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Added on the 27/10/2021 19:13:21 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Trucks transport nearly 30 royal treasures looted from Benin during France's colonial rule more than 130 years ago. Benin's President Patrice Talon and the country's culture minister travelled on Tuesday to Paris to bring home the 26 artefacts, part of France's President Emmanuel Macron's bid to restore African heritage. IMAGES
A cargo plane carrying nearly 30 royal treasures looted from Benin during French colonial rule more than 130 years ago lands at Cotonou airport, the economic capital of the West African state. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron strokes "Oreillette", the Normandy cow that was the mascot of the 60th Paris Agriculture Show, while around a hundred farmers, both angered by his presence and demanding concrete action to improve their working conditions, booed and hissed at the Head of State. IMAGES
French President, Emmanuel Macron, and Defence Minister, Sebastien Lecornu, visit the 'Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie' (CMN) shipyard in Cherbourg, northwestern France, as part of a New Year well wishes tradition for the armed forces. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron visits at a temporary Air Force base, after celebrating an early Christmas with French forces in Jordan. IMAGES