#France 🇫🇷: A very rare anti-tank weapon has recently appeared on the French black market.

A 66mm M72-series LAW (Light Anti-Tank Weapon) is on sale in #Angers. The asking price is €8500.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1761470622461231121

#France 🇫🇷: An illegal weapons dealer posted a video of the reportedly functional Anti-Tank rocket launcher on the French black market.

The video shows an M72-series LAW (Light Anti-Tank Weapon); which is currently for sale in #Angers for €8500.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1764359547961954390

#France 🇫🇷: Armed gang members ambushed a van which transporting gang leader, Mohamed "The Fly", in #Incarville.

3 prison guards were killed and the gang leader managed to escape.

The gunmen seem to be armed with 5.56x45mm #NATO AR-15 carbine and a possible 7.62x39mm AK rifle.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1790359780457955468

#France / #NewCaledonia 🇫🇷🇳🇨: A new photo posted by the armed Anti-French protesters in Nouvelle-Calédonie.

The protesters are seemingly armed with a possible 5.56x45mm #NATO scoped Steyr AUG SA rifle and an AR-15 rifle.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1791414194547433942

#France / #NewCaledonia 🇫🇷🇳🇨: A new video reportedly recorded by the armed Anti-French protesters in Nouvelle-Calédonie.

The protesters appear to be armed with 5.56x45mm #NATO AR-15 platform rifles with an optical sight and what seems to a MP7-pattern (?) build PDW.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1791517937938862416

#France / #NewCaledonia 🇫🇷🇳🇨: Anti-French protesters raided houses belonging to "Militias" in Nouvelle-Calédonie.

A protester (on the left) can be seen with a rare "Steyr HS .460" anti-materiel rifle which was captured during the raids.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1791866361783660820

#France / #NewCaledonia 🇫🇷🇳🇨: A new video posted by the armed Anti-French protesters in Nouvelle-Calédonie.

The protesters in the video can be seen with a Glock 17 Gen 3/Gen 4 pistol with threaded barrel and .45 ACP M1911-pattern pistol.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1791903978596270349

🇫🇷🌍 Delegates announce $1.2 billion in funding to produce vaccines in Africa

World leaders, health groups, and pharmaceutical firms announced $1.2 billion in funding to produce vaccines in Africa, at the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation in Paris on Thursday.

The Covid-19 pandemic exposed gaping global inequalities in access to vaccines, including in Africa which is facing numerous health crises.

Speaking at the gathering, French President Emmanuel Macron said the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator would be “an essential step towards a genuine African vaccine market”.

"Africa produces only two per cent of the vaccines it uses and the goal that we have set is that by 2040, that production is increased to sixty per cent," he said.

A recent resurgence of cholera in many parts of Africa has highlighted the need for more local vaccine producers.

#Africa #France

@africaintel

#France 🇫🇷: Sales of modern assault rifles on the French black market appear to be increasing:

A 5.56x45mm #NATO Full-Auto (select-fire) 'M4A1' pattern carbine is currently on sale for €6000 in #Paris.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1802415956544643168

#France 🇫🇷: Another modern assault rifle is currently for sale on the French black market in #Paris:

A 5.56x45mm #NATO Full-Auto (select-fire) Colt M4A1 carbine is on sale —with the asking price of €6000.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1805321818191900729

#France 🇫🇷: A 3D-printed weapon has recently appeared on the French black market in #Paris.

A 9x19mm FGC-9 pistol-caliber carbine is currently on sale for €3200.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1806040112566039018

🇫🇷🇳🇬 TotalEnergies Withdraws from Africa

French energy giant TotalEnergies has announced its exit from two key oil fields in Nigeria, the continent's leading oil exporter. The fields in question are the Olo and Olo West blocks, which were being developed in collaboration with the Nigerian National Oil Company.

As reported by Agence Ecofin, TotalEnergies sold these assets to the local firm Aradel Holdings for $19.5 million.

This move is part of TotalEnergies' broader strategy of reducing its footprint in Africa. Over recent months, the company has been focusing on streamlining its management structure and optimizing its portfolio of oil and gas assets, leading to a steady decrease in investments across the continent.

In late July 2024, TotalEnergies had already divested 10% of its shares in Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, effectively exiting 18 oil and gas projects in the Niger Delta.

These shifts are also driven by the Nigerian government's initiative to enhance the role of national companies in oil production, moving beyond merely collecting royalties.

#TotalEnergies #France #Nigeria
@songofoil