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This is his first trip outside France. Jean Castex is in Tunis. The French Prime Minister will attend the third Franco-Tunisian High Cooperation Council on Thursday. Together with six ministers, the head of government wants to strengthen ties between the two countries in the light of the health and economic crisis. With our…

Continuation and conclusion of Franck Riester's visit to Senegal on Tuesday 1 June before a second stage in Côte d'Ivoire. In Dakar, the French Minister for Foreign Trade and Attractiveness emphasized the partnership between the private sectors of the two countries. The Minister met especially young digital entrepreneurs. as…

Emmanuel Macron threatens to withdraw the French military if Mali moves in the direction of radical Islamism. In an interview with JDD, the French head of state also confirms his connection to the transition process after what he has already described as an "unacceptable coup". These remarks come when West African leaders meet to decide the thorny issue of their response to the second coup by the Malian…

This is a historic trip for Emmanuel Macron, who will travel to Kigali on Thursday 27 May. He is only the second French president to travel to Rwanda since the Tutsi genocide in 1994. After a long stormy relationship, the two countries have moved closer in the past three years. The head of state's program promises to be busy in the capital. Many Rwandans are hoping for an apology from France after the…

In Antananarivo, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, French International Minister for Tourism, La Francophonie and French International Minister, was in Madagascar on Friday 14 Might. The Minister inaugurated the French Embassy's vaccination middle there. It's supposed for French and European residents over the age of 55 residing in Madagascar. It's considered one of the primary facilities for French folks…

Within the Central African Republic, authorities introduced on Monday, Might 10, that that they had arrested a French citizen in Bangui who had a giant arsenal at house: weapons of conflict, ammunition and fatigue. Quai d'Orsay, for its half, broadcasts that it's exercising its consular safety towards him. Based on Advocate…

A Frenchman is at the moment being held hostage in Mali. The impartial journalist Olivier Dubois had not given any information in three weeks. He appeared on Tuesday, Could 4, on a video circulating on social networks confirming his kidnapping of JNIM, the "Islamist and Muslim group" in Arabic. On this 21-second video, which…

The French translation of the well-known essay by the Congolese thinker and writer Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, revealed in English in 1988, is lastly launched by Présence africaine. An occasion e-book, initiated by the historian Mamadou Diouf, which tells his story. The invention of Africa, a basic of postcolonial considering,…

Paris prosecutors are demanding the dismissal of French forces for Operation Turquoise, which was deployed in Rwanda in 1994 with UN approval. These troopers have been accused of genocide and complicity in crimes in opposition to humanity. The Paris prosecutor's workplace made its remaining indictment on Monday morning about…

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire will go to Abidjan for 2 days. Bilateral points are on the agenda. as reported from Abidjan, François Hume-FerkatadjiThe Minister of Finance arrived in Abidjan on Wednesday night. Formally, this journey shall be a possibility to strengthen French-Ivorian financial and monetary…