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Ghana's illegal mining crisis: environmental destruction, clashes, and calls for action

France, Jan. 29 -- Illegal mining has become a crippling burden on Ghana, wreaking havoc on the nation's water bodies, land, and even claiming lives. Despite repeated efforts by successive governments... Read More


Tshisekedi skips crisis summit as M23 tightens grip on eastern DRC

France, Jan. 29 -- The Congolese and Rwandan presidents were scheduled to hold talks at an emergency East African summit on Wednesday as M23 rebels, allegedly backed by Kigali, tighten their grip on t... Read More


DR Congo and Rwanda leaders in crisis talks as M23 tightens grip on Goma

France, Jan. 29 -- The leaders of DR Congo and Rwanda are meeting at an emergency East African summit in Kenya on Wednesday as M23 rebels, backed by Rwandan troops, tighten their grip on the strategic... Read More


French embassy targeted in Kinshasa protests over rebel crisis in eastern DRC

France, Jan. 28 -- France has slammed a series of attacks on diplomatic missions in Kinshasa, fuelled by tensions over the M23 rebel conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. France h... Read More


EU and UK clash in first post-Brexit legal battle over North Sea fishing ban

France, Jan. 28 -- The EU and UK face their first post-Brexit legal showdown as the bloc challenges Britain's North Sea sandeel fishing ban- a minor environmental case with major political implication... Read More


Comoros president says media misreported comments about his succession plans

France, Jan. 28 -- Comoros President Azali Assoumani says statements made in the press about him "transferring power to his son" were "erroneous". This comes a week after his party's win in contested ... Read More


Comores president says media misreported comments about his succession plans

France, Jan. 28 -- Comoros President Azali Assoumani says statements made in the press about him "transferring power to his son" were "erroneous". This comes a week after his party's win in contested ... Read More


France ramps up diplomacy as M23 rebels advance in eastern DRC

France, Jan. 28 -- President Emmanuel Macron is stepping up diplomatic efforts to address the worsening crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where violence between the Congolese army ... Read More


Global push grows to free Niger's former president Mohamed Bazoum

France, Jan. 28 -- Niger's president Mohamed Bazoum has spent 550 days as a hostage of the military junta in the capital, Niamey. His lawyers say that his detention is setting a dangerous precedent an... Read More


French PM Bayrou saves 4,000 teaching jobs in budget cuts reversal

France, Jan. 28 -- French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said 4,000 public teaching jobs would not be cut in the 2025 budget, reversing a plan by his predecessor Michel Barnier. "It's a way of saying... Read More