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 Some 50 protesters opposed to Cameroon's President Paul Biya broke into the country's Paris embassy, vandalising portraits of him, witnesses said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190127/protesters-invade-cameroon-embassy-in-paris Sun, 27 Jan 2019 12:50:48 +0100 protesters-invade-cameroon-embassy-in-paris The body of a stowaway who looked like a teenager was discovered in the landing gear of a plane that had flown into a Paris airport from Cameroon, AFP sources said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130409/teenager-found-dead-in-paris-planes-landing-gear Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:16:00 +0200 teenager-found-dead-in-paris-planes-landing-gear A man identified as the father of a kidnapped French family has spoken on a video obtained by AFP on Monday, which claimed to be a recording made by Nigeria's Islamist rebels Boko Haram. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130318/kidnapped-french-father-makes-appeal-in-video Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:13:08 +0100 kidnapped-french-father-makes-appeal-in-video An eight-year-old boy was left for dead in a hotel carpark, after his father and aunt attempted an exorcism on him, believing he was possessed by evil spirits, a court on the outskirts of Paris heard this week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130307/boy-left-for-dead-after-exorcism-by-father-and-aunt Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:51:00 +0100 boy-left-for-dead-after-exorcism-by-father-and-aunt The families of four hostages being held by Al-Qaeda's north African branch on Monday urged the French government to show a "willingness to negotiate" with the militant group. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130304/french-hostage-families-urge-talks-with-al-qaeda Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:48:00 +0100 french-hostage-families-urge-talks-with-al-qaeda France's defence minister on Tuesday ruled out entering into negotiations with the abductors of a French family seized in Cameroon, after a video of the hostages appeared on YouTube. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130226/france-rules-out-negotiating-with-familys-kidnappers Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:54:00 +0100 france-rules-out-negotiating-with-familys-kidnappers 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 A kidnapped French family of seven has likely been separated into two groups by their abductors, France said, as Nigerian security forces combed restive border areas to find them. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130222/kidnapped-french-family-probably-being-held-in-two-groups Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:34:00 +0100 kidnapped-french-family-probably-being-held-in-two-groups France's Foreign Ministry has denied earlier reports from military sources that the French family kidnapped in the north of the country has been released. The ministry warned against "spreading premature information". https://www.thelocal.fr/20130221/french-hostages-found-safe-in-nigeria-military-source Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:13:00 +0100 french-hostages-found-safe-in-nigeria-military-source Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday that France would not give in to "terrorists" after the kidnapping of seven members of a French family in northern Cameroon. France has told its citizens not to leave the north of the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130220/french-hostages-france-vows-not-to-yield-to-terrorists Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:52:00 +0100 french-hostages-france-vows-not-to-yield-to-terrorists Kidnappers who seized seven members of a French family, including four young children, in Cameroon, have taken them across the border into Nigeria, Cameroon's government has said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130220/kidnapped-french-family-taken-to-nigeria Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:25:29 +0100 kidnapped-french-family-taken-to-nigeria Seven members of one French family, including four children, were kidnapped on Tuesday in northern Cameroon by men suspected of belonging to a terrorist group in Nigeria, French President Francois Hollande said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130219/french-tourists-kidnapped-in-cameroon Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:56:00 +0100 french-tourists-kidnapped-in-cameroon