France said on Thursday it would keep 80 military personnel in Ivory Coast largely for training purposes, as it handed over control of a military base in the commercial capital amid a scaling back of ...

The French Armed Forces Minister said some 80 servicemen will remain in the country to advise and train the Ivorian military.

Ivory Coast has officially taken control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French ...

The remoteness of urban centres is also a penalising factor: the only town classed as big on French territory within easy ...

France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati became on Monday the first French official to make a formal visit to the Western Sahara, a sign of Paris's recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed ...

French organizers of the 2030 Winter Games were united Tuesday to unveil the team given the tightest schedule of any modern ...

It’s a pivotal moment for the no- and low-alcohol wine market, with production increasing and the first geographical ...

Due to a new disturbance, this Friday, February 7, 2025, Météo France has placed 16 French departments under yellow alert for "snow-verglas". Three departments in the Île-de-France region are ...

Representatives from Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service have fed sensitive data from across the Education Department into artificial intelligence software to probe the agency’s programs and ...

MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP The Panama Canal Authority on Wednesday, February 5, denied it will allow US government vessels to transit the interoceanic waterway for free, as the US State Department ...

and department comparisons. The full document, including all maps and tables of data, can be downloaded from the Interior Ministry website here (download link at the bottom of the text). The figures ...