Algiers, Algeria – AFP The fraught relations between France and its former colony Algeria had eased a little in recent years, but a new rift over Paris backing Morocco’s autonomy plan for disputed Western Sahara has sent rapprochement efforts into a tailspin. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who is seeking a second term in ...
ARNOUVILLE, France (AA) – A French opposition lawmaker has urged President Emmanuel Macron’s government to decolonize New Caledonia where violent protests erupted in mid-May after Paris passed a constitutional reform aimed at reducing the indigenous Kanaks’ electoral influence, killing at least seven people. Carlos Martens Bi...
Belfast, United Kingdom — AFP Northern Ireland may be thousands of miles from the Middle East, but signs of the current heightened conflict can be seen on the streets of the British province. Palestinian and Israeli flags flutter in pro-Irish and pro-UK neighbourhoods in Northern Ireland, tapping into its own history of conflict and divi...
