African leaders gave former French president Jacques Chirac briefcases full of cash, notably to finance election campaigns, a former aide has alleged.

Former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin was cleared on Thursday of being part of a conspiracy to smear Nicolas Sarkozy.

Former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin assailed Nicolas Sarkozy as he went on trial Monday on charges of plotting to smear his arch-rival.

Dominique de Villepin went on trial on Monday, accused of conspiring to smear Nicolas Sarkozy in 2004 and wreck his chances of becoming president.

France’s most politically charged trial of the decade begins in a week, but the case is already playing itself out in the court of public opinion.

Rwanda formally accused senior French officials on Tuesday of involvement in its 1994 genocide and called for them to be put on trial.

A transport strike that crippled the French rail network for nine days petered out on Friday after workers voted to give talks on pension reform a chance. The number of trains on…

Gaz de France and Suez on Monday cleared the way to the creation of Europe’s third-largest power company after their boards approved the revised terms of a politically charged…