The term “Françafrique” describes the political, economic and military networks built to preserve French influence in Africa.

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his prime minister, Ousmane Sonko, who came to power on promises of a political break, ...

France's anti-government "yellow vest" protests are no longer in the spotlight. But a theater group in northern France is ...

Morocco’s Independence Day, observed each year on November 18, came to represent more than the date King Mohammed V ascended ...

FCAS as it was originally envisioned looks set to collapse. It wouldn't be the first time egos have derailed grand projects ...

(Bloomberg) -- French markets have mostly recovered from the ructions of this week’s political drama, hours before President Emmanuel Macron names a new prime minister. The gap between French debt ...

On the corruption front, hundreds of thousands of people gathered yesterday in Manila, Philippines,  for a three-day rally to ...

Most people think of revolution as a violent overturning of political institutions. Parisians storming the Bastille on July 14, 1789, became a model of popular action later adopted, in 1917, by the ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy began serving a five-year prison sentence on Tuesday after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy in connection with the alleged illegal financing of his ...

PARIS, Oct 30 (Reuters) - France's economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter as exports surged, due mainly to shipments from the aerospace industry, and as corporate investment perked up ...

Two police officers accompanied former French President Nicolas Sarkozy during his first night in prison, staying in a neighboring cell for his security, according to the country’s interior minister.