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French scout, Mickaël Marques has drawn comparisons between Ghana winger Ernest Nuamah and Manchester City-bound Jeremy Doku as well as Bayern Munich’s Alphonso Davies. The talented 19-year-old is set to be unveiled as Olympique Lyonnais new signing after agreeing to join the French giants from FC Nordsjaelland. Marques, who has …

A French Minister has reiterated calls for the respect of rights of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) people. Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, who is the French Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships, said during a presss conference in Accra that she would continue to advocate for rights for …

Burkina Faso has expelled two French journalists working for newspapers Le Monde and Liberation, the two newspapers said on Sunday, accusing the authorities of seeking to stifle freedom of speech with an escalating crackdown on foreign media. Liberation said its correspondent Agnès Faivre and Le Monde’s Sophie Douce arrived in …

A French court has ordered a small town to remove a statue of the Virgin Mary, saying the religious display violates the separation of church and state. The statue is located at a crossroads in La Flotte, a municipality of 2,800 inhabitants on the popular holiday island Ile-de-Re, off France’s …

French Football Federation (FFF) president, Noel le Graet, has come under heavy fire over statements directed at the nation’s football great, Zinedine Zidane. The 1998 World Cup winner and former Real Madrid coach Zidane, had been considered a candidate for the France national team job, but the FFF said Saturday …

Citizens of France who are aged between 18 and 25 will not pay for condoms from January 2023; all they have to do is simply walk into any pharmacy of their choice to request and be given. The move is a national initiative aimed at checking the spread of sexually transmitted infections …

A sitting of the French Parliament was suspended after a Black lawmaker was asked by another to “return to Africa.” NUPES MP Carlos Martens Bilongo was on his feet making a submission when the yet-to-be-identified colleague said to be of the far-right bloc yelled at him. A visibly shocked Bilongo, …

Following his latest injury setback, the Juventus midfielder will play no part for Les Blues in November’s showpiece. Paul Pogba will not play in the 2022 World Cup with the France team. His lawyer, Rafael Pimenta, confirmed on Monday. Pimenta, the lawyer of the midfielder of Juventus, formalized this Monday …

President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo on Monday, the 10th of October 2022, was presented with an honorary doctorate degree by the University of Sorbonne in Paris, France. Sorbonne University conferred the award on the Ghanaian leader in recognition of his commitment to entrenching the values of democracy in Ghana, fostering peace …

Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) President, Samuel Eto’o has written a scathing letter to Radio France Internationale, RFI, for reporting that the latter are hiring the services of black magicians to boost the fortunes of the Indomitable Lions at the upcoming 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The former captain of the …