APRNEWS - His main opponant Ousmane Sonko has filed a criminal complaint in France for "crimes against humanity" allegedly committed between March 2021 and June 2023.

Sonko's lawyer broke down the accusations during a presser on Thursday (June 22).

Juan Branco, Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's lawyer :

What started out as a favour to her father to assist him in finding something he sought to acquire, blossomed organically into a full service concierge company serving the wealthy, high profile and political clients from around the world.

She’s known for her serve, but don’t sleep on Naomi Osaka’s style—or her rising empire. The Grand Slam champion is also the leader in earnings, becoming the highest-paid female athlete in 2020 with well over $30 million dollars in endorsements.

Now, Osaka is also the new house ambassador of Louis Vuitton, a win announced Tuesday by the luxury label’s Director of Women’s Collections Nicolas Ghesquière, who handpicked the tennis phenom as his newest muse.

APRNEWS - A top French court on Friday rejected an appeal by former president Nicolas Sarkozy to avoid facing charges of illicit financing for his failed 2012 re-election bid, with a trial of the ex-head of state now appearing inevitable.

APRNEWS - France's interior minister is backing off allegations that anti-government protesters carried out an "attack" on a hospital during a chaotic May Day protest that saw marchers scale a fence and enter the hospital grounds.

APRNEWS - Shards of stained glass from priceless medieval windows, and a gaping hole above the choir area where the spire crashed down: daylight reveals the extent of damage at Notre-Dame cathedral on Tuesday morning as firefighters put out the last smouldering remains of the fire.

APRNEWS - The leaders of France and Kenya have given their support to calls by scientists for urgent action to be taken to address some of the serious environmental issues people the world over are confronted with.

APRNEWS - French president Emmanuel Macron, who is currently on an East African tour of Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya, on Tuesday called for a ‘reasonable duration’ to the transition period in Algeria.

Macron, who on started his tour in Djibouti, said president Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s decision to abandon his quest for a fifth term in power opened a new chapter in Algeria’s history.

APRNEWS - French prosecutors on Monday sought a seven-year prison sentence against Congolese music star Koffi Olomide.

The 62-year-old musician is standing trial for allegedly sexually assaulting four former dancers who say they were held against their will at a villa outside Paris.

APRNEWS - France said on Thursday its defence cooperation with Cameroon was continuing a day after the United States said it was halting some military assistance to the West African country over allegations of human rights violations by its security forces.