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Ghana’s President Says Africa Must Quit Its ‘Mindset of Dependency’ on Western Aid
French Legislators Rebuked for Seeking to Criminalize Online Browsing
France: Inquiry Finds Police Abused Migrants in Calais
On Electric Cars, the U.S. Is Stuck in the Slow Lane
(OtherWords) – The French government recently announced a plan to ban sales of new gas-powered cars by 2040. Not to be outdone, the UK government is now rolling out a similar plan of its own. These plans sound shockingly radical, but in fact many analysts…
Protests in Paris as Donald Trump Attends Bastille Day Rally
(Tasnim) – Bastille Day protests threatened to boil over into violence at the end of Donald Trump’s visit to Paris, as his opponents took to the streets for the second consecutive day. Mask-wearing demonstrators threw glass bottles and missiles at…
The 1944 Thiaroye Massacre in Senegal, a Shameful Episode of the French Colonial Period in Africa
(GVO) – On December 1, 1944, an unspeakable tragedy took place at the military camp of Thiaroye, a small village in the suburbs of Dakar. Thirty-five Senegalese Tirailleurs (a type of rifleman or sharpshooter) were killed, according to official records, but other…
Western leaders take their eyes off Africa at just the wrong moment
Africa (Conversation) – Almost none of the Western world’s leaders have paid much attention to Africa in recent months. One exception was France’s newly-elected president, Emmanuel Macron, who visited Mali shortly after his inauguration. His trip was partly a show…
The Liberal Centre Will Not Hold. Halting the Far-Right Requires a Different Social Model
Europe (NM) – Sunday night’s French presidential results saw a huge win for liberal centrist Emmanuel Macron, beating Marine Le Pen by 66.1% to 33.9% of valid votes. This was quite a slap in the face for the Front National, who despite…
Almost 150 Arrested after Post-Election Trouble in Paris
France (Tasnim) – A hundred and forty-one people were arrested in Paris after trouble flared overnight following Emmanuel Macron’s victory in France’s presidential election, police said on Monday. Those detained in Menilmontant, a north-eastern district of Paris, were accused of offences…
Hours Before French Election, Macron Claims to Be Victim of Hack
France (Sputnik) – A significant leak containing tens of thousands of emails, pictures and file attachments from French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has been publicized for the world to see, roughly 36 hours before the people of France select their next…
Marine Le Pen Adviser Found Guilty of Inciting Hatred against Muslims
France (Tasnim) – A key adviser to France’s ultra-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen has been found guilty of inciting hatred against Muslims. Robert Menard, mayor of Beziers, was fined 2,000 euros for saying there were too many Muslim children in…
Police Use Smoke Pellets, Moving Toward Protesters in Center of Paris (VIDEO)
France (Sputnik) – French police used smoke pellets and is moving toward protesters who started to break the fences at the Place de la Bastille in the center of Paris, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the site. After that, police started…
Mapping Dystopia: The Hidden Shame of Fortress Europe
Europe (NM) – With warnings that as many as one million migrants are already on the way to to Libya and Europe from countries across Africa, Europe’s refugee crisis seems set to get even worse. From police brutality at borders to squalid conditions…
The Slow and Explicable Rise of Marine Le Pen
France (NM) – The ‘rise’ of the far right. It’s been presented in the media as a sudden shift of epic proportions, a phenomenon affecting every country in the Western world. Only look at Trump, Brexit, UKIP, Wilders, Marine Le Pen,…