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 President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday spoke for the first time by telephone with the army colonel who took over as Madagascar's head of state after the military ousted his predecessor, pledging the support of France in the political transition of the former French colony. https://www.thelocal.fr/20251129/macron-holds-first-talks-with-madagascar-leader-after-takeover Sat, 29 Nov 2025 17:44:59 +0100 macron-holds-first-talks-with-madagascar-leader-after-takeover Air France announced Sunday that it has suspended its flights to Madagascar -- where a possible military revolt was happening -- until at least Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20251012/air-france-suspends-flights-to-crisis-hit-madagascar Sun, 12 Oct 2025 17:06:42 +0200 air-france-suspends-flights-to-crisis-hit-madagascar A French case blocked by difficulty accessing messages sent using US tech giants services highlights the growing clash between the European Union and the US over electronic evidence. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190512/france-and-us-spar-electronic-evidence-in-investigations Sun, 12 May 2019 12:54:40 +0200 france-and-us-spar-electronic-evidence-in-investigations Two young French volunteers found dead Sunday on an island off the northeast coast of Madagascar were likely murdered, French and Madagascan authorities said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160822/two-french-volunteers-murdered-off-madagascar Mon, 22 Aug 2016 11:12:07 +0200 two-french-volunteers-murdered-off-madagascar A Madagascar court handed four men the maximum sentence on Friday of hard labour for life over the mob lynching in 2013 of two Europeans and a local man, who were beaten and then burned on a beach. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151010/killers-of-french-and-italian-men-sentenced Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:37:32 +0200 killers-of-french-and-italian-men-sentenced Some 150 endangered baby tortoises will return to Madagascar eight months after they were found wrapped in sticky tape and hidden in a crate at a Paris airport, the centre that cared for them said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150818/france-to-return-150-tortoises-to-madagascar Tue, 18 Aug 2015 17:51:57 +0200 france-to-return-150-tortoises-to-madagascar Two suspected organ traffickers, at least one of them French, were brutally murdered by an angry mob at a tourist resort in Madagascar on Thursday. The rioters blamed them for the death of a boy found with his tongue and genitals removed. Some reports said they were burned alive. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131003/french-organ-traffickers-burned-alive-in-madagascar Thu, 03 Oct 2013 15:54:00 +0200 french-organ-traffickers-burned-alive-in-madagascar Kidnappers have apologized to the wife of a Frenchman they took hostage in Madagascar this week after admitting they got the wrong man. Despite the mistake the hostage takers are still demanding a €244,000 ransom payment. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130417/french-executive-is-kidnapped-by-mistake Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:54:00 +0200 french-executive-is-kidnapped-by-mistake The conviction for murder of a Madagascan woman who allegedly tricked one of her many lovers into killing her husband with a fishing harpoon goes to appeal here on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121017/swinger-harpoon-murder-reaches-appeal-court Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:13:57 +0200 swinger-harpoon-murder-reaches-appeal-court