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French police abuse African lawyer
Several Mauritanian NGOs under the umbrella National Human Rights Forum (FONADH) have slammed "the violence and abuses" of the French police against lawyer Fatimata...
Violent attack on cartoonist
Reporters Without Borders, Paris, has condemned an attack on "The Guardian" newspaper's cartoonist Obe Ess, who was hit by armed intruders in his home...
Chad kicks out its only foreign correspondent
The Chadian government effectively forced the country's only permanent foreign correspondent to leave the country on Thursday after withdrawing her work permit without explanation,...
Cameroon: 6th international cycling tour set for March 28
Cameroon's sixth International Cycling Tour will kick off on 28 March in the Moukong district in the country's far-northern province, the Cameroonian Cycling Association...
French President urges Algeria to join Francophonie family
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday urged Algeria to join the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) and invited his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika...
Sarkozy: France to cut nuclear arsenal
President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a modest cut Friday in France's nuclear arsenal, to fewer than 300 warheads, and urged China and the United States...
Ghanaian president launches Alliance for Africa foundation in Paris
Ghanaian President John Kufuor will embark on a three day visit to Paris, France, Wednesday, to launch "The Alliance for Africa Foundation", an organisation...
27 Malian footballers for France friendly match
Mali's national football team managers Mory Goita and Mamadou Coulibaly have called 27 players for the friendly match against a second-string French team on...
Heroes’ Legend Rally starts in Mauritania
The Heroes' Legend Rally started Wednesday in Boulenouar, northern Mauritania, witnessed by several personalities, including officials from the Ministry of Crafts and Tourism, as...
France helps Africa curb bird flu
The French Ministry of Health, Youth and Sports has granted a 2,700,000-euro subsidy (about FCFA1.7 billion) to set up a monitoring and study network...
Obama’s response to race
Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these...
Chad opposition leader alive
Chadian opposition leader Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh, who has been missing since 3 February 2008 in N'Djamena, Chad, is still alive, his son, Hicham...
Pressure on christian churches in Algeria
The Algerian christian church has been under immense pressure from islamists for several years now.
by Kaci Racelma our correspondent from Algiers....
Obama – Clinton : the product of negative numbers equal positive
After the Somali elder garb near-scandal which almost hurt his fame forcing Obama to publicly defend his religious stance, which some still doubted, Rev....
Demonstration in Paris against the Chadian government
Supporters of the Chadian political opponent, Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh, who went missing on 3 February in N'Djamena, Chad, gathered Saturday afternoon near the...
France to train Ghanaian soldiers
France says it will help train Ghanaian soldiers in two separate programmes this year, the French Embassy announced in Accra on Friday. Lieutenant Colonel...
Benzema becomes one of the highest paid footballers in France
Karim Benzema said in an announcement Thursday that he would stay with Olympique Lyonnais (OL) until 2013, with an extra optional year. Olympique Lyonnais,...
Katoucha buried in Guinea
The remains of Guinean ex-top-model, Kadiatou Katoucha Niane, whose lifeless body was retrieved 28 February in the waters of the Seine river in Paris,...
Morocco orders removal of painting from Paris exhibition
A painting of the Malagasy painter, Brigitte Rabarijaona, representing the 53 member countries of the African Union (AU), including the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic...
Mali sacks french coach
The head coach of the Malian national football team, the Eagles, French national Jean François Jodar was sacked Monday by the Malian Football Association...
French chopper crashes in the Ivory Coast
A helicopter belonging to the French force in Cote d'Ivoire crashed on Monday afternoon in the south of Bouaké, some 350 km in the...
Obama – Clinton duel against Al Gore’s rose
What right did Mr. Clinton have to suggest that Barack Obama takes the second place position of Vice Pesident? Why put Mrs. Clinton on...
Boxing: Samuel Peter’s glory after Hogan Bassey and Dick Tiger
Samuel Peter's victory against Oleg Maskaev in the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title fight in Cancun, Mexico, Saturday night has again put Nigeria...
French foreign minister to resolve diplomatic row with Gabon
The French minister of foreign affairs, Bernard Kouchner, promised on Friday to call Gabonese President Omar Bongo Ondimba, who has been furious over a...
Katoucha assassinated ?
Crime or accident? Katoucha’s father and sister are not ruling out a criminal intent behind her death. To help clarify circumstances relating to Katoucha’s...
Obama, Clinton working the math
Barack Obama talked about math. And he was right to talk about it, because when all is said and done, it appears none of...
Gabon to deport illegal French residents
The Gabonese government says it is ready to deport illegal French residents on its soil. It is a direct reaction to the forced deportation,...
French Soldier’s body found in Sudan
The body of the French Eufor soldier reported missing last Monday in Sudan, has been found. The Sudanese authorities notified the European forces in...
Missing Chadian Opposition Leader Ibni
A second prominent opposition parliamentarian arrested at the same time, Ngarlejy Yorongar, resurfaced in the last few days. He told Human Rights Watch that...
Missing Chadian Opposition Leader Ibni
The Chadian government should promptly account for missing opposition leader Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh, who was arrested by state security forces one month ago,...