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Spotlight | Horn of Africa
The French Presence is Still Weak

A group of French senators has just written a long travel report on the Horn of Africa "terra incognita" for French diplomacy [...]

Published on 24.05.2003 at 10:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Horn of Africa Review of the French Senators' Mission

Horn of Africa Slump of Exchanges with France

Eritrea, Ethiopia FRENCH WARNING SHOT

Spotlight | Djibouti, Ethiopia MARRIAGE BANNS?

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
The French Presence is Still Weak

Horn of Africa
Review of the French Senators' Mission

Horn of Africa
Slump of Exchanges with France

Eritrea, Ethiopia
FRENCH WARNING SHOT

Spotlight | Djibouti, Ethiopia
MARRIAGE BANNS?

Spotlight | East Africa
ROUND-UP OF FRENCH INTERVENTION

Djibouti, Ethiopia
MAHAMOODA GAAS

Djibouti
PRELIMINARY TALKS

Spotlight | Djibouti
AN ILLUSION OF CROSSROADS

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
A HUMANITARIAN YALTA ?