MONTREAL, May 27 (Reuters) - Backers of Quebec's sweeping new law to promote French usage in the Canadian province hail it as the most important measure in nearly half a century to protect the ...

A couple from the French-speaking part of Belgium wanted to become naturalized French citizens but found themselves with the most French of problems – a bureaucratic struggle to prove they speak their ...

French is spoken around the world and is used as the main international language of communication in many fields, such ...

With more than two decades of experience in higher education, cultural criticism and politics, Horacio Sierra's writing and public speaking aims to demystify higher education and promote the ...

Can we live in Quebec without speaking French? In this Canadian province, where French has nevertheless been the only official language since 1974, the language issue remains omnipresent in the Quebec ...

Inside a small school down the bayou, southwest of New Orleans, two second-graders sit at a table covered with flash cards. Juliet and Lana attend École Pointe-au-Chien, a new public French immersion ...

Due to its colonial past with France, Togo adopted French as its official language in 1960, a fact enshrined in Article 3 of the country's constitution. But what place does French now have in Togo’s ...

France’s President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. Photo by Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images Africa is home to the largest number of French speakers in the world – 120 ...

As Kigali hosted the Francophonie Summit, Rwanda placed its youth and women at the heart of the global Francophonie movement. With discussions focused on employment, education, and cultural exchange, ...