By FRANCE24 Senegal on Sunday (December 1) commemorated the 80th anniversary of a massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War Two, and were gunned down by French troops in 1944 for demanding fair treatment and payment on their return. The ceremony, which France’s foreign affairs minister attended alongside other African heads […]
By FRANCE24 The Syrian army on Sunday (December 1) scrambled to stem a rebel advance in Hama province after insurgents swept into Aleppo in a offensive that has dealt a huge blow to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. For more analysis, France 24’s Alexander Aucott is joined by Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics at University […]
By FRANCE24 Vote counting in Ireland’s general election began Saturday with an exit poll indicating a tight finish with the incumbent centre-right coalition most likely to form the next government. While the exit poll indicated that the leftist-nationalist Sinn Fein, the main opposition party, narrowly led with 21.1 percent of the vote, it was neck […]