Tag Archives: François Hollande
Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will visit Cameroon and Nigeria from March 15 to 16, 2013. This visit falls within the framework of the French authorities’ wholehearted commitment to securing the release of our compatriots being held hostage in … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, Nigeria, Press Releases, West Africa
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Tagged Cameroon, France, François Hollande, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Laurent Fabius, Nigeria, Paul Biya
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During a written exchange with senators after his recent testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Obama administration’s nominee to lead the CIA, John Brennan, argued that there is no geographical limit to the ability of the United States to … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, bokoharam, Carter Ham, François Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Egypt, Niger, Nigeria, United States
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The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram was likely behind the kidnapping of seven French expatriates in Cameroon, the French foreign minister said on Tuesday. The three adults and four children were kidnapped early Tuesday in northern Cameroon, close to the … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, Central Africa, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Cameroon, France, François Hollande, IndepthAfrica, Laurent Fabius, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Waza National Park
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While François Hollande was briefing the U.S Vice President Joe Biden on the current situation in Mali during a luncheon, the Malian Minister of foreign Affairs Tieman Coulibaly, was speaking to a group of students and analysts and french meida … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Amadou Toumani Touré, François Hollande, French Armed Forces, IndepthAfrica, Joe Biden, Kidal, Mali, MNLA, President of France
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(Reuters) – France plans to begin pulling troops out of Mali from March and will focus its operations on flushing out Islamist rebels in the north of the country, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday. “We will continue to … read more »
Amit Singh The refusal to prop up President Francois Bozize signals a shift in foreign policy, despite military action in Mali. When France received requests from two of its former African colonies to intervene in their domestic conflicts these past … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Bangui, Central African Republic, France, François Bozizé, François Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Crisis Group, Mali
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French President Francois Hollande arrived in central Mali Saturday, three weeks after French forces launched their intervention against Islamist militants in the African country. Mr. Hollande, accompanied by the defense and development ministers, flew into the town of Sevare, and … read more »
TIMBUKTU, Mali — Zahby Ould Ibrahim’s general store was looted to the studs this week. The horde that descended upon it took not just the shop’s stock of pots, pans and bedding but the electric sockets, the light bulbs and … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Dioncounda Traoré, France, François Hollande, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, Timbuktu, Tuareg, Tuareg people
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By Sharif Nashashibi Just 10 days into its military intervention in Mali, there are already signs that France may have taken on more than it bargained for. The West African country may become to French President Francois Hollande what Iraq … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged France, François Hollande, French Armed Forces, Hollande, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, mali news, malia, Tony Blair, West Africa
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On January 14 King Mohammed VI received a phone call from the French President, Francois Hollande, said the Royal Cabinet in a statement. On this occasion, the two leaders assessed and exchanged views on the situation in Mali in particular … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Morocco, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Dioncounda Traoré, France, François Hollande, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Military of Mali, Morocco, sub-Saharan Africa
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By Mark John and John Irish | Reuters (Reuters) – Just as its leaders were defining a new “hands-off” strategy for Africa, France has been thrust onto the front line of one of the continent’s riskiest battlefields deep in the … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, France, François Hollande, Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Paris, Total SA
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An image posted online on Jan. 14, 2013 by Islamic militants in Somalia allegedly shows the body of a French commando who was killed in a failed raid aimed at freeing a French hostage. / YouTube MOGADISHU, Somalia In a gruesome … read more »
Posted in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Somali, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Al-Shabab, Foreign hostages in Somalia, France, François Hollande, French Defence, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica news, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Mogadishu, photo of French commando killed in raid, somali Al-Shabab, somali news, Somalia, Somalia News
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Unpopular in the polls and accused of dithering on the economy, France’s Francois Hollande is in decisive mode when it comes to the situation in Mali. France’s sudden military intervention in its former colony Mali to contain Islamist militant groups … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged France, François Hollande, Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, mali news, malian news, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, West Africa
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French fighter jets pounded an Islamist rebel stronghold deep in northern Mali on Sunday as Paris poured more troops into the capital Bamako, awaiting a West African force to dislodge al Qaeda-linked insurgents from the country’s north. The attack on … read more »
Posted in Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, ancient mali, Bamako, France, François Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, Mali, mali coup, mali drug, mali empire, mali food, mali history, mali map, mali pictures, President of France, West Africa
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France’s air force carried out an air strike in Mali on Friday as it supported government forces trying to halt a push south by Islamist rebels who control the north, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said. Asked at a news conference … read more »
