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French President Emmanuel Macron Macron meets his Cameroonian counterpart Paul Biya in Yaounde, as he seeks to reboot France's post-colonial relationship with the African continent. The two leaders are expected to discuss security in Cameroon, which has been riven by ethnic violence and an insurgency by anglophone separatists who have been fighting for independence for two English-speaking provinces since 2017. Northern Cameroon has also seen attacks by Boko Haram jihadists. IMAGES
French farmers and truckers launch a joint operation to block off main routes in and out of Calais to call for the closure of the vast "Jungle" migrant camp there. IMAGES
The French city of Nantes welcomed the top skateboarders from all over the country for the first stage of the National championship. The two days were full of skating action.
It's November, or better said, Movember and this means it's time to grow some serious moustaches. To extend this trend, aimed at raise awareness for men's health issues, a French barber is touring France on a bike-barbershop.
Hundreds of flights are cancelled at French airports despite the country's main air traffic controllers' union dropping a call for a one-day strike after making a deal for higher pay. IMAGES
Parents wait to collect their children from a school in the French town of Souffelweyersheim, in the east of France, after an assailant wounded two girls aged six and 11 in a knife attack near the premises. The man was later arrested. The girls' wounds are not deemed serious. IMAGES (VIDI34PP789_EN)