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Picture: Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP – French anti-riot police officers watch a truck burn in Nantes, western France on early July 1, 2023, four days after a 17-year-old man was killed by police in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris.

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced measures including more police and urged parents to keep minors off the streets as he battled to contain nightly riots over a teenager’s fatal shooting by an officer in a traffic stop.

By Koffi M Kouakou

It’s been a bad week for France.

On fire, again, the nation descended into social chaos. It was in turmoil, burning with racial overtones and violent riots facing hordes of police contingents. Streaming pictures, in the news media of aggressive looters breaking into shops, businesses and even police offices, were not pretty for a country that constantly reminds others of its impeccable reputation on human rights.

The devastating flames in Paris and other French