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Angelique Chrisafis

Bombers’ links to Paris shootings raise intel questions

One of the el-Bakraoui brothers is believed to have provided ammunition and weapons for the Paris attacks.

The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Holocaust director hails jihadi doccie

Documentary depicts life among jihadi groups

The first museum dedicated to Mediterranean civilisations opened in June.

Mucem, showing the beauty of Marseilles

A new museum in France reflects Mediterranean civilisation and culture.

Cypriots protest against the proposed levy on bank deposits in the Nicosia.

Cyprus turns to Russia as crisis grows

A eurozone bailout seems unlikely, and plans to keep Cypriots banks afloat are getting desperate.

Charity workers jailed for attempting to smuggle ‘orphans’ out of Chad

A French former fireman and a circus performer have been sentenced to two years in prison for attempting to smuggle 103 children out of Chad.

Hollande vows to fight Mali rebels until they are ‘destroyed’

Air raids continue "day and night" in the battle with insurgents in Mali, but France’s president has dismissed suggestions of colonialism.

Could Mali change the face of France’s Hollande?

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.

Prescription drug Mediator is believed to have killed 500 people in France before it was banned in November 2009.

Clampdown on dodgy diet drug, Mediator

The wheels of justice have started to turn for victims of a weight-loss pill that did more harm than good. Angelique Chrisafis reports.

France unhappy with the new normal

Whatever the PR, things are not looking sunny for Franois Hollande. Opinion polls show that normal is not enough.

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Belgium film on street harassment strikes a chord

Sofie Peeters’s account of the everyday sexist insults that women face has triggered debate about the inaction over the universal problem.

France must plug a gap of between €6-billion and €10-billion in this year’s budget to meet its promises to Brussels to reduce the deficit to 4.4% of economic output.

Austerity haunts Hollande

Franois Hollande, Europe’s chief critic of one-size-fits-all austerity measures, is facing the headache of inescapable belt-tightening at home.

Carla and Nicholas Sarkozy

Sarkozy’s house raided as L’Oreal detectives make up for lost time

Detectives investigating alleged illegal campaign-financing by L’Oreal heir Liliane Bettencourt, have raided the former French president’s mansion.

E-books in France have been slow to catch on as readers overwhelmingly prefer the printed page.

E-books in France a non!starter

Reading habits were back on the political agenda in France this week when Hollande’s government, vowing to protect the printed word.

The face of the inclusive new France

A woman confronting daunting challenges wonders how to spend more time with her family. Angelique Chrisafis reports.

France’s extremists find favour

France’s extremists find favour

Leading France’s Front National to its best first-round result in her first presidential campaign, Marine Le Pen counts herself as the big winner.

Arab Spring led to the fall of the first wives’ club

Arab Spring led to the fall of the first wives’ club

Despite an often fawning portrayal in the Western media, they were the Lady Macbeths.

Journalist deaths pile pressure on Syria’s Assad

Journalist deaths pile pressure on Syria’s Assad

The deaths in Syria of journalists Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik and scores more civilians, have prompted renewed calls for an end to the Assad regime.

France probes Africa’s big spenders

Police raids mar the luxurious haven of the super-rich leaders and their families.

Mr Ordinary tops French election polls

Francois Hollande close to becoming France’s first Socialist president since Francois Mitterrand.

Paris’s controversial human exhibition

Paris’s most talked-about exhibition of the season opened with a sense of shock and soul-searching at the exhibiting of people from European colonies.