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Franco-African ties yielding fruits – Buhari

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has said that the partnership between the African continent and France has yielded fruits in so many…

8 years ago

France thwarts 24,000 cyber-attacks against defence targets

FRANCE has said it was the subject of 24,000 cyber-attacks against defence targets last year. Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian…

8 years ago

Calais migrants: France begins to clear ‘Jungle’ camp

MORE than 1,200 police and officials in France have begun an operation to clear the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais.…

9 years ago

France’ll keep troops in West Africa for as long as needed — Govt

France appeared to have accepted that it would need to keep thousands of troops in Africa’s Sahel region for an…

9 years ago

Minister inaugurates review committee on UN Convention against Corruption

The Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, on Tuesday inaugurated Country Expert Review Committee for the second cycle of the…

9 years ago

France condemns Burundi’s ban of three U.N. investigators

France on Tuesday said it deplored a decision by Burundi to ban three UN investigators from its territory, saying the…

9 years ago

Foiled Paris attack was directed by IS – Prosecutor

THREE women arrested over a foiled attack in Paris were directed by so-called Islamic State (IS) from Syria, a French…

9 years ago

First face transplant patient, Isabelle Dinoire, dies in France

THE first-ever person to have a face transplant, Frenchwoman Isabelle Dinoire, has died, French doctors say. In 2005, surgeons gave…

9 years ago

Amnesty reacts to court decision to overturn burkini ban in France

Responding to the decision of France’s highest administrative court to overturn the ban on the burkini on a French beach,…

9 years ago

Belgium machete attacker was Algerian – officials

BELGIAN officials say a man who wounded two policewomen with a machete was a 33-year-old Algerian with a criminal record…

9 years ago

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