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The Olympic torch arrives in Malaysia
The Olympic torch continues its controverted world tour, landing in Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning (Al Jazeera). As has been the case for the last...
Morocco buys a french navy ship
French Prime Minister, François Fillon, announced on Friday in Rabat that his country would sell to Morocco one multi-mission frigate estimated at 500 million...
Morocco and France sign several agreements
Rabat and Paris have signed 16 trade agreements during the Ninth meeting of their joint commission in Rabat under the chairmanship of Prime Minister...
French Premier visits Morocco
French Prime Minister, François Fillon, was received in Ifrane (Middle-Atlas) Friday by Moroccan King Mohammed VI with whom he held disc u ssions on...
French president and politicians pay tribute to Aimé Césaire
French President Nicolas Sarkozy Thursday affirmed "the whole France was in grief" over the death in Fort-de-France (Martinique), of Martinique's writer and politician Aimé...
Food Crisis:France to double its food aid this year
French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that France would double its food aid budget this year (France 24). This increase aims to compensate the rise...
French security man shot in Mauritania
Yesterday evening Mauritanian military shot and wounded a French national working for a private security company in Nouakchott according to Reuters. The Mauritanian military...
French president pledges to find missing opposition leader
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has reaffirmed his resolve to help shed light on the disappearance of Chadian opposition leader Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh,...
New inflation record for Eurozone
Inflation has gone up from 3.1% in December 2007 to 3.6% in March 2008 in the eurozone setting a new record and being at...
French to sing English song at Eurovision sparks controversy
Sebastien Tellier the singer representing France at Eurovision chose to sing Divine from his new album according to France 24. Several French personalities criticized...
Association for the Dev’t of Education relocates from Paris to Tunis
The headquarters of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) will be relocated from Paris, France, to Tunis, Tunisia, by the...
Niger delegation expected in Paris
Niger's government delegation, led by Communication Minister Mohammed Ben Omar is expected Wednesday in Paris for an information mission on Niger's economic situation and...
Camera that sees through clothes to revolutionize fight against terror
Technology has become indispensable in the battle against terror; prioritizing the need for up to date inventions to fight terrorists who resort to ingenious...
France to tackle African economic problems in a Paris meeting
Paris will on 24 April host a symposium to discuss the pr oblems of the African private sector, official sources told panapress on Tuesday.
The...
$200 million in food aid released by US government
The White House has given the order to release 200 million dollars in food aid to help fight the food crisis that has hit...
Medical contorversy over Aimé Césaire’s death
Aimé Césaire, the writer and politician from Martinique who was reported dead on Saturday evening by a relative, was still battling for his life...
Mauritanian police blunder while tracking terror suspects
Mauritanian police forces Wednesday opened fire on unknown individuals in a house in Ksar, a Nouakchott commune, leaving two people injured one of them...
Moroccan footballer Erbati to be transfered to Olympique Marseille
The French side of Olympique Marseille is engaged in talks with Moroccan El-Amine Erbati for a possible transfer of the player to the premier...
MP accused of raping minor
The Forum of children's rights organisations in Togo (FODDET) on Tuesday accused Togolese parliamentarian Gabriel Ameyi of raping a 16-year-old girl pupil on 7...
Violent offensive between suspected terrorists and police kills two
A violent clash late Monday between Mauritanian police officers and suspected terrorists left two policemen dead and several others wounded, panapress reported. Panapress quoted...
Gov’t blamed for the escape of multiple killer
The President of Mauritania's Bar Association, Ahmed Ould Youssouf Ould Cheikh Sidya, says the government should shoulder "political responsibility" for last Wednesday's escape in...
Mass recruitment for Cameroonian military
The Cameroonian army plans to recruit 1,000 soldiers by the end of this year, reliable sources revealed here Friday. The sources said the recruitments...
Multiple French murder suspect in court escape
Sidi Ould Sidina, an alleged member of the terrorist group suspected to have shot dead four French tourists 24 December 2007 near the city...
The Trial of the Templars
2nd Edition Malcolm Barber University of Reading Paperback
The Templars fought against Islam in the crusader east for nearly two centuries.
During that time the...
The French Wars of Religion, 1562–1629
2nd Edition Series : New Approaches to European History (No. 36) Mack P. Holt George Mason University, Virginia Hardback
This book is a new edition...
France asked to the dignity of illegal migrants
The chairman of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), Souhayr Belhassen here Tuesday called on France to respect the dignity of illegal migrants...
God’s Trade, Economics of judaism, christianism and islam
Philippe Simonnot, graduate of the Institute of Political Studies of Paris, Doctor of Economics, Director of The Observatory of Religions, senior fellow of the...
Zimbabwe: Journalists still harrashed
Reporters Without Borders condemns the Zimbabwean government's
refusal to allow several leading international news media to cover the 29
March 2008 general elections although it has...
African football friendlies in France : France thrashes Mali
A reserved selection of the French national team, Tuesday, beat the Malian national team by 3 goals to 2, in a friendly match in...
Queen Elizabeth II to welcome the French President and his wife
Most state visits are dry, boring affairs that generate little public interest. Fashion experts and gossip columnists stay away.Nicolas Sarkozy will try to...