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 Turkey on Saturday accused France of "jeopardising" NATO's security by supporting Libyan rebel commander Khalifa Haftar, whose forces have been conducting an offensive to take the capital Tripoli since last year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200620/turkey-accuses-france-of-backing-illegitimate-warlord-in-libya Sat, 20 Jun 2020 18:48:20 +0200 turkey-accuses-france-of-backing-illegitimate-warlord-in-libya Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy vowed to clear his name on Thursday after being charged for financing his 2007 election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, but admitted he was "finished" in politics. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180323/sarkozy-comes-out-fighting-blasts-lack-of-evidence-for-corruption-charges Fri, 23 Mar 2018 10:04:31 +0100 sarkozy-comes-out-fighting-blasts-lack-of-evidence-for-corruption-charges Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was charged Wednesday with corruption for allegedly accepting millions of euros from late Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi towards his 2007 election campaign, a judicial source told AFP. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180322/sarkozy-charged-with-corruption-over-alleged-kadhafi-financing Thu, 22 Mar 2018 10:18:30 +0100 sarkozy-charged-with-corruption-over-alleged-kadhafi-financing France's foreign minister on Thursday urged Libya's unity government to act on a United Nations plan for 2018 elections and a national dialogue to stabilise the war-torn country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171222/france-urges-war-torn-libya-to-act-on-un-peace-plan Fri, 22 Dec 2017 10:39:37 +0100 france-urges-war-torn-libya-to-act-on-un-peace-plan France will be the first to welcome African refugees evacuated from Libya to Niger by the United Nations refugee agency, French officials announced Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171120/france-to-take-in-refugees-rescued-from-libya-by-un Mon, 20 Nov 2017 09:58:07 +0100 france-to-take-in-refugees-rescued-from-libya-by-un French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian pledged his country's support for efforts to resolve Libya's political and security chaos during a visit to the war-wracked country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170905/france-pledges-help-to-solve-crisis-in-libya Tue, 05 Sep 2017 11:56:11 +0200 france-pledges-help-to-solve-crisis-in-libya Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj will hold talks near Paris on Tuesday with Khalifa Haftar, the powerful military commander based in the country's east, the French presidency said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170724/libyas-rival-leaders-due-in-paris-for-talks Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:33:16 +0200 libyas-rival-leaders-due-in-paris-for-talks Armed groups including Islamists have urged Libyans to mobilise against French and other foreign troops deployed in the country, denouncing their presence as a “blatant aggression”. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160723/libya-armed-groups-urge-fight-against-french-troops Sat, 23 Jul 2016 15:20:22 +0200 libya-armed-groups-urge-fight-against-french-troops France confirmed on Wednesday for the first time that it had troops fighting jihadists in Libya after three were killed on a mission in the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160720/france-confirms-troops-in-libya-three-dead Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:36:52 +0200 france-confirms-troops-in-libya-three-dead The foreign ministers of France and Germany made an unannounced visit on Saturday to Tripoli in a show of support for the new unity government striving to bridge Libya's deep political divisions. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160416/france-and-germany-back-libyan-unity-government Sat, 16 Apr 2016 17:05:13 +0200 france-and-germany-back-libyan-unity-government Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy was only concerned with trumpeting the role of France in the Libya intervention, Barack Obama has claimed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160311/obama-scolds-sarkozy-over-libya Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:27:01 +0100 obama-scolds-sarkozy-over-libya French special forces and intelligence services are operating secret missions in Libya to take out Isis leaders, French newspaper Le Monde has claimed, but the government doesn't want us to know. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160224/france-in-secret-war-against-isis-in-libya Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:44:30 +0100 france-in-secret-war-against-isis-in-libya There is "no time to lose" to put in place a unity government in Libya, where the Islamic State group is rapidly expanding its presence, the new French foreign minister said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160213/no-time-to-lose-for-libya-says-french-fm Sat, 13 Feb 2016 20:09:35 +0100 no-time-to-lose-for-libya-says-french-fm French President Francois Hollande on Monday condemned the killing of at least 28 Ethiopian Christians in Libya, urging a peace deal to restore order in the conflict-ridden nation. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150420/hollande-urges-peace-deal-for-strife-torn-libya Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:23:25 +0200 hollande-urges-peace-deal-for-strife-torn-libya A former French interior minister was on Saturday charged with tax evasion and forgery in connection with a probe into allegations that former Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi helped finance Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential election campaign. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150308/ex-sarkozy-aide-charged-in-libya-funding-case Sun, 08 Mar 2015 10:17:28 +0100 ex-sarkozy-aide-charged-in-libya-funding-case French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Wednesday called upon the international community to act to prevent Libya from becoming a "sanctuary for terrorists." https://www.thelocal.fr/20150101/france-prevent-libya-terrorist-sanctuary Thu, 01 Jan 2015 11:40:10 +0100 france-prevent-libya-terrorist-sanctuary French leaders have called on the world to take action in Libya over worries the chaos there is turning the country into a "terrorist hub" that's a short flight or boat ride from Europe. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140909/libya-is-turning-into-a-terrorist-hub Tue, 09 Sep 2014 19:47:00 +0200 libya-is-turning-into-a-terrorist-hub Gunmen in Benghazi, Libya fired at the vehicle of France's honorary consul in the city, Jean Dufriche, on Thursday night, as he was returning home with his wife. Neither were injured, although ten bullets are reported to have hit the car. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130705/french-consul-in-libya-survives-gun-attack Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:37:00 +0200 french-consul-in-libya-survives-gun-attack France is to shell out millions of euros on increasing security around its embassies in Africa and the Middle East, the French foreign office announced on Wednesday. The move comes after a car bomb attack on its Libyan embassy last month. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130522/france-to-spend-20-million-on-embassy-security Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:00 +0200 france-to-spend-20-million-on-embassy-security Two guards at the French embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli have reportedly been wounded after a car bomb exploded outside the building on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130423/french-embassy-in-libya-hit-by-car-bomb Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:00:00 +0200 french-embassy-in-libya-hit-by-car-bomb