The European Union and France have cut off financial support to Niger and the United States has threatened to do the same after military leaders this week announced they had overthrown the democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum. Nigerien gendarmes patrol
French President Emmanuel Macron has declined to condemn the country’s top police chiefs for appearing to suggest officers were above the law, seeking to stave off unrest among security forces wearied by repeated bouts of street violence. Critics, however, lament
From our special correspondent in Malakoff – A team of social workers tasked with preventing public disorder in the Paris suburb of Malakoff did the rounds ahead of Bastille Day after weeks of rioting. On a sunny weekend evening, the modus
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be guest of honour for France’s Bastille Day celebrations on Friday, which are set to take place under tight security two weeks after the country was swept by riots. French President Emmanuel Macron and
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said NATO’s ‘commitment to Ukraine will not weaken’ as he vowed to continue supporting the embattled country. French President Emmanuel Macron earlier echoed Biden’s comments, pointing out that Russia was “politically and militarily fragile”,
Paris (AFP) – From October, France will pay a bonus to encourage people to have their clothes and shoes repaired rather than throwing them away, the government said. From October, France will pay a bonus to encourge people to repair shoes
The shock appointment of a far-right editor to run one of France’s best-known mainstream newspapers has sparked calls for urgent steps to protect the pluralism and independence of the French press, while underscoring a sharp rightwards shift of the country’s
French President Emmanuel Macron called a new government emergency meeting on Friday after a third night of violent clashes between protesters and police in cities including Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse and Lille. Some 40,000 police officers were deployed in France
Nanterre Prosecutor Pascal Prache told a press conference on Thursday that the police officer who shot Nahel M. did not meet the “legal conditions for the usage of firearms” and is being investigated for intentional homicide, recommending he be detained. France’s
France braced for more angry protests on Wednesday evening after the killing of a teenager by police in a western Paris suburb during a traffic stop that President Emmanuel Macron called “inexcusable”. The government said it would deploy 2,000 riot