Thirteen French soldiers were killed when two helicopters collided during an operation against jihadists in Mali, the French president’s office said. Monday’s accident is one of the worst losses of life for the French military in decades. French President Emmanuel…
*Lagos to enforce law on meat hygiene (Vanguard)*Two ‘ritualists’ arrested with human skull (NewTelegraph)
Lagos to enforce law on meat hygiene (Vanguard) The Lagos State Government has directed the major food vendors, who sell meat in the state, to henceforth submit a ‘veterinary health certificate for the trade of meat’ to the inspecting veterinary…
Amazon fires a global crisis, says Macron (BBC)
French President Emmanuel Macron has said the record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest is an “international crisis” that needs to top the agenda at this weekend’s G7 summit. “Our house is burning,” he tweeted. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro…
Brexit: Macron tells PM renegotiating deal ‘not an option’ (BBC)
Boris Johnson is to meet Emmanuel Macron later, hours after the French president insisted reopening negotiations is “not an option”. Mr Macron said: “We have to help the British deal with this internal democratic crisis but we mustn’t be hostage…
Macron to send Trump replacement friendship tree (BBC)
French President Emmanuel Macron says he will send US leader Donald Trump a new “friendship tree” after the original died. The two men planted the oak sapling in the White House grounds last year. It was designed to celebrate the…
Brexit: Theresa May to meet Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron (BBC)
Theresa May is to hold last-minute Brexit talks with the leaders of Germany and France later, four days before the UK is due to leave the EU. Mrs May is meeting Angela Merkel in Berlin, followed by Emmanuel Macron in…
Macron under fire for skipping Rwandan genocide commemorations (Punch)
When a smattering of leaders gather this weekend in Kigali to mark the 25th anniversary of Rwanda’s genocide, there will be one conspicuous absence: French President Emmanuel Macron. Several African leaders and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel are expected at…
Macron to hold crisis meeting after anti-government riots (Guardian)
French President Emmanuel Macron is to hold a crisis meeting on Sunday after anti-government protests in Paris that left 133 people injured and a trail of destruction around the capital. Macron is set to fly into Paris late morning after…
Two killed, score injured in Ikorodu cult clash (Punch) * Jonathan: I was pressed to reject 2015 election result (Nation)
Two killed, score injured in Ikorodu cult clash (Punch) Two persons were reportedly killed in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State on Sunday when two rival cult groups clashed in a supremacy battle. Members of the two cult groups, Aiye…
‘You lack common decency,’ President Macron’s spokesman tells Trump (Punch)
A French government spokesman on Wednesday accused US President Donald Trump of a lack of “common decency” for attacking his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Twitter on the third anniversary of a jihadist massacre in Paris. Asked to react to…