https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Thirteen African and European countries and the EU agreed Friday that efforts to crack down on migrant trafficking to Europe should also focus on economic woes that prompt poor Africans to seek a better life in Europe. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180317/migrants-refugees-african-eu-states-focus-anti-trafficking-efforts-at-source Sat, 17 Mar 2018 02:42:34 +0100 migrants-refugees-african-eu-states-focus-anti-trafficking-efforts-at-source President Emmanuel Macron has promised a new start in France's relations with its former colonies in Africa, promising that Paris would no longer "lecture" or seek to intervene. Here are the issues explained. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171130/four-key-questions-and-answers-about-the-issues-macron-faces-in-africa Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:21:43 +0100 four-key-questions-and-answers-about-the-issues-macron-faces-in-africa Three civilians were wounded in Burkina Faso on Monday after a grenade was thrown at French troops shortly before President Emmanuel Macron touched down for the start of his first Africa tour. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171128/french-soldiers-hit-by-grenade-attack-shortly-before-macron-visit Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:41:30 +0100 french-soldiers-hit-by-grenade-attack-shortly-before-macron-visit A French national along with a Belgian and three locals were shot dead early on Saturday in a busy restaurant in the Malian capital. Security sources described it as a terrorist attack. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150307/french-national-killed-in-terror-attack-in-mali Sat, 07 Mar 2015 12:09:05 +0100 french-national-killed-in-terror-attack-in-mali The US will keep helping France fight militants in Africa, but not for free. From here on out the Americans expect to be reimbursed for any military or intelligence support to the French. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141003/us-to-bill-france-for-africa-military-aid Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:13:00 +0200 us-to-bill-france-for-africa-military-aid The French development secretary said Friday she was the first minister in a European government to visit any of west Africa's Ebola-hit nations as she prepared to fly to Guinea. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140913/french-minister-first-from-europe-in-africa-ebola-zone Sat, 13 Sep 2014 11:43:00 +0200 french-minister-first-from-europe-in-africa-ebola-zone In its condemnation of the killing of a French journalist in the Central African Republic, the United Nations also promised to hold accountable the killers. The 26-year-old photographer was apparently killed in a firefight. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140514/un-condemns-killing-off-french-journalist-in-africa Wed, 14 May 2014 11:11:00 +0200 un-condemns-killing-off-french-journalist-in-africa French troops killed several armed men on Thursday in a clash near the airport in the Central African Republic's capital Bangui, the army said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131206/french-troops-killed-several-armed-people-in-car-army Fri, 06 Dec 2013 18:26:00 +0100 french-troops-killed-several-armed-people-in-car-army France has raised €3.21 million from the auction of nine luxury cars seized in a corruption probe into the wealth of family of Teodoro Obiang Nguema, ruler of Equatorial Guinea, it emerged this week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130709/france-auctions-luxury-cars-in-african-corruption-probe Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:42:00 +0200 france-auctions-luxury-cars-in-african-corruption-probe A luxury car company based in Paris is pursuing former Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade for €350,000 in allegedly unpaid bills, its owner said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130422/luxury-car-firm-sues-senegals-ex-president-over-bills Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:32:00 +0200 luxury-car-firm-sues-senegals-ex-president-over-bills India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told of his "deep distress" at the killing of two Indians by French troops guarding the Central African Republic's main airport following a coup. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130326/french-troops-kill-two-indians-in-central-africa Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:18:00 +0100 french-troops-kill-two-indians-in-central-africa A 25-year-old man accused of paying €4,500 for an African girl, who was treated like a 'modern day slave' at his home in southern France will go on trial today. The 14-year-old victim was allegedly whipped with a belt and banned from going to school. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130315/trial-for-man-who-paid-4500-for-african-slave-girl Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:20:00 +0100 trial-for-man-who-paid-4500-for-african-slave-girl France said on Monday that a video of a kidnapped French family with their abductors, who claimed to be from Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, was a "shocking" display of the kidnappers' cruelty. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130225/video-of-kidnapped-french-family-surfaces Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:40:00 +0100 video-of-kidnapped-french-family-surfaces The owner of a stud farm in the northern French region of Normandy has been handed a one year suspended jail sentence and ordered to pay damages to a vulnerable Cambodian refugee, whom she employed for slave labour. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130220/french-stud-owner-exploited-refugee-slave Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:47:00 +0100 french-stud-owner-exploited-refugee-slave Slavery may have been abolished in France over 160 years ago but word has clearly taken a while to get around after reports emerged on Thursday that a couple living in France had allegedly paid €4,500 for a 14-year-old girl from the Ivory Coast to be a maid at their home. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130214/french-couple-pay-4500-for-african-slave-girl Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:05:00 +0100 french-couple-pay-4500-for-african-slave-girl BREAKING NEWS: Two charity workers have been sentenced in Paris to two years in prison for attempting to smuggle 103 children from Chad to France in 2007. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130212/charity-workers-jailed-for-african-child-smuggling Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:27:00 +0100 charity-workers-jailed-for-african-child-smuggling French-led troops in Mali on Monday controlled access to the city of Timbuktu after securing the airport of the fabled desert city as part of their push against Islamists, military officials in Paris and Bamako told AFP. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130128/french-troops-reach-the-gates-of-timbuktu Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:17:00 +0100 french-troops-reach-the-gates-of-timbuktu Foreigners said Thursday they feared a spiral of looting and violence as rebels advance on the capital of the Central African Republic, wracked by turmoil since independence from France in 1960. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121227/french-expats-voice-fears-over-central-african-violence Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:23:00 +0100 french-expats-voice-fears-over-central-african-violence President François Hollande said on Thursday that Islamist groups holding French hostages in Africa were not trustworthy and should not be taken seriously after Al-Qaeda accused Paris of blocking negotiations for their release. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121227/hollande-al-qaeda-not-to-be-trusted-over-hostages Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:14:00 +0100 hollande-al-qaeda-not-to-be-trusted-over-hostages President François Hollande said on Thursday that French troops would not interfere in the internal affairs of its former colony the Central African Republic, where rebels have seized a large chunk of territory in recent weeks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121227/hollande-vows-not-to-intervene-in-central-africa Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:03:00 +0100 hollande-vows-not-to-intervene-in-central-africa