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FRANCE NIGERIA Issue dated 16/10/2020

Gilbert Chagoury, financial advisor to former Nigerian presidents, sponsors Damon Albarn show in Paris

British musician Damon Albarn.
British musician Damon Albarn. © Mike Gray/Photoshot/MaxPPP
The billionaire Lebanese-Nigerian businessman once favoured by Sani Abacha and Goodluck Johnathan is the main backer of France's Africa 2020 cultural festival which opened in Paris last week with "Le Vol du Boli", an opera by British musician Damon Albarn. [...] (467 words)
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French president Emmanuel Macron, with Bono and Bill Gates, announces the amount raised at the 6th Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria replenishment conference in Lyon on 10 October 2019.
French president Emmanuel Macron, with Bono and Bill Gates, announces the amount raised at the 6th Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria replenishment conference in Lyon on 10 October 2019. © Maxime Jegat/PhotoPQR/Le Progrès/MaxPPP
FRANCE AFRICA 19/03/2021

Paris competes with Geneva to woo international organisations 

Currently being debated in the French parliament, the "international development and solidarity" draft bill involves amending the legal framework governing international organisations that opt to establish themselves in France. The stated objective is to compete with Switzerland in this domain. [...]

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