allAfrica.com on MSN

NGOs urge humanitarian push at Great Lakes conference in Paris

France and Togo are co-hosting a conference in Paris on Thursday to support peace and prosperity in the Great Lakes region of ...
allAfrica.com on MSN

Over €1.5 billion pledged for Africa's Great Lakes region at Paris conference

At the close of an international conference in Paris on the Great Lakes region, French President Emmanuel Macron has ...
Agence France-Presse on MSN

DRC's Goma airport to reopen, over $1.7 bn in aid pledged: Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said the airport in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, will reopen to ...
Jacaranda FM

21 mn people need humanitarian aid in DR Congo: Oxfam France

More than 21 million people need humanitarian aid in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- nearly one-fifth of the population, ...
France 24

‘New common sense’: Oxfam calls on governments to do more to tax the rich

Reintroducing a wealth tax has become a particularly divisive issue in France’s ongoing budget battle. In a world where the richest 1 percent hold more wealth than the bottom 95 percent combined, ...
Just-Food

EU: Oxfam criticises France for its use of EU subsidies

As the French government prepares to resist cuts to its beloved European Union (EU) agricultural subsidies in the EU’s 2007-13 medium-term budget, aid agency Oxfam has released figures showing that ...
CNN

France not doing enough to tackle climate change, court rules

A Paris court has found France legally responsible for its failure to meet targets intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The lawsuit was launched by four NGOs, including Greenpeace France and ...