France’s president and prime minister managed to form a new government just in time for the holidays. Now comes the hard part.

As Paris was devising a new military strategy that would sharply reduce its permanent troop presence in Africa, two of its closest allies struck a double blow. The government of Chad, considered France's most stable and loyal partner in Africa,

Residents say Emmanuel Macron has abandoned the island in the wake of cyclone ... telling them: “If it wasn’t for France, you’d be 10,000 times deeper in s***”. Nearly a week after the storm hit, the lack of potable water was testing nerves in ...

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"Mayotte is demolished," an airport security agent told President Emmanuel Macron as he arrived in the remote French territory five days after Cyclone Chido.

French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived to the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte to survey the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Chido.

French President Emmanuel Macron expressed full support on Saturday for Ethiopia's debt restructuring efforts, emphasising the need for a swift resolution "in the coming weeks".

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday tapped François Bayrou, a veteran centrist politician and one of his top allies, as the new prime minister, a move that few expect would stabilize France’s roiling politics.

French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a new government on Monday, following the collapse of the previous Cabinet. According to a report by The New York Times, the center-right orientation of the new French government roughly mirrors that of the previous one,

Centrist leader François Bayrou has become France's latest prime minister, chosen by President Emmanuel Macron in a bid to end months of political turmoil.

Political instability in Germany and France, combined with the return of Donald Trump in 2025, threatens to undermine the EU’s ability to shape responses to the Ukraine war and other