A second-hand dealer has won a case to keep the €4.2m (£3.6m; $4.6m) proceeds from the sale of a rare African mask he found in an elderly French couple’s attic. He had been brought in to help clear the attic…
Alex Batty: Teen from Oldham missing for 6 years found in France
A 17-year-old British boy from Oldham who went missing in Spain in 2017 has been found in France, authorities say. Alex Batty was found in the town of Revel, east of Toulouse, early on Wednesday morning. The prosecutor’s office in…
Paris attack near Eiffel Tower leaves 1 dead and 2 injured
A man has died and two others have been injured in an attack on a street in central Paris. France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said an attacker had targeted tourists around the Quai de Grenelle, which is close to the…
Zenith Bank expands global presence, signs MoU for subsidiary in France
Zenith Bank Plc has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the French Government for the establishment of a subsidiary in France. The historic agreement, sealed by Jim Ovia, CFR, Founder and Chairman of Zenith Bank, and Mr. Olivier Becht,…
6 teens in court in connection with alleged beheading of French teacher
Six teenagers go on trial behind closed doors on Monday in connection with the beheading of French history teacher, Samuel Paty in 2020, a murder that shocked the country. The teacher had shown his pupils caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad…
Paris police shoot woman at station after threats
French counter-terrorism police have shot an unarmed woman reportedly threatening passers-by in Paris. A police source told the BBC that they intervened at the Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand train station on Tuesday. The woman, who was wearing a full veil, reportedly threatened…
Teacher killed in France school stabbing
A teacher has been killed and two people have been seriously injured in a knife attack at a school in France, officials say. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the attack happened at the Gambetta high school in the northern city…
Mbappe comes off hurt as PSG demolish Marseille
Paris Saint-Germain demolished Marseille in Ligue 1 on Sunday with summer signing Goncalo Ramos scoring twice in a 4-0 victory for the reigning champions, but Kylian Mbappe came off injured in the first half. Mbappe appeared to hurt his ankle…
Gabon coup: Army officers say they are taking power
Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner. The electoral commission said Mr Bongo…
Mali scraps French as official language
Mali has removed French as an official state language, six decades after the country gained independence from its former colonial master. The decision is enshrined in the West African country’s new constitution, adopted on Saturday. On Friday, Bamako’s constitutional court…
