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Jean-Yves Le Drian with French troops in Mali
14/06/2013 - Mali - France

Two French soldiers wounded as Mali violence continues, Le Drian

French troops continue to clash with armed Islamists in Mali with two French soldiers wounded this week, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told RFI Friday.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares Boko Haram and Ansaru 'terrorist organizations'
06/06/2013 - African news explained

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares Boko Haram and Ansaru 'terrorist organizations'

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has declared the Islamist group Boko Haram and its splinter group Ansaru to be terrorist organizations. This means anyone who supports them could face a ...

French Interior Minister Manuel Valls in the Corsican city of Bastia
05/06/2013 - France - Corsica

Corsican nationalists threaten more violence as Valls visits island

A Corsican separatist group has threatened to “take up arms again” as French Interior Minister Manuel Valls stages a two-day visit to the Mediterranean island.

Libyan troops last year
02/06/2013 - France - Libya - Mali

France offers help to secure Libya's border

France has offered to work with Libya to seal its boders to Islamist fighters fleeing Mali, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Sunday.

Côte d'Ivoire army chief-of-staff Soumaila Bakayoko (L) and Malian army chief-of-staff Ibrahima Dahirou Dembele (C) inspect Malian troops at an air base in Bamako, Mali
01/06/2013 - Côte d'Ivoire - France

France warns nationals in Côte d'Ivoire of terror threat

France has warned its citizens in Côte d’Ivoire to beware of attacks by armed Islamists.

François Hollande speaks to RFI, France 24 andTV 5 Monde.
31/05/2013 - Interview: French president speaks to RFI

France to tighten spying on jihadis after soldier attack, Hollande tells RFI

France is to improve its tracking of radical Islamists, following Saturday’s attack on a French soldier in Paris, French President François Hollande said in an exclusive interview ...

31/05/2013 - Interview: Palestinian territories - Syria

Palestinian group to fight Syrian rebels in Golan

An armed Palestinian group has formed special brigades to fight in the Golan Heights to undermine efforts to topple Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. The Popular Front for the Liberation of ...

French police at the scene of Saturday's attack in Paris's La Défense district
26/05/2013 - France

French soldier stabbed in broad daylight in Paris

France's anti-terrorist prosecutors have opened an inquiry into Saturday's stabbing of a soldier on anti-terror patrol in Paris’s La Défense business district.

24/05/2013

French press review 24 May 2013

In the wake of the suicide car bombings on an army base and a French-run uranium mine in Niger, the papers ask what next?

Areva's Arlit uranium mine in Niger
24/05/2013 - Niger - France - Mali

Belmokhtar jihadi group threatens more Niger attacks

The Signatories in Blood group, led by Algerian jihadi Mokhtar Belmokhtar, has threatened more attacks against French and other interests in Niger after Thursday’s double suicide bombings ...

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