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 A French aid worker kidnapped in Mali in 2016 and the country's main opposition leader have landed to emotional reunions with their families after their release, along with two Italian hostages. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201009/french-hostage-released-after-four-years-of-captivity-in-mali Fri, 09 Oct 2020 10:25:38 +0200 french-hostage-released-after-four-years-of-captivity-in-mali The fight against jihadists in Africa's Sahel region is "achieving results", France's prime minister said in Mali on Saturday, two days after French forces killed a top extremist leader. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190223/france-hails-progress-in-fight-against-jihadists-in-sahel Sat, 23 Feb 2019 14:02:23 +0100 france-hails-progress-in-fight-against-jihadists-in-sahel French armed forces have killed a top jihadist leader in an air and ground ambush in Mali, the government said on Friday, ending a years-long hunt for a man accused of masterminding the kidnapping of Westerners in the Sahel region. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190223/french-troops-kill-top-al-qaeda-commander-in-sahel Sat, 23 Feb 2019 10:20:45 +0100 french-troops-kill-top-al-qaeda-commander-in-sahel French soldiers operating in troubled northern Mali were targeted by "terrorists" in an ambush on Sunday, the third attack in the country in just days. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180701/terrorists-attack-french-soldiers-in-troubled-mali Sun, 01 Jul 2018 18:48:52 +0200 terrorists-attack-french-soldiers-in-troubled-mali A powerful jihadist alliance has claimed an attack on a French military vehicle in Mali that left two soldiers dead, Mauritanian media reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180224/jihadist-group-claim-mali-attack-that-killed-two-french-soldiers Sat, 24 Feb 2018 09:33:25 +0100 jihadist-group-claim-mali-attack-that-killed-two-french-soldiers Three French soldiers deployed in a counter-terrorism force in Mali's restive northeast were injured, one seriously, in a suicide bomb attack, France's army said Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180113/three-french-soldiers-wounded-in-mali-attack Sat, 13 Jan 2018 09:54:32 +0100 three-french-soldiers-wounded-in-mali-attack A campaign group for two French journalists murdered in Mali four years ago said on Wednesday they had received information that "two or three" people involved in the killings may be in Algeria. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171101/killers-of-french-journalists-in-mali-in-algeria-campaign-group Wed, 01 Nov 2017 17:56:48 +0100 killers-of-french-journalists-in-mali-in-algeria-campaign-group French President Emmanuel Macron, making a lightning visit to Mali, on Sunday threw his weight behind a planned Sahel force to fight jihadists but told countries their efforts had to bear fruit. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170702/macron-in-mali-for-diplomatic-push-on-sahel-anti-jihad-force Sun, 02 Jul 2017 18:45:45 +0200 macron-in-mali-for-diplomatic-push-on-sahel-anti-jihad-force French soldiers killed or captured about 20 jihadists in Mali's restive north where a French soldier was killed on April 5th, the French chief of staff said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170501/french-troops-killed-or-captured-20-jihadists-in-mali Mon, 01 May 2017 04:13:51 +0200 french-troops-killed-or-captured-20-jihadists-in-mali A French soldier deployed in a counter-terrorism force in Mali died overnight from injuries sustained in a mine blast, the defence ministry said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161105/french-soldier-killed-by-landmine-in-mali Sat, 05 Nov 2016 21:09:12 +0100 french-soldier-killed-by-landmine-in-mali A pro-government armed group in Mali accused the French military on Wednesday of killing four of its fighters during a weekend clash with an Al-Qaeda-linked movement in the country's restive north. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151224/mali-group-accuses-france-of-killing-4-fighters Thu, 24 Dec 2015 11:00:04 +0100 mali-group-accuses-france-of-killing-4-fighters 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 France and Japan are to hold talks in the coming days focusing on carrying out joint counter-terrorism operations in Africa. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150311/france-and-japan-mull-joint-anti-terror-ops Wed, 11 Mar 2015 09:41:39 +0100 france-and-japan-mull-joint-anti-terror-ops A French national along with a Belgian and three locals were shot dead early on Saturday in a busy restaurant in the Malian capital. Security sources described it as a terrorist attack. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150307/french-national-killed-in-terror-attack-in-mali Sat, 07 Mar 2015 12:09:05 +0100 french-national-killed-in-terror-attack-in-mali Four Al-Qaeda militants were exchanged for the release of French hostage Serge Lazarevic, a government minister from Mali admitted on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141212/al-qaeda-militants-french-hostage Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:09:00 +0100 al-qaeda-militants-french-hostage A French staff sergeant was killed in northern Mali early on Wednesday in an operation by French forces against "an armed terrorist group", President Francois Hollande's office said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141030/french-staff-sergeant-killed-in-mali-clash-with-terrorist-group Thu, 30 Oct 2014 10:51:00 +0100 french-staff-sergeant-killed-in-mali-clash-with-terrorist-group Investigators probing the crash of an Air Algerie flight in Mali that killed 116 people in July said on Saturday there was no obvious lead yet and all possibilities, including terrorism, were being explored. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140921/cause-of-mali-air-crash-still-a-mystery-probe Sun, 21 Sep 2014 12:20:00 +0200 cause-of-mali-air-crash-still-a-mystery-probe UN experts investigating the Air Algerie plane disaster in Mali have recovered the second black box from the doomed plane, a spokesman of UN peacekeepers in the country said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140726/second-black-box-found-from-air-algerie-crash Sat, 26 Jul 2014 17:35:00 +0200 second-black-box-found-from-air-algerie-crash A French legionnaire has been killed in a suicide attack in northern Mali, taking to nine the number of soldiers to have died in the west African country since 2013, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140715/french-legionnaire-killed-in-mali-suicide-attack Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:58:24 +0200 french-legionnaire-killed-in-mali-suicide-attack A closer alliance with the French military is a natural choice for Denmark, the defence minister said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140704/denmark-signs-military-agreement-with-france Fri, 04 Jul 2014 13:24:00 +0200 denmark-signs-military-agreement-with-france