Ahead of the second day of the Africa Forward summit, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that it had raised 23 billion euros in investment on the continent. As France pitches a ‘partnership of equals’ with African countries, it aims to distance itself from its neocolonial past. This comes as it completes a military withdrawal from … Read more
Across France there’s a race against time to break the chain of Hantavirus transmission. Twenty-two close contacts with the virus have been identified. They will all be placed in quarantine. One of these identified close contacts is set to be hospitalized in Rennes, in the west of France. To combat the virus, the government has … Read more
The red carpet has been rolled out at the 79th Cannes Film Festival in the south of France, with twelve days of nonstop world premieres before culminating with the Palme d’Or on May 23. But unlike other years, Hollywood is largely absent this year, which ‘is highly unusual’, as FRANCE 24’s Emma Jones explains straight … Read more
Prosecution in former president Nicolas Sarkozy’s appeal trial has asked the court to find him guilty of conspiracy by having instigated meetings with representatives of the Libyan regime to receive funds to finance his 2007 election campaigns. Prosecutors will be presenting their closing statements on May 12. During the initial trial, he had been acquitted … Read more
As Donald Trump rejects Iran’s counterproposals, Tehran has reacted saying that the Iranian government doesn’t care if the United States aren’t happy with the proposals. The United States had agreed to lift such sanctions and freeing funds, but it first wants Iran to halt uranium enrichment and hand over its stocks. Residents in the capital … Read more
Hassan Seif al-Din never imagined that at the age of 65 he would be teaching martial arts to children in a football stadium in Beirut. But these are not normal times. Koch along with thousands of others fled to the Camille Chamoun Sports City stadium in Dahiyah, one of the capital’s southern suburbs. He now … Read more
China says it is ready to work with the United States in the pursuit of “more stability” globally, ahead of this week’s meeting between leaders Xi Jinping and Donald Trump. The White House has said the visit – the first of an American president to China since 2017 – is of “tremendous symbolic significance”. The … Read more
International film stars, directors and fans have begun descending on the French Riviera for Cannes. The 79th edition of the world’s most famous film festival begins on May 12 and will run for the next two weeks, with a constant parade of red carpets, premieres and the best of cinema. The lineup is indie and … Read more
Kenyan conservationists are slowly reintroducing a rare species of antelope into the wild. Dubbed the ‘ghost of the forest’ for its ability to camouflage itself, very few mountain bong antelopes remain, as many were decimated by diseases in the 1960s. Source link
European Union foreign ministers on May 12 agreed new sanctions on Israeli settlers over violence against Palestinians, as a change of government in Hungary ended months of blockage. The bloc also moved to sanction leaders from the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Israel has condemned the sanctions — calling them baseless. Source link