- 18 May 2013 14:16 - Reuters
- France's President Francois Hollande has signed into law a Bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalise gay weddings.
- 23 Apr 2013 06:49 - Angus MacKinnon
- France's Parliament will approve a Bill to legalise gay marriage after weeks of protests that have shown no sign of abating in the run-up to the vote.
- 22 Feb 2013 07:23 - Sapa-AFP
- A kidnapped French family are likely to have been separated into two groups by their abductors, says France, as Nigerian forces search for them.
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- 12 Feb 2013 07:20 - Marc Bastian
- France has attacked a rebel hideout in Gao, north Mali's largest city, intensifying a security lockdown against guerrilla attacks.
- 07 Feb 2013 10:49 - Serge Daniel
- The UN has been considering sending peacekeepers to Mali following a proposal that said French forces killed hundreds of extremist Islamist rebels.
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- 06 Feb 2013 07:37 - Sege Daniel
- After having killed "several hundred" militants in fighting to reclaim north Mali, France says it will begin withdrawing its troops in the country.
- 05 Feb 2013 10:21 - Rukmini Callimachi
- In August 2012, a handful of heroes conspired to save Timbuktu's prized manuscripts. The ingenious plan involved empty rice sacks, a boat and Bamako.
- 03 Feb 2013 13:53 - Sapa-AFP
- Thirty French warplanes on Sunday blasted Islamic extremist training and centres and logistics centres in northeast Mali.
- 02 Feb 2013 12:08 - Reuters
- French President Francois Hollande has arrived in Mali on a one-day visit to support French troops fighting in the Sahel nation.
- 29 Jan 2013 13:24 - Sapa-AFP
- Proposals to allow gay couples to marry and adopt children has gone before France's parliament, after months of debate that has split the country.
- 18 Jan 2013 11:51 - Liesl Louw-Vaudran
- For African leaders who criticised French intervention in Cote d'Ivoire and Libya not too long ago, France's advance in Mali must seem a nightmare.
- 16 Jan 2013 12:15 - Afua Hirsch, Angelique Chrisafis,
- Air raids continue "day and night" in the battle with insurgents in Mali, but France's president has dismissed suggestions of colonialism.
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- 14 Jan 2013 12:18 - Sapa-AFP
- Extremist forces based in northern Mali have vowed to avenge France's fierce military offensive against them on French soil.
- 14 Jan 2013 10:25 - Angelique Chrisafis
- Unpopular in the polls and accused of dithering on the economy, France's Francois Hollande is in decisive mode when it comes to the situation in Mali.
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- 19 Dec 2012 20:08 - John Irish, Julien Ponthus,
- Francois Hollande refused to 'repent' for France's colonial past in Algeria, saying instead that he wanted to boost trade with the oil-rich country.
- 30 Nov 2012 00:00 - Lloyd Gedye
- Tough talk around ArcelorMittal's French plans has shone a spotlight on its local pricing structure.
- 18 Nov 2012 13:19 - Reuters
- French President Francois Hollande's approval rating declined for the sixth month in a row in November, according to a new poll.
- 07 Nov 2012 11:46 - AFP
- World leaders have been quick to congratulate US President Barack Obama on his re-election, and used the opportunity to punt their interests.
- 17 Aug 2012 13:42 - Angelique Chrisafis
- Whatever the PR, things are not looking sunny for Franois Hollande. Opinion polls show that normal is not enough.
- 22 Jul 2012 16:06 - AFP
- French President Francois Hollande has acknowledged his country's culpability in rounding up thousands of Jews to be sent to Nazi death camps.
