Lebanon plays host to the nine-day Francophone Games starting Sunday, an event that it is hoped will improve the country's image abroad. Some 3,000 athletes from 42 countries will be taking part in six sports disciplines and seven cultural events.
Troubled Madagascar finds itself increasingly isolated after France's International Francophonie Organisation (OIF) suspended the island's membership, following former mayor Andry Rajoelina's power takeover.
Mayotte is set to hold a referendum Sunday on whether to become a French overseas department. FRANCE 24’s Lucas Menget visits the Indian Ocean island where, every year, thousands of migrants try to make it to this French dependency.
Protests over the cost of living have spread from the French Caribbean to the Indian Ocean island of Reunion. Police fired tear gas to disperse stone-throwing youths near the island's capital Saint-Denis on Thursday.
LKP unionists on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe have still not signed a proposed agreement to end the six-week strike, while the local economy is on the verge of collapse.
LKP unionists on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe said they would go to businesses to demand they sign an agreement to raise salaries. Spokesman Elie Domota said they could go on striking for "40 days more."
LKP unionists on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe said they would go to businesses to demand they sign an agreement to raise salaries. Spokesman Elie Domota said unions could go on striking for "40 days more".
The prefect of the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe said the general strike - now in its sixth week - should be ended on Monday. The LKP union has said the strike will continue until a deal concerning wage increases is signed.
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An agreement to a wage increase in the French island of Guadeloupe was signed between the LKP and two employers' unions. The Medef, France's largest employer representative, quit negotiations on Thursday.
