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French Prime Minister François Bayrou has presented a plan to help aid the reconstruction for the Indian Ocean territory that was devastated by a powerful cyclone a fortnight ago.

The judicial inquiry into the French government's handling of the Covid-19 crisis is over, with no indictments for former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe or health ministers Agnes Buzyn and Olivier Veran.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has promised that Mayotte, the French overseas department that was destroyed by a cyclone, will be rebuilt within two years. His visit to the island in the Indian Ocean comes amid growing frustration that it has been forgotten by subsequent governments in mainland France.

The French man who was convicted of drugging and raping his then wife, Gisele Pelicot, and soliciting dozens strangers to do the same, will not appeal the verdict and 20-year prison sentence, his lawyers said Monday.

Researchers from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) made several significant discoveries both within and around Notre-Dame during excavations carried out as part of the cathedral's restoration.

French President Emmanuel Macron joined world leaders to pay tribute to former United States president Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday, aged 100.

Ghana's president-elect John Mahama, due to be inaugurated on 7 January, will have his work cut out, as the country suffers its worst economic crisis in a generation and a study finds more than 60 percent of Ghanaians want to emigrate.

Like many of his fellow Tunisians, 23-year-old Amine Elhani has never been to the cinema, but now, thanks to a mobile theatre touring the country, he can finally enjoy the big screen.

The Sudanese government rejected on Sunday a report backed by the United Nations which determined that famine had spread to five areas of the war-torn country.