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Nude painting row at French school sparks teacher walkout France's education minister has visited a school where some pupils refused to look at a painting of nude women in class, sparking a teacher walkout. The pupils also accused their teacher of making racist and Islamophobic remarks...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/30/gabon-coup-military-takeover-gabonese-election-disputed

On China visit, Macron attempts diplomatic balancing act on Ukraine Speaking at the Hague on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke of his vision for a new era of “European sovereignty” in which the Continent can choose its own partners and “shape its own destiny”. His address was...

I would visit now :ohhh:

G7 unveils $600B plan to combat China’s Belt and Road Beijing is increasing its global reach through major investments in Africa and Asia. Link:G7 unveils $600B plan to combat China’s Belt and Road

Is This the End of the French Project in Africa’s Sahel? By Vijay Prashad

Many if not the majority of the African slaves were brought here during the British colonial period. It was the UK that set up the slavery system and the United States simply inherited that. Much of the US were also under French, Spanish, and Dutch rule at one point and all three powers...

This is massive: :wow: Haiti’s Lost Billions 6 Takeaways About Haiti’s Reparations to France Haiti’s Lost Billions The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-aristide-reparations-france.html 6 Takeaways About Haiti’s...

Places like England are notoriously know for bad food. However France, particularly Paris is known for food there. Is it overrated or is it good.

Africa Condemns the Continuing Imperialist Legacy of France By Abayomi Azikiwe - Oct 21, 2021 France S Operation Barkahane Maintains Military Forces In Africa Algerian government has recalled its ambassador from Paris while restricting its air space amid broad criticism of Macron’s foreign...

Josephine Baker to Be Honored With a Panthéon Burial Ms. Baker will be the first Black woman to be entombed in the Panthéon in Paris, a symbolic move amid racial tensions in France. Josephine Baker, who was born Freda Josephine McDonald in 1906 in St. Louis, in Paris in the...

It is déjà vu all over again. Foreigners Select Haiti’s Prime Minister By Yves Engler Recently the Core Group (US, Canada, France, Spain, Germany, Brazil, UN and OAS) published a note saying Ariel Henry was the prime minister of Haiti. Within 48 hours the other individual claiming the...

To say that I don’t understand much of modern art would be an understatement, but even the most educated of art critics are divided about Julia Ducournau’s Titane, a French film about a woman who has sex with and becomes impregnated by... a car. And it just won the Palme d’Or, the Cannes Film...

French soldiers warn of civil war in new letter A new open letter has been published in France warning of the threat of civil war and claiming to have more than 130,000 signatures from the public. The message, published in a right-wing magazine, accuses the French government of granting...

Mass mobilizations in Chad against the Military Junta and French Imperialism Post on: April 28, 2021 A week after the death of the dictator Idriss Déby, Chad’s military junta and France are confronted with massive mobilizations of the toiling masses. link: Movilizaciones masivas en Chad...

Following the recent Sarkozy and Europe center/left threads, I think it's good to gather all France related news in this thread as it's easier to get all the info in one. @mbewane and others can post French news in here. @FAH1223 , you can merge threads about France here if you feel like it. So...

A French court on Monday sentenced former President Nicolas Sarkozy to three years in prison for corruption and influence peddling, but suspended two years of the sentence. President from 2007 to 2012, he was found guilty of trying to illegally obtain information from a senior magistrate in...

A Far-Right Terrorism Suspect With a Refugee Disguise: The Tale of Franco A.