Tag Archives: France

Tour de France 2023 has been quite a ride but it will come to an end on Sunday, June 23 as the race finishes up at Champs-Élysées in Paris. The legendary biking event has been stiff with competition in recent years as Jonas Vingegaard’s 2022 win broke a two-year streak …

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into the death of a 27-year old man, fatally shot by a rubber bullet during riots on Saturday July 1, the Marseille prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday July 4.   It comes amid the civil unrest across France after a 17-year-old boy , Nahel …

A fundraiser for a French policeman who ‘executed’ a teenager during a traffic stop has reached more than €1million (almost £900,000), while donations for the victim’s devastated family have only gathered €189,000.   Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old with an Algerian background, was shot at point blank in the Paris suburb …

A French mayor has branded an attack on his home as an ‘assassination attempt’ as rioting enters its fifth day.   France has seen widespread riots and multiple arrests following the death of 17-year-old delivery driver, Nahel Merzouk.   He was shot by police after failing to stop for a …

Authorities in France have made 719 arrests nationwide by early Sunday following a fifth night of unrest sparked by the police killing of 17-year-old  Nahel Merzouk, who was allegedly ‘executed’ by police during a traffic stop.     The 17-year-old whose death on Tuesday, June, 27,  spawned the anger was …

Demonstrators have burned hundreds of cars and damaged buildings in protests that erupted after a French police officer shot and killed a 17-year-old during a traffic stop.

More than 400 people were arrested across France on Thursday,  as a wave of protests swept the country for a third night following the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy.   The unrest broke out Tuesday, June 27, hours after a police traffic stop in Nanterre resulted in the …

For a French holiday combining surf and Alpine turf without having to drive too far between destinations, head for southwest France. Hossegor, near Biarritz on the Atlantic coast, is the surf capital of France, and a destination for beginners and experts alike. Some 170km inland is the 19th-century spa resort …

President Marcon of France and his wife, Brigitte, welcomed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the state Banquet for the New Global Finance Pact Summit on Thursday, June 22.    See more photos and video below…   Watch video showing the moment President Macron and wife welcomed President Tinubu here.

After a year in which Afrobeats artist Asake stormed the music scene from relative obscurity onto the global stage, anticipation for his newest release ‘Work of Art’ was high. ‘Work of Art’, released on global streaming platform Spotify on Friday, June 16, is a sprawling compendium of auditory splendour that …