Footballer Paul Pogba’s brother Mathias has been sentenced to a three-year prison term for his role in an £11million blackmail plot against the former Manchester United star.
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FRANCE: Congolese Diaspora In Paris Votes For The First Time In Presidential Elections
Members of the Congolese diaspora community in Paris have gone to the polls to vote for the first time, in the presidential and legislative elections held Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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FRANCE: Paris To Charge SUV Drivers Higher Parking Fees To Tackle Pollution
Paris city hall is to impose higher parking fees on owners of SUVs in a bid to reduce pollution in the capital.
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FRANCE: Tribute Exhibition In Honour Of Fela Kuti Lights Up Paris
The Paris Philharmonic is devoting an immersive monographic exhibition in tribute to Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, inventor of Afrobeat in the 1970s, who “had a real love affair with France,” according to Alexandre Girard-Muscagorry, one of the exhibition curators.
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EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Another Appeal To Save Confiscated Paris Mansion
The government of Equatorial Guinea has filled a fresh legal at the International Court of Justice to avert the confiscation of a luxury mansion and other assets by France.
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FRANCE: Sixty-year-old Climbs 48-storey Paris Skyscraper For Climate Change Awareness
A free solo climber Alain Robert has scaled a 48-storey building in Paris to mark his 60th birthday. Dubbed ‘spider man’ Robert has climbed many of the world’s tallest buildings, often without permission.
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FRANCE: Paris City Fined €90k For Giving ‘Too Many’ Women Senior Position
For breaching a national rule (Sauvadet law) designed to bring about gender parity in employment, Paris town hall has been fined €90,000 by the public service ministry for appointing too many women into senior roles.
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