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14/05/2013 - Report: France - Syria

French Syrians send medical aid to Syrian hospitals

The conflict in Syria has now been going on for more than two years, and for Syrians abroad, it has been difficult watching the deadly events unfold in their homeland.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Tripoli at the end of April
09/05/2013 - France

Fabius seeks to label Al-Nusra as terrorist group

On Thursday, France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius suggested getting Syria’s jihadist group Al-Nusra Front classed as a terrorist organisation.

French President François Hollande and Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski commemorate VE Day in Paris.
08/05/2013 - France

Hollande calls for German compromises on VE Day

The French President, François Hollande, has used Victory in Europe Day to call for compromises with Berlin in order to resolve the Eurozone economic crisis.

Tunisia clamps down on Syria jihadist training camps
27/04/2013 - African news explained

Tunisia clamps down on Syria jihadist training camps

Tunisia's Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou says the authorities have dismantled jihadist training centres that were preparing insurgents to fight in Syria. He said the recruitment ...

16/04/2013 - Report: Democratic Republic of Congo

Congo conflict hits mountain gorilla tourism

Despite fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the population of mountain gorillas continues to grow in the Greater Virunga region.

French intervention in northern Mali enters fourth month
11/04/2013 - African news explained

French intervention in northern Mali enters fourth month

The French intervention in northern Mali entered its fourth month today. This, as France begins to withdraw some troops from combat operations.

10/04/2013 - Report: France - Mali

French families press Mali to scrap ban on foreign adoption

As French troops fight armed Islamists in northern Mali, a group of French families is to lobby for a change in the African country’s civil code, amended in 2012, so that only Malian ...

Controversy grows in South Africa over the death of 13 soldiers in the CAR
03/04/2013 - African news explained

Controversy grows in South Africa over the death of 13 soldiers in the CAR

Controversy is growing in South Africa over the death of 13 soldiers in the Central African Republic.

Debating South African troops in the Central African Republic
02/04/2013 - African news explained

Debating South African troops in the Central African Republic

In South Africa, the opposition has said it will put forward a parliamentary motion to force the government to withdraw its troops from the Central African Republic.

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