First Independent Mena Newspaper
French President Francois Hollande Thursday stunned the country as he announced he would not contest next year presidential elections. “I have decided not to run for presidential election, and the renewal of my mandate,” he said in a speech at his office. The 62 years old President has had a mandate peppered with challenges ranging […]
Former French President and 2017 presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has dismissed claims by French and Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine who underlined that the French politician received 50 million Euros from the former Libyan ruler for his 2007 presidential campaign. Takieddine, in a video-taped interview published by French investigative website Mediapart, repeated that he gave three […]