Epidemic or revolution: the other side of the West Africa upheaval
September 13, 2023 at 11:59 pm Thousands of people gather in front of the French military base to hold a demonstration in the capital Niamey demanding the French soldiers to […]
What we are witnessing in Africa is not an anti-colonial revolution
OPINION OPINION, Opinions Let us stop celebrating coups aimed at furthering the interests of a few military elites as acts of anti-imperialist resistance. Published On 5 Sep 20235 Sep 2023 […]
French shrug off Muslim upset at abaya ban in schools
By Hugh Schofield, Khadidiatou Cissé & Kaine Pieri BBC News in Paris and London Why should a teenage girl not be able to express her religious beliefs and at the […]
Macron plans changes to allow immigration referendum in France
AFP – news@thelocal.fr Published: 7 Sep, 2023 French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he would offer proposals to widen referendums in France to allow a possible ballot on immigration demanded […]
Top court in France backs abaya Muslim dress ban in schools
BY AGENCIES PARIS, FRANCE SEP 07, 2023 – DAILY SABAH A woman wearing an abaya dress walks in the streets of Marseille, southern France, Aug. 29, 2023. (AFP Photo) The French […]
Dozens of schoolgirls sent home for flouting France’s new ban on Muslim abayas
French schools sent dozens of girls home for refusing to remove their abayas – an over-garment from the shoulders to the feet worn by Muslim women – on the […]
France’s Macron says schools will be ‘intractable’ in enforcing ban on robes often worn by Muslims
French President Emmanuel Macron says public school students won’t get past the door if they show up dressed in long robes mainly worn by Muslims Via AP news wire3 days […]
Anti-Western Sentiment Growing in Senegal. “We Must Free Ourselves from France’s Stranglehold!”
West Africa has seen a number of recent coup d’états. Might Senegal be next? The mood in the country is rapidly turning against France – and the change is primarily […]
Leaked email by H.Clinton reveales NATO’s aim to destroy Libya, says it was to prevent Gaddafi from unifying Africa
16 July 2023 NATO’s goal in destroying Libya was to prevent Gaddafi from unifying Africa and introducing the African gold dinar. Hillary Clinton’s leaked emails revealed that NATO’s goal in […]
France abaya ban: Muslim girls gear up for return to school without long dresses
Young women criticise the ban as discriminatory, but some are ready to stop wearing the long dresses to prioritise their education A woman wearing an abaya dress in Marseille, southern […]
Huge protests in Niger call for French forces to leave after coup
Thousands of Nigerians gather in front of the French army headquarters in Niamey, Niger, on September 2, 2023, in support of the putschist soldiers and to demand the French army […]
Macron looks on as France’s Africa policy crumbles
bbc.com By Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris Why is it so often that problems seem to get worse just when they ought to be getting better? Or in a French-African […]
Denmark: Muslim protest sparked amid French school hijab ban
Tuesday, 29 August 2023 10:37 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 29 August 2023 10:50 PM ] Robert CarterPress TV, Copenhagen A French private school in Denmark has sparked a major row after allegedly […]
What are the rules around Europe for wearing religions clothing in classrooms?
By Euronews Published on 29/08/2023 As France moved this week to ban students wearing traditional, modest, abaya dresses in class, we take a look at the situation in other European countries. […]
French ban of abaya robes in schools draws applause, criticism
By Juliette Jabkhiro August 29, 2023 spectrum and is a sensitive 0 seconds of 30 secondsVolume 0% French school ban on abayas sparks clothing debate PARIS, Aug 28 (Reuters) – The […]
France abaya ban: ‘How far will clothes police go?’
To enforce the ban on the robes in classrooms, 14,000 educational personnel will be trained by the end of the year and 300,000 by 2025. Video Duration 01 minutes 34 seconds01:34 […]
EXPLAINED: Does France really have a hijab ban?
The Local France – news@thelocal.fr Published: 30 Sep, 2022 CET.Updated: Sat 10 Jun 2023 06:50 CET People hold placards reading messages such as “French and Muslim, proud of our both […]
Why the abaya is at the centre of France’s latest secularism row
Culture The Local France – news@thelocal.frPublished: 13 Jun, 2023 CET. Updated: Mon 28 August 2023 The education minister says it will be banned in French schools as France’s latest clothing dispute […]
France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools
bbc.com By Ece Goksedef BBC News Students will be banned from wearing abaya, a loose-fitting full-length robe worn by some Muslim women, in France’s state-run schools, the education minister has […]