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Horn of Africa
Review of the French Senators' Mission

Last week, the delegation of four French senators who visited the Horn of Africa from February 14 to 23 (ION [...]

Published on 15.03.2003 at 10:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Slump of Exchanges with France

The first semester of 2002 saw France's trade with the countries of the Horn of Africa (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Sudan) [...]

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Spotlight | Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Despite several assaults against Eritrean positions since February 6 in the disputed border region of Badme, Ethiopian troops had failed by mid-week to recapture the strip of territory which the government in Addis Ababa claims and which has been held [.

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FRENCH WARNING SHOT

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ECLIPSE OF A CONFLICT

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MARRIAGE BANNS?

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FRENCH DISILLUSION

A Kampala meeting of France's East Africa-based embassy trade advisers and representatives of companies working in the region was the [...]

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DANIEL YOHANNES HADGU

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FRENCH FIRMS CONFAB

French embassy trade missions in East Africa organized a meeting in Djibouti on February 2 and 3 of French banks [...]

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ZENAWI IN PARIS

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ROUND-UP OF FRENCH INTERVENTION

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Review of the French Senators' Mission

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Horn of Africa Slump of Exchanges with France

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Eritrea, Ethiopia FRENCH WARNING SHOT

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Horn of Africa FRENCH DISILLUSION

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East Africa, France FRENCH FIRMS CONFAB

Ethiopia ZENAWI IN PARIS

Spotlight | East Africa ROUND-UP OF FRENCH INTERVENTION

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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

Horn of Africa
Review of the French Senators' Mission

Horn of Africa
Slump of Exchanges with France

Spotlight | Djibouti
Will ENI Edge Out TotalFinaElf?

Spotlight | Eritrea, Ethiopia
TRENCH WARFARE

Eritrea, Ethiopia
FRENCH WARNING SHOT

Eritrea, Ethiopia
ECLIPSE OF A CONFLICT

Djibouti
ETHIOPIAN TROOPS AT YOBOKI

Spotlight | Djibouti, Ethiopia
MARRIAGE BANNS?

Spotlight | Sudan
NIF DRIFTING IN CLOUD-LAND

Horn of Africa
FRENCH DISILLUSION

Djibouti, Eritrea
DANIEL YOHANNES HADGU

East Africa, France
FRENCH FIRMS CONFAB

Ethiopia
ZENAWI IN PARIS

Spotlight | East Africa
ROUND-UP OF FRENCH INTERVENTION

Eritrea
PRESIDENT AFEWORKI TO VISIT PARIS

Djibouti, Ethiopia
MAHAMOODA GAAS

Djibouti
PRELIMINARY TALKS