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Fréderic Bontems, special envoy for the Sahel at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stayed in Cotonou for 24 hours. This is his first assignment to Benin since taking office. With the many terrorist attacks registered in northern Benin, the country is of…

The French army announced on Monday that its anti-jihadist force in Mali had killed Yahia Djouadi, a "senior leader" of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in charge of finance and logistics. Djouadi,…

A gunman killed three law enforcement officials and a personal safety guard on Wednesday in a ransacking of a diplomatic quarter in Tanzania's foremost metropolis, Dar es Salaam, earlier than being shot whereas locked in a guardhouse on the door of the French Embassy. Internet movies, apparently filmed by spectators from buildings reverse the French Embassy, ​​confirmed the gunman contained in the guard submit. He exchanged gunshots from a really brief distance with law enforcement officials and males who seemed to be…

Three law enforcement officials and a personal safety agent had been killed on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's financial capital, throughout a capturing that came about on a avenue with a number of overseas representations. The attacker was shot lifeless by police in entrance of the French embassy. His id and motives are nonetheless unknown.…

Six French soldiers were arrested at Bata airport in Equatorial Guinea on Thursday morning while stopping to refuel their helicopter, according to the French military and local media. The six, whom the army said were…

In Madagascar, authorities did not provide further information in the case of the two French people arrested for violating state security. Paul Rafanoharana and Philippe François are still being held in custody on Tuesday night by the criminal squad. as reported from Antananarivo, Laure VerneauHis name is Russell Kely. This…

Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Minister for Europe and Minister for Foreign Affairs, responsible for Tourism, French people living abroad and La Francophonie, will visit Tunisia on Thursday and Friday to welcome French aid to health and start vaccinating French citizens in Tunisia. as reported from Tunis, Lilia blaise54 kilos of oxygen…

Two Frenchmen were arrested on Tuesday evening, July 20. According to the Advocate General of the Court of Appeal, who spoke on Wednesday, July 21, the two men were accused of endangering state security. They were still in custody on Wednesday night with their wives. as reported from Antananarivo, Laure VerneauAccording to the…

French judges have begun investigating allegations that four major fashion groups have benefited from forced labor in their supply chains. The multinational companies are accused of using cotton from China's Xinjiang region, where it is believed that at least one million Uighur Muslims are detained and subjected to forced labor. The case is based on allegations by a number of parties, including human…

This is one of the biggest challenges in uniting memories between France and Algeria, a substance that has long been buried in the sands of the Sahara: the pollution of southern Algeria by French nuclear tests. More than fifty years after the last test in 1966, Algiers has just created an agency to rehabilitate the sites of the old nuclear tests.…