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Africa poised to outgrow Asia for first time amid youth boom

France, Feb. 1 -- Some countries are forecast to grow at double-digit rates, including Guinea, while average growth in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to reach 4.6 percent. Over the same period, accor... Read More


Why Europe's road to digital autonomy is long and winding

France, Feb. 1 -- This week, the European Union launched aninvestigation into the appearance in recent weeks of fake images of naked women on the social network X (formerly Twitter), some of them mino... Read More


Psychedelic therapy gains ground in Europe, under strict conditions

France, Jan. 30 -- When Marie Mallevialle arrived at the Geneva University Hospital in 2023, she feared she was "losing her mind". Two years earlier, the Franco-Swiss woman had lost her son to a brai... Read More


Former minister meets with imprisoned French journalist in Algeria

France, Jan. 30 -- Royal, who now heads up the France-Algeria Association, an organisation that promotes friendship and cooperation between the two countries, met with Algerian President Abdelmadjid T... Read More


As Tigray clashes intensify, locals stockpile food and airline cancels flights

France, Jan. 30 -- Clashes have taken place in recent days between Tigrayan forces and the Ethiopian federal army in the remote area of ​​Tsemlet, western Tigray. Occupied by the authorit... Read More


France and Chad seek to reset ties, one year on from military split

France, Jan. 30 -- Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby held talks with Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace on Thursday, after the French president personally welcomed him in the palace courtyard. ... Read More


Senegal to appeal Confederation of African Football sanctions over CAN final

France, Jan. 30 -- The Confederation of African Football (CAF)banned Thiaw for five of its matches and fined him $100,000, it announced on Thursday. In a statement it said the coach was guilty of "un... Read More


Niger accuses France, Benin and Cote d'Ivoire of sponsoring airport attack

France, Jan. 30 -- Armed men on motorcycles attacked Diori Hamani International Airport, outside Niger's capital Niamey, shortly before midnight on Wednesday. Niger's state broadcaster reported loud ... Read More


Evidence shows Russian oil tanker was 'deliberately' attacked near Dakar

France, Jan. 29 -- Having left the Russian port of Taman on 21 August, 2025, the Mersin- a tanker operated by Turkish shipping company Besiktas - first stopped in Togo before arriving in Senegalese wa... Read More


Climate change 'supercharging' deadly floods in southern Africa

France, Jan. 29 -- Torrential rains and floods have killed more than 100 people in South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Eswatini since December, and displaced hundreds of thousands of others... Read More