importers for the European market who are…

On Monday morning, June 13, the French army left the Ménaka military base in northeastern Mali. The keys to the camp have been officially handed over to the Malian Armed Forces, in a transfer that is the penultimate step in the complete withdrawal of the…

According to information from Mediapart and Africa Intelligence, the national financial prosecutor's office has initiated an investigation following the revelations of the "Congo Hold Up" investigation. He wonders about flows that are considered "suspicious"…

In France, a court in Paris on Thursday, June 2, sentenced a French lawyer from Afriland Bank for defamation of two whistleblowers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Platform for the Protection of Whistleblowers in Africa (Pplaaf). Maître Éric…

While the shortage of seasonal workers is worrying in France ahead of the summer holidays, a union in the hotel sector announced a few days ago that the trail of recruiting staff from foreign countries was under investigation. Morocco and Tunisia have already…

Legislative elections in France will take place on 12 and 19 June. But the 1.6 million French people living abroad can already vote. They appoint 11 deputies representing French citizens living abroad in the National Assembly. For these seats, the first round…