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Mbappe returns to France duty as Zidane drafts Pagis into Nations League squad

France, Nov. 7 -- Mbappe scored his 67th international goal to propel France to a 1-0 victory over Turkey in Izmit in October and successfully launch Zidane's reign as head coach. But minutes after t... Read More


Monfils named captain of France's Davis Cup team

France, Nov. 7 -- Monfils retired last month after more than two decades on the senior ATP circuit. The 40-year-old will take over from the former world number 12 Paul-Henri Mathieu and lead the squa... Read More


Nigeria's plan for state police raises hopes for security and fears of abuse

France, Nov. 7 -- Nigerian police and military forces have long been overwhelmed - battling a protracted jihadist insurgency, as well as kidnappings, banditry and attacks by armed groups, which have b... Read More


France braces for second day of protests within 48 hours

France, Nov. 7 -- The fourth consecutive Saturday of nationwide demonstrations comes two days after a general strike to complain about government policies. France's Interior Ministry said more than 6... Read More


Poor facilities held back Senegal's medal-free Youth Olympics team, parents say

France, Nov. 7 -- The swimmers had been forced to train in club pools, some just 20 metres long, because the Olympic pool was closed to them for four years, one mother told RFI. "We can't expect a lo... Read More


Unesco at 80: 'Attacks on culture strike at the very heart of who we are'

France, Nov. 7 -- For the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), preserving cultural heritage helps to ensure that histories and identities are not erased in confli... Read More


Suez Crisis at 70 reveals the humiliation France tried to keep hidden

France, Nov. 6 -- Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal in July 1956, bringing it under state control. The invasion followed three months later. Historian Franck Mazuet explo... Read More


Israel's Arab parties emerge as kingmakers after decades of discrimination

France, Nov. 6 -- Israel's President Isaac Herzog is expected to announce on Sunday whether Benjamin Netanyahu, now the country's caretaker prime minister, or his rival Gadi Eisenkot will be given the... Read More


Tanzania opposition leader Lissu cleared of treason but jailed for incitement

France, Nov. 6 -- A panel of three judges at the High Court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's commercial capital, convicted the 58-year-old leader of the country's main opposition party, Chadema, over rema... Read More


Three-quarters of world's displaced people 'on frontlines of climate crisis'

France, Nov. 6 -- People fleeing conflict, violence and persecution find themselves in places grappling with severe droughts, deadly floods and extreme heat, UNCHR said in a statement on Friday, warni... Read More