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France in a hot-spot over Mugabe, El Bashir, Rajoelina affair
The France-Africa Summit set for Nice end of May is said to "have found Paris in a quandary” as it does not want to...
Western Sahara: Christopher Ross powerless
While touring the Maghreb, the U.N. special envoy for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, witnessed, Tuesday, the antipodal positions of Morocco and the Polisario on...
White Material: A tale of White superiority
A white woman refuses to forgo her last coffee harvest in an African country during a civil war. Her desire takes precedence over the...
Vogue Paris versus Italian Vogue: Messages for Black people
Rose Cordero has graced the cover of Vogue Paris. This is the first time in eight years, after the Ethiopian Liya Kedebe, that a...
Zimbabwe: French oil group Total victim of Black empowerment regulation?
Total (Zimbabwe), a French registered oil company is being investigated for allegedly refusing to sell some of its expansive asserts to black businesspeople in...
Vanessa James and Yannick Bonheur: Black on Ice
The French skating pair, Yannick Bonheur and Vanessa James electrified spectators at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Dancing to the tune of Romeo and...
Battling Siki, world boxing’s unsung hero
The French comic book recounts the tragic life and career of boxer M’Barick Amadou Fall, one of boxing’s most prominent and yet shockingly unacknowledged...
Sarkozy Seeks Stronger French-African Ties
French President Nicolas Sarkozy heads Wednesday to Gabon and Rwanda in an effort to boost the French presence on the African continent and to...
False promises of Aid to Africa
Aid to developing countries has increased by 35% since 2004, but some G2O countries have failed in their promises. According to OECD, development aid...
Ethiopia: France Telecom wins bid to reform Ethiopia Telecom
France Telecom, the French state owned telecommunication provider, has been selected to manage Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (ETC), Ethiopia’s state-owned telecoms provider, after beating South...
Terrorism: Algeria threatens Washington and Paris
Are we going to witness American and Western nationals subject to the same control measures as those reserved for the Algerian population, now considered...
Rwanda and France bury the hatchet
Rwanda and France have resumed diplomatic ties after three years of ambassadorial impasse. French president Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy will visit Rwanda next month, and...
Prostitution : Yasmine: Sex, Islam and White overalls
Yasmine, the head of a pornographic production company and a young actress, talks to Afrik-news.com about her porn star past and explains her choices....
Sudan: Omar al-Bashir still a very wanted man
Sudan's president Mr. Omar al-Bashir is still not welcomed by western nations for his alleged role in the Darfur genocide. France has relocated the...
2010 World Cup: A possible South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France group of death?
Finally the World Cup draws are up and now all participating countries know who will play who, when and where. There was relief is...
Guinea: Minister Kouchner accused of plotting Camara’s attempted assassination
France’s Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was, allegedly, involved in a plot to kill the leader of Guinea’s ruling junta, the country’s military rulers say,...
Guinea, France, ECOWAS: Tug of war over a coup plot
The Guinean junta has accused France and its secret services of being the brains behind the assassination attempt on Guinea's president, Captain Moussa Dadis...
Mali-Mauritania-France-Spain: Al Qaeda claims European kidnappings
A spokesman claiming to represent Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) had claimed responsibility for the kidnappings last month of four Europeans in Mali...
Paris: 150 000 euros stolen from Malian Consulate
One or more persons stole themselves, Sunday night, into the offices of the Malian Consulate in Paris and made away with 150 000 euros...
Guinea blames France for assassination plot
Guinean Communications Minister and spokesman for the junta, Idrissa Cheriff, Tuesday announced that France could be holding lieutenant Aboubakar “Toumba” Diakité, blamed for the...
Al Quaeda in the Islamic Maghreb gaining ground
The Al Qaeda terrorist group in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) Tuesday claimed responsibility for the abduction of a French and three Spanish nationals, respectively kidnapped...
Aviation: Lufthansa, Brussels, Swiss together in the African skies
Lufthansa, Swiss and Brussels Airlines have merged forces to provide a seamless travel, otherwise known as a ‘free-from-disturbance', product towards Africa. With 200 flights...
Africa in the European Union
Unexpected things are happening all over the world, especially amidst Africans. That the King of Swaziland got married to yet another eighteen year old...
Rwanda shuns La Francophonie for British commonwealth
Rwanda has experienced another measure of development in its post-genocide era as the country becomes the 54th nation of the Commonwealth of Nations. Rwanda,...
Miss Model of The World: A Franco-African wins the coveted title
Last Thursday, 20 year old Emene Nyame was crowned Miss “Model of the World” She is one of the rare beauties to have won...
Movies: The Male Domination or The Time Traveler’s Wife?
What film are you planning on seeing this weekend? You may be thinking of seeing either The Male Domination or The Time Traveler’s Wife.
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Central African Republic: Two aid workers abducted
Two French aid workers were kidnapped overnight by a gang of twenty armed men in the north eastern region of the Central African Republic...
Football: Thierry Henry considered quitting internationals after handball scandal
Thierry Henry considered ending his international career, reported French sports daily L'Equipe on Monday, following the uproar after the striker's blatant handball in a...
A serious French identity crisis: Who do you think you are?
In the old musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, there is the chorus that sings the question: Jesus Christ, Superstar, who do you think you are?...
Supermodel Daul Kim found hanged after posting web messages
Daul Kim, a South Korean supermodel who starred in a string of high-profile fashion campaigns, has been found dead at her luxury flat in...