France

Demand for inquiry into France’s role in assassination of African leader

February 26, 2013 By Emile Schepers

On Feb. 13, a member of the French Chamber of Deputies tabled a motion to begin a parliamentary investigation of the assassination of Captain Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso, in 1987.

Murder of Tunisian leftist causes uproar

February 12, 2013 By Emile Schepers

Tunisia was the site of the first blooming of the "Arab Spring." The assassination of Tunisian leftist politician Chokri Belaid by unknown gunmen has thrown this North African country into turmoil.

Mali: What does the future hold?

January 31, 2013 By Emile Schepers

Troops from Mali, France and other African nations have captured the cities of Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu in Mali's arid Northeast.

Mali and chickens

January 24, 2013 By Conn Hallinan

The vision that Conrad's character Marlow describes is of a French frigate firing broadsides into a vast African jungle, in essence, bombarding a continent.

France bombs Mali, complicates mess long in making

January 17, 2013 By Emile Schepers

French military units, including aviation and infantry, have attacked Islamist rebels in Mali since last week.