The Local France 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 Asylum-seeker sets fire to himself in France A Chadian suffered serious burns after setting himself alight on Friday inside a French courthouse when his final chance at obtaining asylum was thrown out, the court said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141004/chadian-asylum-seeker-tries-to-self-immolate-in-france Sat, 04 Oct 2014 08:56:00 +0200 chadian-asylum-seeker-tries-to-self-immolate-in-france France to send 3,000 troops to African hotspot France said Thursday on it would deploy 3,000 soldiers to combat Islamist violence in the vast and largely lawless Sahel region of Africa. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140508/france-to-deploy-3000-soldiers-in-sahel Thu, 08 May 2014 13:24:00 +0200 france-to-deploy-3000-soldiers-in-sahel