When the G20 met on African soil for the first time in November 2025, it signalled that the continent is becoming more important to the world as an economic partner. China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have already spent the past decade gaining ground as trade partners to African countries, narrowing the EU’s long-held…
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French authorities ordered 4,000 more people evacuated from tourist sites along its Atlantic coast on Tuesday (July 28, 2026), widening what may be France’s largest peacetime evacuation as returning heat threatened firefighters’ fragile hold on a vast wildfire west of Bordeaux.
The 10th France-Nigeria Business Council, held on the sidelines of the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi recently, underscored the growing economic partnership between Nigeria and France as Paris expands its engagement beyond its traditional Francophone allies. With bilateral trade reaching $4.7 billion in 2025 and Nigeria remaining the largest destination for French investment in sub-Saharan Africa,…
The U.S. walked out as France addressed a United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukraine on July 27, accusing its longtime ally of “disingenuous grandstanding” over French comments comparing the U.S. to North Korea, Russia and other authoritarian states regarding votes on human rights issues.
France had also intervened after Trump administration had opposed the reappointment of UN human rights chief
Former France star Zinedine Zidane will replace Didier Deschamps as head coach of the national team. | Photo Credit: AFP
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