Mali-France tensions spurs debate over foreign influence
Bamako – Sitting outside their homes in Mali’s capital Bamako, Amboungo Guindo and Bilal Ba go back and forth... Read more
10 Oct, 2021
Algeria tells France to ‘decolonise its history’ in new spat
Bamako – Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra has told France to “decolonise” its history, in the latest verbal broadside between... Read more
7 Oct, 2021
Burkina students see no change four years after key Macron speech
Ouagadougou – Nearly four years ago, President Emmanuel Macron made a historic speech in the heart of the Sahel, where... Read more
6 Oct, 2021
Mali summons French ambassador over Macron criticism
Bamako – Mali summoned France’s ambassador on Tuesday, a foreign ministry statement said, to register its “indignation” at French President... Read more
6 Oct, 2021
Post-colonial theorist Mbembe helping with Africa-France summit
Johannesburg – Achille Mbembe says his first experience with France was when French colonial forces killed his uncle, an... Read more
5 Oct, 2021
‘Massive’ child sex abuse in French Catholic Church, inquiry finds
Paris – French Catholic clergy sexually abused some 216 000 minors in the seven decades since 1950, a “massive phenomenon”... Read more
5 Oct, 2021
Algeria recalls ambassador to France as tensions rise
Algiers – Algeria on Saturday rejected “inadmissible interference” in its affairs, hours after recalling its ambassador from Paris following comments... Read more
3 Oct, 2021
France extends Covid health pass rule to teens
Paris – France on Thursday began requiring teenagers 12 and older to present a Covid-19 “health pass” to enter public... Read more
30 Sep, 2021
Macron’s ex-bodyguard on trial over beating of protesters
Paris – President Emmanuel Macron’s former bodyguard goes on trial on Monday on charges of assaulting a young couple... Read more
13 Sep, 2021
Six French soldiers detained at Equatorial Guinea airport
Malabo – Six French soldiers were detained at the Bata airport in Equatorial Guinea on Thursday morning while stopping... Read more
30 Jul, 2021
