France 39;s bad boy rapper 39;Kaaris 39; had to stop a concert in Ivory Coast 39;s Abidjan Saturday after a near stampede. Police used truncheons and tear gas to contain crowd. A show by French-Ivorian rapper Kaaris in Abidjan had to be halted late Saturday after fans were injured during a crowd surge and subsequent violence, AFP repor ...

Two and a half years after French aid worker Sophie Petronin was kidnapped by armed jihadists in Mali, his son accuses the French Foreign Ministry of not doing enough to secure her release The son of an elderly French woman abducted in Mali has accuse ...

A show by French-Ivorian rapper Kaaris in Abidjan ended in violence as fans were injured while rushing towards the stage, AFP reporters said. Kaaris, wearing an orange jersey of the national Ivory Coast football team, was into the fourth song of his set at the Anoumabo festival of urban music (Femua) late on Saturday when fans knocked over ...

In the hilltop town of Ferrette near the border with Switzerland, few would expect to encounter Eritreans exploring the ruins of its medieval chateau or Chechens walking its steep narrow streets. But this tiny town in eastern France has opened its doors to asylum seekers who now represent some 10 percent of the population. As campaigning ente ...