Top of the pops is Arabic, spoken by some 150 million people across the continent. It’s the liturgical language of Islam and ...

Author Jason Theriot tell stories of French-speaking Louisiana residents who found that their language and way of life served ...

JUST a hundred years ago France undertook to give a long overdue lesson to the African pirates who infested the Mediterranean Sea and who had until then successfully resisted Europe's sporadic efforts ...

The end of the road is now in sight for France, which has maintained its military presence and influence in Africa for a long ...

Some 280 miles east of Madagascar lies the tiny flat island of Tromelin, once called the Isle of Sand, in the Indian Ocean. Tromelin Island forms part of the Scattered Islands and a district of ...

A network smuggling 1,700 migrants from Spain to France was dismantled by French and Spanish police. With Europol's aid, 19 ...

French corporations have survived flag changes, military coups, economic crises and terrorist attacks in Africa, yet they have always remained at the helm, controlling the continent’s vital ...

A Gabonese squadron halts to salute a French colonel at one of France's last military bases in Africa which is now "shared" with the host nation and focused on training. The "Academie militaire ...

Groups from five African countries filed fraud and corruption complaints accusing Vincent Bolloré of illegally obtaining and benefitting from port concessions. A coalition of African groups filed ...

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A court in Algeria on Thursday sentenced an award-winning French-Algerian writer to five years in prison over remarks that questioned the borders dividing Algeria from ...

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