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On April 10, violent clashes between security forces and pro-independence protestors have occurred in the suburbs of Noumea, over a proposed pact with the French government to send aid to help the nickel industry, as reported by RNZ.  Pro-independence protestors threw stones, Molotov cocktails, and discharged firearms. Local security forces used tear gas and arrested multiple protestors.  The proposed pact would...

French President Emmanuel Macron has declared that France and its allies had the capability to stop the 1994 Rwandan Genocide against the Tutsi population but "lacked the will to act on it". This stance follows Macron's 2021 acknowledgement of France's responsibilities in the genocide during a visit to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. Rwandan President Paul Kagame recognized Macron's speech...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited France, engaging with President Emmanuel Macron and Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné. Blinken recognized France's summit to bolster Ukraine aid, which resolved to enhance ammunition, cyberdefense, and demining efforts. Sébastien Lecornu, French Minister of the Armies, accompanied Blinken in his visit of NexterKNDS, a defence manufacturer, who plans to increase the production of CAESAR cannons...

A fraudulent website mimicking the French Ministry of the Armed Forces was exposed for falsely recruiting French volunteers for Ukraine. Denounced by the Ministry of the Armed Forces on March 28, this disinformation is believed to be linked to pro-Russian sources, and followed misleading claims about France sending 2,000 soldiers to Ukraine. https://twitter.com/Armees_Gouv/status/1773294641745481766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1773294641745481766%7Ctwgr%5E0c637187ae19a5d9ff0c5891f5dccd193d92eb8a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tf1info.fr%2Fsociete%2Frussie-france-un-faux-site-invite-les-francais-a-s-engager-en-ukraine-l-armee-denonce-une-campagne-de-desinformation-2292960.html Registered on March 15, right after President Emmanuel...

What's Happening The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has issued a review of the UK in which it urges the nation to abandon its plan to deport illegal migrants and illegal asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda. The UNHRC said they "regretted" the UK's plan, as well as the UK's "efforts to adopt the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration)...