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Macron in historic visit to Fela Kuti’s nightclub

France’s President, Emmanuel Macron has visited a nightclub founded by Nigerian legendary musician, Fela Kuti. The French President traveled to Lagos on Tuesday to visit...

Mali’s ‘Spiderman’ returns home

Malian national Mamoudou Gassama has returned home after receiving global recognition for saving a toddler on a building in France. The migrant became famous last...

Malian ‘hero’ given French citizenship for saving a child

France will give residence papers to an illegal immigrant from Mali who scaled the facade of a Paris apartment block to save a boy...

Frenchman gets ‘third face’ in new transplant

The first person in the world to receive two facial transplants says he is feeling well, three months after his latest groundbreaking operation.

30 insurgents in Mali killed in gun battle

French and Malian troops killed about 30 Islamist insurgents during a gunbattle in a region near the border with Niger, where Islamic State are known to be active, the French army said on Thursday.

French police ‘hero’ dies of wounds

A French police officer who swapped himself for a hostage in a supermarket siege on Friday has died, officials say.

Sarkozy detained for receiving ‘funding’ from Gaddafi

A former President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy is facing questioning over allegations that he received campaign funding from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.

France to fix legal age of sexual consent as 15

France plans to fix the legal age of sexual consent as 15, so an adult having sex with someone of that age or younger will be considered rape.

France ends probe into 1994 attack on Rwanda president

French officials are reported to have ended an investigation into the missile attack on a plane that killed former Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana, sparking Rwanda's 1994 genocide, legal sources said.

South Africa loses out on hosting 2023 Rugby World Cup

France will host the 2023 Rugby World Cup after beating rival bids from South Africa and Ireland. South Africa had been expected to win the vote after an independent review recommended they stage the tournament.

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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