4393 - Forces françaises (French forces)

Jack Lang a démissionné de la présidence de l’Institut du monde arabe. Cette décision fait suite à une enquête fiscale liée à l’affaire Jeffrey Epstein. Traduction: Jack Lang has resigned as president of the Arab World Institute. This decision follows a tax investigation linked t ...  Show more

Le dernier traité de désarmement nucléaire entre les États-Unis et la Russie a expiré le 5 février. L'ONU s'inquiète d'une instabilité mondiale sans précédent majeur. Traduction: The final nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia expired on February 5. The UN warns o ...  Show more

Relations between France and Mali have hit a low point, with both countries trading hostile comments in public about what the other is doing. Mali’s military rulers accuse France of supplying arms to anti-government militants. Paris denies this and is unhappy about Mali’s working ...  Show more

This lesson, which we recorded some time ago, focuses on the situation in Mali. In our role-play, Brendan asks Simone to shed some light on the military intervention of France in one of its former colonies. Let's listen. Then we'll come back and discuss some key vocabulary. 

France and Mali have been exchanging harsh words in recent weeks. The tension between the two usually close allies started to sour after Paris’s decision to withdraw troops from the country. Now there are reports that the government in Bamako will turn to the Russian private secu ...  Show more

Rwanda has recently started fighting against insurgents linked to Islamic State in Cabo Delgado in the north of Mozambique. Traditionally their armed forces have served as peacekeepers to many United Nations missions and as a country contribute more troops than any other in Afric ...  Show more