Tag: France

How a uranium mine became a pawn in the row between Niger and France

In the latest sign of a dramatic deterioration in relations, Niger's military…

Paul Melly Paul Melly

French court finds author guilty of downplaying Rwandan genocide

A court in France has found French-Cameroonian author Charles Onana guilty of…

Basillioh Rukanga Basillioh Rukanga

Marcel Desailly: ‘I don’t know if I was a star, but I’m now a legend’

The World Cup winner has firm grip on the game’s pulse and…

Jonathan Liew Jonathan Liew

Born in France but searching for a future in Africa

Menka Gomis was born in France but has decided his future lies…

Christian Moussa’s long, treacherous journey to a French passport

Christian Ally Moussa did not tell anyone that he had decided to…

Humans of Africa Humans of Africa

‘My dad, the claw hair clip inventor’

It was the hair accessory of choice in the 1990s - fashionable…

Anne-Marie Dias Borges Anne-Marie Dias Borges

Meet Capt Ibrahim Traoré: Africa’s youngest ruler

Said to have been a shy but intelligent boy in school, Burkina…

It’s scandalous that I can visit more African countries visa-free with my Canadian passport than Algerian

In the wonderfully chaotic neighbourhood of Noailles in downtown Marseille, France, I…

Maher Mezahi Maher Mezahi