Senegal’s incumbent president, 85-year-old Abdoulaye Wade, faces a tough fight to win a controversial third term in office on Sunday when the country votes in a crucial run off election. There are fears the vote will be marred by violence.
Wounded French reporter Edith Bouvier has arrived in Lebanon from the besieged Syrian city of Homs, her family told FRANCE 24 Thursday. She was accompanied by French photographer William Daniels, who was also trapped in Homs for over a week.
At the 60-nation "Friends of Syria" conference in Tunis on Friday, member countries called for the UN to start planning a civilian peacekeeping force and urged the Syrian regime to lay down its arms to allow aid to reach civilians.
A Norwegian princess offers advice on how to speak to angels and 63% of committed couples say their partner is their most important source of happiness, according to a global poll released on Valentine's Day.
Firemen in Marseille on Friday brought under control a fire that had broken out at the city's iconic ‘Cité Radieuse’ housing complex. The full extent of the damage is still not yet known.
From Algeria to South Africa, African football fans are gearing up for three weeks of intense competition as the biennial Africa Cup of Nations tournament gets underway on Saturday. FRANCE 24 sports presenter Dan Levy previews the upcoming action.
Following talks with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Friday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the two leaders plan to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Rome on January 20, to discuss ways to resolve the eurozone crisis.
Congo was in limbo Wednesday after the government reported a 48-hour delay in announcing election results from last week's disputed presidential ballot. The government stated that returns had not been received from all polling stations.
The NATO air strikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers lasted over an hour and continued even after Pakistani commanders had asked coalition forces to stop, Pakistan army spokesperson Athar Abbas told FRANCE 24 in an interview Monday.
A man claiming to be an unemployed computer technician entered a Parisian job center Monday and took the director and deputy director of the job center hostage, according to police sources.
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