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Military equipment from France to Chad
France is to deliver military equipment to Chadian President Idriss Déby, whose régime was rocked by a rebellion in early February, French satirical weekly...
France offers “political refugee” status to Ngarlejy Yorongar
The french prime minister François Fillon has announced on Europe 1 (a french radio) that France is ready to give "political refugee" status to...
Katoucha, the ever present fighter
Emotions are still running amok after Katoucha’s body was discovered floating on the seine last Thursday. Fashion personalities in both Africa and the diaspora...
Chadian Opposition leader Alive
The Chadian opposition leader Ngarlejy Yorongar is alive. The head of the Federation of Action for the Republic (FAR) arrived Sunday in the Cameroonian...
Sarkozy seeks new ties in Africa
France is to renegotiate all defence agreements with its former colonies in Africa, Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday, in the strongest signal yet that...
Katoucha is really dead
“She fell into the seine river and drowned right on the spot... her body bore no suspicious marks", indicated sources close to the police...
France knows where Chadian opposition members are detained – AI
The human rights organisation, Amnesty international (AI) , has accused of France of knowing the whereabouts of three Chadian opposition figures arrested early this...
Katoucha’s body found?
Katoucha Niane’s body may have been found at last. Her mysterious disappearence almost a month ago raised lots of suspicions. Among them, a theory...
Sarkozy meets with human rights league
French President, Nicolas Sarkozy Wednesday had talks in Paris, France, with a delegation of the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH), the president...
French President negotiates deals in South Africa
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is on a two day visit to Cape Town, South Africa’s political capital, where he is expected to sign a...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy targets deals in Africa
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is on a two day visit to Cape Town, South Africa's political capital, where he is expected to address the...
French court jails Nigerian footballer
The Hauts-de-Seine court in France has sentenced former Nigerian footballer, Godwin Okpara, to 10 years' imprisonment for rape and enslavement of his adopted daughter,...
African information systems directors to meet
The second edition of the congress of information systems directors in Africa has been for 21-23 February in Marrakech, southern Morocco, PANA reported Friday....
Namibia’s 3rd uranium mine ready in July
Namibia's third uranium mine, Treokkpje mine, will come on stream in July, with the company expecting to ship its first export in 2009, the...
Air France resumes Ndjamena flights
Air France has resumed its flights between Paris and Ndjamena, Chadian capital, the office of the airline for Central Africa announced in Libreville on...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali soon a french citizen ?
France supports Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Dutch Minister who has received death threats for her views on radical islam. Paris is examining how...
Club of Sahel supports protection of African market
African countries have the right to take adequate measures to protect their markets to avoid being marginalised in the world economic exchanges, Charles Goerens,...
Chad:French Minister denies participation of French troops in fighting
The visiting French Foreign Affairs Minister, Bernard Kouchner, Friday denied the participation of French Special Forces in the fighting between rebels and government troops...
Morocco fires Henri Michel
The coach of Morocco's national soccer team, Frenchman Henri Michel, was dismissed on Thursday after the early elimination of the Atlas Lions from the...
Katoucha’s Disappearance : Police Inquiry begins
Paris Police Department has started an inquiry into the disappearance of Katoucha Niane. Persons close to the former Super Model from Guinea have been...
CPJ urges Cote d’Ivoire to lift RFI suspension
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Ivorian authorities to immediately lift the indefinite suspension of the FM broadcasts of the...
CAMAIR planes grounded in Douala
The three planes owned by the Cameroon's national carrier, CAMAIR, have been grounded at the Douala International Airport in the country's economic capital, for...
Chadian rebels withdraw from N’Djamena
The Commander of European peacekeepers in the region, EUFOR, General Jean-Philippe Ganascia says the deployment of the peacekeepers can resume on Wednesday since the...
Chad: Rebels withdraw from N’djamena
Chadian rebels who surrounded the presidency in N'Djamena on Sunday in a bid to oust President Idriss Deby have withdrawn completely following helicopter raids...
Chad: Government forces claim Victory
Rebels seeking to topple the government of President Idriss Deby fought their way to a few blocks to the presidential palace on the weekend,...
It’s been a long time since I got proud – Le Roy
Ghana's coach Claude Le Roy has said he is very proud of his team, the Black Stars, following its 2-1 win over arch-rival Nigeria...
Chad: War rages on
After a calm night following the intense violent exchange between rebel and government forces on Saturday, Sunday has been crippled with more intense fighting....
CAN 2008: Morocco team’s demise
The head coach of the Moroccan national football squad, Henri Michel of France, says his players were not in any way going to win...
Chad: Rebels enter N’Djamena
Chadian rebels gained an easy entry into the capital, N’Djamena, on Saturday, in a fight to end President Idriss Deby’s seventeen year rule.
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Morocco orders 36 fighter jets from US company
Morocco will take delivery of 36 F-16 fighter jets from US group Lockheed Martin by 2011, a well informed source told PANA in Marrakech,...