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 Jihadists have executed four Nigerian hostages held since July, French aid group Action Against Hunger said, adding that one of its staff and two drivers were among those killed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191214/islamists-execute-french-aid-workers Sat, 14 Dec 2019 09:36:22 +0100 islamists-execute-french-aid-workers French police said on Friday they have dismantled a Nigerian prostitution and trafficking network suspected of collecting and laundering tens of millions of euros across the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181006/french-police-bust-up-nigerian-prostitution-ring Sat, 06 Oct 2018 06:05:56 +0200 french-police-bust-up-nigerian-prostitution-ring Several high-profile French women, including two former first ladies Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and Valérie Trierweiler, protested in Paris on Tuesday at the kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls by Islamist extremists. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140513/bruni-and-trierweiler-march-for Tue, 13 May 2014 16:20:00 +0200 bruni-and-trierweiler-march-for President François Hollande pledged in a speech in Nigeria to help fight terrorism and extremism there not simply with 'political' means. He also plans to meet French troops on Friday deployed in the Central African Republic. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140227/hollande-promises-to-help-nigeria-fight-extemists Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:52:00 +0100 hollande-promises-to-help-nigeria-fight-extemists A French engineer abducted by Islamist militants in Nigeria and held for 11 months arrived back in France on Monday after managing to escape his kidnappers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131118/french-hostage-freed-in-nigeria Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:30:00 +0100 french-hostage-freed-in-nigeria Nigerian Islamist group Ansaru on Friday released a video of a French national kidnapped in December, the SITE jihadi tracking website said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130928/nigeria-islamists-release-video-of-french-hostage Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:59:14 +0200 nigeria-islamists-release-video-of-french-hostage 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 Nigeria on Saturday ruled out a ransom payment to the kidnappers holding seven members of a French family as France's foreign minister held talks with President Goodluck Jonathan on the abductions. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130317/nigeria-rules-out-ransom-for-kidnapped-french Sun, 17 Mar 2013 07:16:00 +0100 nigeria-rules-out-ransom-for-kidnapped-french 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 A kidnapped French family of seven has likely been separated into two groups by their abductors, France said, as Nigerian security forces combed restive border areas to find them. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130222/kidnapped-french-family-probably-being-held-in-two-groups Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:34:00 +0100 kidnapped-french-family-probably-being-held-in-two-groups 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 Nigerian extremists have issued direct threats to France in retaliation for military action in Mali, the French consulate here said Monday, while warning its citizens against travel to northern Nigeria. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130128/nigerian-extremists-issue-threats-against-france Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:24:00 +0100 nigerian-extremists-issue-threats-against-france