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[from amaah] Chaos Reigns in the Central African Republic

The sub headline: A Heart Grows Darker... (Conrad allusions notwithstanding, it's a mess)

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[from amaah] Le discours inacceptable de Nicolas Sarkozy

il aurait eu bien des choses à dire sur la politique africaine de la France depuis le début des années soixante. Il sait bien qu'après des independances de façade Paris a<sep/>

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[from amaah] Cinq écrivains africains et une éditrice écrivent à Nicolas Sarkozy

Croyez-vous vraiment que jamais l'homme (africain) ne s'élance vers l'avenir, jamais il ne lui vient à l'idée de sortir de la répétition pour s'inventer un destin ? Jamais dites-vous ? Devons<sep/>

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[from amaah] L'Afrique de Nicolas Sarkozy

le cartel des satrapes (d'Omar Bongo, Paul Biya et Sassou Nguesso à Idris Déby, Eyadéma Fils...) se félicite de ce qui apparaît clairement comme le choix de la<sep/>

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[from amaah] Allocution à l'Université de Dakar - President Sakozy

Je ne suis pas venu, jeunes d'Afrique, pour pleurer avec vous sur les malheurs de l'Afrique. Car l'Afrique n'a pas besoin de mes pleurs. Je ne suis pas venu effacer le passé car le passé ne s'efface pas. Je ne suis pas venu<sep/>

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[from amaah] Eyadéma's woeful legacy

He died as he would have wished it, without surrendering a scrap of power. Gnassingbé Eyadéma was less murderous than many of his contemporaries though torture was rife in his jails. Per head, Togo is 12% poorer than<sep/>

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[from amaah] Togo election set to unleash new terror in Africa

Human rights organisations estimated that Eyadema kept a personal fortune approaching $3billion in foreign banks while building himself a $6million French-style chateau in his northern home village. Much of his fortune came from his take of Nigeria's he

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[from amaah] Top agency to seek ethnic talent in France

3 years ago, it was "Endangered species: the African fashion model". Now the tune is changed... The world's biggest model agency, Elite, is recruiting in the French suburbs, they want to sign up more 'ethnic' talent. Fickle we are. On beauty. Revisit.

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[from amaah] Regime change a la Francais

There was a time when France was not so squeamish about regime change. In fact, France has intervened militarily either to change regimes in sub-Saharan Africa or to restore deposed strongmen no less than 37 times since 1960. In some cases, Foreign Legion

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[from amaah] 42 may face trial in France in arms sales to Angola

French prosecutors have requested that 42 people, including the son of late French President Francois Mitterrand, stand trial for suspected roles in illegal arms sales to Angola during the African nation's civil war, judicial officials said Wednesday.

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