The Latest Breaking News from French Guiana

Europe is preparing to launch its most powerful rocket yet - the four-booster Ariane 64, which will lift off from French Guiana this week.

Police from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly 200 people in their first-ever joint cross-border operation targeting illegal gold mining in the Amazon

France plans to build a maximum-security prison wing for drug traffickers and radicalised Islamists near a former penal colony in its overseas department of French Guiana, sparking outcry among residents and local officials.

The country's Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin announced the €400-million scheme during a visit to French Guiana on Sunday.

Europe's new Vega-C rocket launched from French Guiana and put a satellite into orbit in its first takeoff since a failed flight two years ago.

Europe's new Vega-C rocket launched Thursday from French Guiana and put a satellite into orbit in its first takeoff since a failed flight two years ago.

A company that crafts knife handles from leftover rocket metal and the wood from trees surrounding the launch pad has created a limited piece celebrating the anniversary of Europe's venerable Ariane.

In French Guiana, a community of indigenous Kali’na began actively resisting plans for the world’s first baseload renewable power plant using hydrogen technology – the CEOG project – in November 2022. The energy company, Hydrogene de France (HDF Energy), had touted the plans as an initiative that would deliver jobs for…

Intelsat 39 being launched from French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 rocket in 2019.