Nigerian president visits Paris as France eyes renewal of ties
Nigerian president Bola Tinubu began a three-day state visit to France on November 28th in a bid to strengthen bilateral...
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Niger calls for replacement of EU ambassador amid aid dispute
A row appears to be breaking out between the EU and one of the Sahel countries which recently broke away...
French student who was detained in Tunisia returns to Paris
A French student who spent weeks detained in Tunisia returned to Paris on November 15th following diplomatic discussions, according to...
French weapons used in Sudan violate UN embargo says Amnesty
An investigation by Amnesty International released on November 14th has found that French-manufactured military technology being used in Sudan by...
France recognizes it killed Algerian independence figure in 1957
President of France Emmanuel Macron acknowledged on November 1st that Algerian independence figure Larbi Ben M’hidi was killed by French...
Algeria marks 70 years since independence war began
Algeria marked 70 years since it began its war of independence with France on November 1st, as relations with Paris...
French national detained in Tunisia on state security charges
The Tunisian president's purge of practically anyone in the country who criticized him or his style of governance has now...
France to invest in Western Sahara under “Moroccan sovereignty”
French President Emmanuel Macron said on October 29th that France supported Morocco's territorial claim over Western Sahara, according to the...
“New chapter” for French-Moroccan ties, $10bn deals signed
Macron and Mohammed VI have opened a new chapter in French-Moroccan relations after signing $10bn worth of deals during a...
Algeria, France and UK call for urgent UN meeting on Gaza
British foreign secretary David Lammy said on October 16th that the UK along with France and Algeria have called an...
Algeria snubs France from wheat tenders over Sahara row
Relations between Algeria and France appear to be fraying, despite just recently Emmanuel Macron signing off the arrest warrants for...
New French PM promises tougher immigration laws
France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier said that his country needed a stricter policy on immigration and integration on October...
Sarah Leah Whitson: The price of France’s shift on Western Sahara
On July 31, with little fanfare or attention, France formally recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, abandoning its decades-long support...
Pavel Durov arrested by French authorities over Telegram app
Pavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, has been arrested at an airport just...
Morocco’s Hammouchi decorated by France
Relations are continuing to improve between Paris and Rabat, barely weeks after Emmanuel Macron indicated to Morocco that he was...
