French journalists urge Algeria to free jailed reporter
French journalists on Monday demanded the release of Algerian reporter Khaled Drareni, who was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment over his coverage of an anti-government...
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Two French soldiers killed in Mali â presidency
Two French soldiers with the anti-jihadist Barkhane force in Mali were killed Saturday when their armoured vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, the French presidency...
Facebook blocks terminally ill Frenchman from streaming his death
Facebook said Saturday it would block the livestream of a Frenchman suffering from an incurable condition who wanted to broadcast his death on the social...
French anti-jihadist force kills civilian in Mali
French anti-jihadist troops in Mali killed a civilian Tuesday and injured two others after a bus refused to slow down in a volatile area despite...
Mali protest movement proposes two-year transition to civilian rule
The protest coalition that campaigned against former Mali president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has proposed that the military junta that ousted him organise a transition to...
Mali: France asks military to âquicklyâ transfer power
France on Sunday called on Maliâs military junta to âquicklyâ organise a transition to civilian rule after this monthâs coup, warning that the political crisis...
Maliâs neighbours tell junta to transfer power to transitional government
Maliâs West African neighbours on Friday told the military junta which seized control 10 days ago that it must transfer power to a civilian-led transitional...
Mali transition must be quick â French foreign minister
Franceâs foreign minister said on Thursday that the transition in Mali needs to be quick, but that the coup dâetat in the country would not...
Coup: Mali suspended from international Francophone organisation
The international community increased pressure on the military junta that has seized power in Mali, as the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie suspended the nation...
Wild polio sufferers reflect as Africa set to be declared free of the disease
Nigerian Gbemisola Ijigbamigbeâs right leg was virtually paralysed after she contracted wild polio aged 11 months. Now the 28-year-old leads an active life as a...