Sources: BBC News
The French Bayrou government collapses after losing a vote of confidence in the National Assembly by 364 votes to 194. 2025-09-8
Restaurants, bars, and cafés are reopened in France for outdoor dining for the first time in six months. Museums, theatres, and other cultural venues are also reopened as the curfew is changed to 9:00 p.m. as part of an easing of restrictions. 2021-05-19
French Health Minister Olivier Véran confirms the first death of a doctor treating COVID-19 patients. 2020-03-22
A French nun is found decapitated in a village in the Central African Republic. 2019-05-22
Two French soldiers are killed after their armoured vehicle hits a roadside bomb in Mali. 2018-02-21
French President François Hollande promises to investigate claims that French Army soldiers were involved in sexual child abuse in the Central African Republic. 2015-05-1
Russia and China have blocked a proposal by the United States and France to impose U.N. sanctions on Central African Republic's former President François Bozizé and two other people linked to the conflict. 2014-04-23
France announces it will increase the number of its soldiers deployed in the Central African Republic as sectarian violence worsens. 2014-02-14
France announces that it plans to intervene in the conflict in the Central African Republic. 2013-11-26
French sources find traces of phenylbutazone, a suspected harmful drug, in several horse carcasses slaughtered in Somerset, England, and fear they could be part of lasagne or other food sold in France. 2013-02-14