In our series of letters from African journalists, France-based Maher Mezahi writes how racism and Islamophobia lie behind the anger seen on the country's streets over the past week. The riots ...

Rioters run as French police officers use tear gas in Paris on 2 July Riots in France appear to be calming, after five days of violent protests in response to the shooting of teenager Nahel M ...

France plunged into chaos after a police officer shot dead a teenager, Nahel M, of Algerian and Moroccan descent in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris. The immigrant Muslims saw it as a targeted attack ...