Posted in Mali, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged France, france air strike in mali, François Hollande, Friday, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Konna, Laurent Fabius, Mali, mali news, malian news, United Nations Security Council
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As the Central African Republic is rolling into unrest with rebel forces advancing on its capital, Africa expert Lawrence Freeman says that the West has abandoned the continent and is interested only in its resources. The United Nations said … read more »
Posted in Article, CAR, Central Africa
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Bangui, Central African Republic, Executive Intelligence Review, France, François Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, President of France
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The year 2012 witnessed the powerful bilateral relations between France and Morocco and confirmed the continuity of their agreement on major world issues. The quality of the dialogue maintained at the highest level and the shared desire to put their … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Morocco, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged France, François Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jean-Marc Ayrault, King Mohammed, Mali, Mohammed VI of Morocco, Morocco
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Spoken fifty years after the former colony’s independence, French President’s words did not constitute the “apology” demanded by several Algerian political parties, argues Oussama Romdhani. On the second day of his first visit to Algeria, French President Francois Hollande stood … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Europe, Global Issues, North Africa
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Tagged Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria, France, François Hollande, Hollande, IndepthAfrica, Oussama Romdhani, President of France
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France does not want to lose its hegemony in Morocco and is preparing to sign an “exceptional partnership” with the North African country. France was up late last year the largest investor and trading partner of Morocco. Not anymore because … read more »
Posted in Article, Morocco, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Algeria, France, François Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Maghreb, Morocco, North Africa, spain
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Economics IT IS a rite of passage for every new French president to head to French-speaking Africa and reaffirm faith in la Francophonie. So it was with François Hollande, who has just visited Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo. … read more »
August, Syria: Is this the month the FUKUS Three act?. 47694.jpeg Kofi Annan is not going to prolong his position as envoy for the UNO and Arab League for Syria. The reason is quite clear: the countries which are supposed … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, France, François Hollande, IndepthAfrica, Kofi Annan, Libya, reuters africa news, Syria, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, UNSC
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France — Algeria is kicking off its 50th anniversary of independence from France Thursday with a series of year-long celebrations. But many Algerians and French are marking the event with mixed emotions. Algeria’s 50th independence anniversary began on a sober … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, News, North Africa
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Tagged Abdelaziz Bouteflika, About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Algeria, Algerian, Algerian War, All Africa, breaking news, East Africa, France, François Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Paris, President of France, West Africa
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French police have raided the home and offices of the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy as part of an investigation into illegal campaign financing and alleged brown envelopes of cash from France’s wealthiest woman, the L’Oreal hairspray heiress Liliane Bettencourt. … read more »
oters across Europe have spoken in the last week and the message they have sent has upended the fragile consensus that budget cuts and fiscal discipline would bring the continent back from the brink of debt Armageddon. In national elections … read more »
Title: President Zuma congratulates Hollande Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has joined international leaders in congratulating Francois Hollande following the French socialist party leader’s victory in the country’s presidential runoff on Sunday. Hollande won an estimated 51.05 percent of the … read more »
Posted in News, Press Releases, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged afria travel, European Union, France, François Hollande, Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, International Monetary Fund, map africa, news, Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, Socialist, South Africa, travel to africa
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Francois Hollande became France’s first socialist president in 17 years on Sunday, ousting conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in what one observer called an “earth-shaking” election. With 95 per cent of the ballots counted, official results showed Hollande with 51.6 per … read more »
Posted in News, World News
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Tagged afria travel, Angela Merkel, France, François Hollande, Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, map africa, map of africa, news, Nicolas Sarkozy, Place de la Bastille, Sarkozy, South Africa, travel to africa, United States
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Official results from France’s presidential election show Socialist candidate Francois Hollande and incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy advancing to a second round of voting. Partial results from Sunday’s poll give Hollande 28.4 percent of the vote, with Sarkozy receiving 25.5 percent. … read more »
Posted in World News
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, France, François Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Le Mans, Marine Le Pen, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, Rachida Dati, TGV
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A source close to the investigation told the AFP news agency: “It looks like some of them planned to carry out kidnappings including that of a magistrate who has a Jewish-sounding name.” Another source confirmed that a Jewish magistrate from … read more »
Posted in World News
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, Bernard Squarcini, France, François Hollande, Friday, IndepthAfrica, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, Sarkozy
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