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 Another person has been charged over the suspected kidnapping of a millionaire French hotel magnate, who was found tied up in the back of a van in 2016, the prosecutor in Nice said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171216/another-person-charged-in-nice-hotelier-kidnapping-case Sat, 16 Dec 2017 09:59:59 +0100 another-person-charged-in-nice-hotelier-kidnapping-case A month after an eight-year-old girl went missing from a wedding party in the French Alps, her fate remains unknown in a case that has gripped the nation. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170930/one-month-on-mystery-persists-over-missing-french-girl Sat, 30 Sep 2017 10:22:31 +0200 one-month-on-mystery-persists-over-missing-french-girl Authorities searching for a nine-year-old girl who went missing from a wedding in the French Alps plan to scale back their efforts, having found no sign of her since her disappearance last month, a source close to the inquiry said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170913/search-for-french-girl-missing-from-wedding-to-wind-down Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:59:44 +0200 search-for-french-girl-missing-from-wedding-to-wind-down A man has been charged with kidnapping and placed in provisional detention in connection with the disappearance of a nine-year-old girl during a wedding in the Alps, a French public prosecutor said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170904/suspect-charged-over-french-girls-wedding-disappearance Mon, 04 Sep 2017 11:18:18 +0200 suspect-charged-over-french-girls-wedding-disappearance UPDATE: French special forces on Monday rescued a Dutch national kidnapped nearly four years ago in northern Mali by AQIM Islamists. The operation killed a number of suspected jihadists, officials said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150406/french-special-forces-free-man-in-mali Mon, 06 Apr 2015 15:30:19 +0200 french-special-forces-free-man-in-mali A French Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Cameroon by Islamist militants, France's foreign ministry said on Thursday. France's President François Hollande has warned French nationals "not to put their lives in danger by exposing themselves to kidnappings". https://www.thelocal.fr/20131114/breaking-french-priest-kidnapped-in-cameroon Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:28:00 +0100 breaking-french-priest-kidnapped-in-cameroon A doctor from Algeria was sentenced to 12 years behind bars for his role in kidnapping Algerian children born to single mothers and putting them up for sale in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130528/doctor-jailed-for-trafficking-babies-to-france Tue, 28 May 2013 13:47:00 +0200 doctor-jailed-for-trafficking-babies-to-france French police fear a gang of robbers is specifically targeting wealthy women in Paris after the second victim in a matter of weeks was kidnapped and forced to hand over tens of thousands of euros worth of valuables. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130522/paris-kidnapping-gang-targeting-rich-women Wed, 22 May 2013 14:46:00 +0200 paris-kidnapping-gang-targeting-rich-women The French family kidnapped in Cameroon on February 19th has been released Cameroon authorities announced on Friday. The release has been confirmed by the French president's office the Elysée Palace. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130419/cameroun-confirms-release-of-french-kidnap-victims Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:46:00 +0200 cameroun-confirms-release-of-french-kidnap-victims 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 A young American student kidnapped in Geneva upon leaving a nightclub was robbed and abandoned close to Lyon, east-central France, a detailed report revealed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130227/kidnapped-us-student-abandoned-near-lyon Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:17:00 +0100 kidnapped-us-student-abandoned-near-lyon 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 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 A Frenchwoman freed from Mexican jail after a court said police violated her rights by staging her arrest for kidnapping on national television arrived in Paris Thursday to a hero's welcome. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130124/frenchwoman-freed-from-mexican-jail-arrives-home Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:23:00 +0100 frenchwoman-freed-from-mexican-jail-arrives-home Police in southern Sweden suspect a missing 23-year-old French exchange student who disappeared nearly two weeks ago may have been kidnapped. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130123/france-sweden-police-student-kidnapping Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:20:21 +0100 france-sweden-police-student-kidnapping At least one French soldier died and 17 Islamists were killed in a failed bid to free a French hostage held in southern Somalia since 2009, the French defence minister said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130112/french-hostage-killed-in-failed-somalia-rescue-mission Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:36:00 +0100 french-hostage-killed-in-failed-somalia-rescue-mission