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Bernadette Chirac, France's formidable former first lady, dies aged 93

France, June 6 -- French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed her death on Saturday, saying he and his wife Brigitte had learned with "great sadness" of the passing of a woman who had helped shape Fren... Read More


US Ebola facility in Kenya fuels anger in a country with no cases

France, June 6 -- The centre at Nanyuki, near the Laikipia military base 190km north of Nairobi, is set to quarantine Americans arriving from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, which is battli... Read More


Pope Leo XIV visits Spain as Church seeks a fresh voice in changing Europe

France, June 6 -- The trip, his first to Spain and the first by any pope to the country in 15 years, opened in Madrid on Saturday with a welcome from King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. Later, Leo will ... Read More


Western Balkan leaders join EU summit amid renewed enlargement drive

France, June 5 -- Security was stepped up, with increased police patrols, checkpoints and roadblocks around Tivat's luxury waterfront hotels, where the two-day summit is taking place. Heads of state ... Read More


Zverev sees off Mensik to reach French Open final

France, June 5 -- Zverev won 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in just under three hours to progress to his second final at the Stade Roland Garros in three years. In 2024, the 29-year-old German lost to Carlos Alc... Read More


French sons of slave traders and enslaved unite to seek a path to justice

France, June 5 -- It's late morning on a windy day in early May on the quayside in Nantes, western France. Cloudy skies promise rain. But an 18-metre high wooden mast, overlooking the Loire river, sta... Read More


South Africa unrest grows as migrants become 'scapegoats'

France, June 5 -- The latest unrest has alarmed neighbouring countries. Mozambique says hundreds of its citizens have already returned home, while countries including Ghana and Nigeria have moved to r... Read More


Dozens dead of thirst after truck breaks down in Niger desert

France, June 5 -- The dead were among a group returning from Mali for a Muslim festival when they ran short of water, the Agadez governorate said in a post on Facebook. The 49 people "died of thirst ... Read More


Players to watch: Ghana's Antoine Semenyo

France, June 5 -- Four years ago at the World Cup in Qatar, Antoine Semenyo was a striker at English second-division club Bristol City. He will go with the Black Stars - as Ghana are nicknamed - to t... Read More


Mali junta puts €3m bounty on Sahel al-Qaeda leader Ag Ghali

France, June 5 -- Ghaly, leader of the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) - the biggest jihadist force battling many of the Sahel states - is the region's most wanted man. On 25 April,... Read More