LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters clashed with security forces across France on Monday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets for labour day to vent their anger against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform. Unions had been hoping for a vast turnout across France for the May 1 protests to further rattle Macron, who…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Emmanuel Macron of France and Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, appealed on Thursday for a rapid return to peace talks to end the war in Ukraine, but Mr. Xi did not indicate whether he would use his close relationship with Moscow to push Russia to negotiate. Greeted with great pomp at…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Emmanuel Macron won 27.85 percent of votes in the first round of France’s presidential election, while far-right veteran Marine Le Pen scored 23.15 percent, according to final results from the interior ministry on Monday. The results allow both to advance to a run-off, while far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon came in third at…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of anti-French protesters took to the streets of Mali’s capital on Friday waving Russian flags and burning cardboard cut-outs of French President Emmanuel Macron in celebration of the expulsion of France’s envoy in Bamako. Mali expelled the French ambassador last week over what the country’s transitional government described as “hostile and…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-French President Emmanuel Macron was caught on video being slapped across the face Tuesday during a tour to “take the country’s pulse” amid the coronavirus pandemic. “À bas la Macronie!” a man could be heard shouting — “Down with Macronia!” — at the 43-year-old leader in the village of Tain-l’Hermitage in the…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-France has condemned the ousting of transitional leaders in Mali who had been tasked with steering the return to civilian rule after a coup last August. Calling the ousters a “coup d’etat”, President Emmanuel Macron threatened sanctions by the European Union. “We are ready in the coming hours to take targeted sanctions” against those responsible, Macron said in Brussels…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to depart Nigeria on Sunday to Paris, France, on a four-day official visit to attend African Finance Summit. In a statement by presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, the summit will focus on reviewing African economy, following shocks from COVID-19 pandemic, and getting relief, especially from increased debt burden…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for coronavirus after a week in which he held a series of meetings with some of Europe’s most senior leaders. The news has prompted Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez, who met Macron on Monday, to suspend all his public activities and enter self-isolation. A statement…