Tag: French armed forces
French navy seizes 6 tons of cocaine off African coast
PARIS — The French military says it seized 6 tons of cocaine with an estimated value of up to 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion)...
France to speed up opening of secret archives on Algeria War
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron announced a decision Tuesday to speed up the declassification of secret documents related to Algeria’s 1954-62 war of...
Macron reveals more torture by French army in Algeria war
PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron has met with four grandchildren of an Algerian independence fighter to tell them that Ali Boumendjel had been tortured...
France, West African leaders discuss fighting extremism
PARIS — French and West African heads of state began a two-day summit Monday on the fight against Islamic extremists in Africa’s Sahel region,...