Tag Archives: FRANCE

Manchester United legend, Patrice Evra has disclosed that given the option once again, he would pick Senegal over France as his national team. Evra who played for the Le Bleus during his playing career was a constant member of the French national team. Despite being born in Senegal, Evra opted …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana, on Saturday, 3rd September, at the invitation of Ban Ki-Moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the Board of Global Centre of Adaption (GCA), to participate in the African Adaptation Summit to be held on Monday, 5th September, 2022, at the …

Two Air France pilots have been suspended after a fight in the cockpit forced the aircraft’s cabin crew to intervene. The incident took place on a flight from Geneva to the French capital, Paris, in June. According to the Swiss newspaper La Tribune, the pilot and co-pilot had a dispute shortly …

Mali has accused France of twin sovereignty breaches – Bamako says France violated its airspace and in so doing supplied arms to militants. Mali’s foreign affairs minister, Abdoulaye Diop, in a letter to the head of the United Nations Security Council dated Monday, August 15, said its airspace has been …

A former Miss France, Sonia Rolland has been indicted in a corruption enquiry involving former Gabonese president Omar Bongo. The French portal, Le Parisien, reports that Sonia is being held over the case of the “ill-gotten gains” of the Gabonese presidency. Ms Rolland is a Rwandan-French actress and was Miss …

Ghana’s forward Osman Bukari has won the Coupe de France With FC Nantes in a narrow 1-0 victory over OGC Nice on Saturday evening. The 22-year-old forward was a second half substitute as he came to help his side secure a vital win in the cup final to seal a …

The ‘Accra In Paris’ (AIP) Concert held on Saturday 23rd April 2022 in France was fireworks. Ghanaian acts Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, Kwabena Kwabena, Fameye and others thrilled music lovers with their back to back hits at the Elysee Montmartre, Paris-France. The first leg of this initiative dubbed “Paris in Accra” which …

Following his impressive performance for the Black Stars in their qualification to the 2022 World Cup, Gideon Mensah has become a favourites of football fans in Ghana. But how did it all start for the left back? From the trenches of Dunkwa in Upper Denkyira in the Central Region of Ghana, Gideon Mensah found himself playing …

Malian turn out in their numbers to celebrate the formal announcement of French troop withdrawing from the West African country. A massive rally attended by persons from all walks of life was also a show of support for the Assimi Goita-led junta. Some of the scenes witnessed included the burning …

The army in Mali says eight of its soldiers have been killed and five are missing after an attack by rebels in the north-eastern Archam region. The fighting comes days after France and its allies said they were withdrawing their forces from Mali. An army statement said that in response …