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France faces record €340bn borrowing test as government braces for 2027 budget

France, Oct. 1 -- France will borrow €340 billion in 2027, some €28 billion more than this year, the government agency responsible for managing the country's debt announced on Tuesday, two... Read More


Who is Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, Morocco's first female prime minister?

France, Sept. 30 -- King Mohammed VI appointed El Mansouri on Tuesday and asked her to form a government after her Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) came first in last week's parliamentary electi... Read More


Mali army and Russian fighters accused of killing dozens of civilians

France, Sept. 30 -- At least 34 civilians were killed in seven locations in the central Segou and Mopti regions and northern Timbuktu region between June 2023 and December 2025, Amnesty said. None of... Read More


Eiffel Tower chief to leave after women sidelined during Hindu visit

France, Sept. 30 -- Branco Ruivo has headed the Eiffel Tower Operating Company, or SETE, since 2018. The public company manages the monument for the City of Paris. An inquiry by an independent firm u... Read More


US Supreme Court lifts limits on third-country deportations

France, Sept. 30 -- The conservative-dominated high court granted an emergency request by the Trump administration to suspend a lower court ruling that restricted, but did not outright ban, so-called ... Read More


'Welcome back': Macron and Sanchez embrace prospect of UK return to EU

France, Sept. 30 -- "If the British want to come back and if the prime minister is moving in that direction, I think that is very good news both for his country and for Europeans," Macron told a news ... Read More


Exiled Burkina publisher tells RFI of repression and fear four years after coup

France, Sept. 30 -- On 30 September 2022, Captain Ibrahim Traore seized power in a coup in Ouagadougou, promising to restore security as Burkina Faso struggled with a jihadist insurgency that had left... Read More


US troops wrap up Iraq mission 12 years after Islamic State offensive

France, Sept. 30 -- A US-led military coalition deployed to Iraq more than a decade ago to fight the Islamic State group formally ended its mission on Wednesday, marking a major shift in the country's... Read More


Heatwaves and wildfires drive extreme ozone pollution worldwide

France, Sept. 30 -- Some 34 percent of people worldwide faced "extremely poor" air quality between 1 January and 15 September, the EU's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) found in its fir... Read More


French public sector workers strike over pay freeze ahead of 2027 budget

France, Sept. 29 -- France's eight major public sector unions called the strike to put pressure on the government before Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu unveils the budget on Thursday, after which it... Read More