Sources: BBC
Thousands of pro-Tchiani demonstrators protest outside the French embassy in Niamey, setting fire to the door and defacing a plaque. 2023-07-30
In Madagascar, twenty people, including two French nationals, are charged with crimes including criminal conspiracy, criminal association, rebellion against the president and possession of illegal weapons, for allegedly plotting to kill president Andry Rajoelina. 2021-12-6
France reports 16,972 new cases in the past 24 hours, setting a new record for the country since the beginning of the pandemic. 2020-10-3
A man stabs five people at the central police headquarters in the French capital of Paris, killing three officers and an administrative worker. The attacker, who was shot dead by other officers, was an admin worker at the station. 2019-10-3
Two French soldiers are killed after their armoured vehicle hits a roadside bomb in Mali. 2018-02-21
France's electoral commission orders French media not to publish contents of Emmanuel Macron's leaked campaign emails to avoid influencing the presidential election, warning journalists could face criminal charges for publishing the material. 2017-05-6
Dozens of migrants who were refused entry to France go on hunger strike at the border crossing in the Italian town of Ventimiglia. 2015-06-13
Five children die in a house fire in the town of Saint-Quentin in northern France. 2013-03-31
Italian and French rescue crews recover the bodies of two climbers on Mont Blanc in the Alps, two days following an avalanche that swept away nine climbers. 2012-07-14
French investigators report that flight recorders recovered from the wreckage of Air France Flight 447 nearly two years after the crash are still readable. 2011-05-16