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Ethiopia wins bid to host COP32 in 2027, edging out Nigeria

France, Nov. 13 -- Ethiopia said on Tuesday it would host the United Nations' COP32 climate summit in 2027, fending off a rival bid from Nigeria to land an influential role that will allow it to shape... Read More


Ethiopia wins did to host COP32 in 2027, edging out Nigeria

France, Nov. 13 -- Ethiopia said on Tuesday it would host the United Nations' COP32 climate summit in 2027, fending off a rival bid from Nigeria to land an influential role that will allow it to shape... Read More


France sounds alarm on Caribbean unrest as G7 leaders meet in Canada

France, Nov. 13 -- France's foreign minister criticized "military operations" in the Caribbean at a G7 meeting on Tuesday, as the deployment of a US aircraft carrier strike group escalated an arms bui... Read More


G7 foreign ministers close ranks on wars in Ukraine and Sudan

France, Nov. 13 -- Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialised democracies presented a united front on Ukraine and Sudan on Wednesday, even as they skirted around the more contentious issues ... Read More


'I don't live the way I did': Bataclan survivor on life 10 years after attack

France, Nov. 13 -- Ten years ago, Arthur Denouveaux was in the Bataclan concert hall as attackers stormed the building and murdered 90 people. He told RFI how life has changed in the decade since, and... Read More


DR Congo ex-rebel chief Lumbala's war crimes trial opens in France

France, Nov. 12 -- The trial of former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala over atrocities committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's bloody eastern conflict more than two decades ago opened in ... Read More


Algeria frees French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal for transfer to Germany

France, Nov. 12 -- Algeria has pardoned French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal after a request from Germany, to where he will be transferred for medical treatment after a year in detention, it was anno... Read More


Ousted Gabon leader's wife and son sentenced to 20 years for graft

France, Nov. 12 -- A Gabon court on Wednesday sentenced the former first lady and son of the oil-rich country's deposed leader Ali Bongo to 20 years in prison following a two-day graft trial. Sylvia ... Read More


Macron warns Israel over West Bank annexation during Abbas Paris visit

France, Nov. 12 -- French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Tuesday that any Israeli plans for annexation in the West Bank would constitute a "red line" and would provoke a European reaction. He spo... Read More


France's top court upholds Le Pen's dismissal as local councillor

France, Nov. 12 -- France's Council of State has confirmed the dismissal of far right leader Marine Le Pen from her role as departmental councillor, following her conviction in March for using EU fund... Read More