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France to evacuate vulnerable citizens from Haiti as unrest rages

France, March 24 -- France will provide special flights for its "most vulnerable" citizens to leave Haiti, the French foreign ministry said Sunday, after air links with Port-au-Prince were cut during ... Read More


Chad excludes military rulers' main opponents from presidential vote

France, March 24 -- Authorities in Chad said on Sunday they had barred 10 candidates, including three leading opponents of the ruling junta, from standing in the presidential election on 6 May. The vo... Read More


Missing for 80 years, Holocaust victim's artwork is finally returning to Paris

France, March 24 -- Works by the early 20th-century Jewish artist Ary Arcadie Lochakov are being sent from San Francisco back to Paris,where they'll be housed in the Museum of Jewish Art and History. ... Read More


Senegal votes for its next president in long-awaited election

France, March 24 -- Voters in Senegal go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president in an unpredictable race. It follows three years of political crisis, including fierce protests over the outgoi... Read More


Senegal votes to decide next president in landmark election

France, March 24 -- Voters in Senegal cast their ballots for a new president on Sunday, with early reports suggesting high turnout. Seventeen candidates were vying to replace incumbent Macky Sall, who... Read More


Count begins in Senegal's landmark vote to decide next president

France, March 24 -- Voters in Senegal cast their ballots for a new president on Sunday, with early reports suggesting high turnout. Seventeen candidates were vying to replace incumbent Macky Sall, who... Read More


Waiters race for glory as Paris revives century-old tradition

France, March 24 -- Some 200 aproned competitorswill take their places on the starting blocks Sunday for a tradition that goes back more than a hundred years: the Paris waiters' race. Intended to sho... Read More


Hundreds of observers muster to make sure Senegal's presidential vote is fair

France, March 23 -- Senegal votes on Sunday in a presidential election that is expected to be the most tightly contested in years. Before polls opened, a team of a thousand observers drawn from civil ... Read More


UN weather agency marks anniversary with dire warning about heating planet

France, March 23 -- Stark climate warnings come ahead of this year's World Meteorological Day, observed on Saturday, with the UN's weather agency confirming that global temperatures had "smashed" heat... Read More


Tiger mosquitoes now everywhere in France after spreading to Normandy

France, March 22 -- Health authorities in the northern region of Normandy have recorded the presence of tiger mosquitoes - an invasive species that is now ubiquitous in mainland France. The biting ins... Read More