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Le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU a adopté à l'unanimité, vendredi 12 octobre, une résolution appelant les organisations régionales africaines et les Nations unies à présenter sous 45 jours un plan d'intervention visant à reconquérir le nord du Mali, sous...
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Facebook now has more than one billion people using it every month, the company has said. The passing of the milestone was announced by founder Mark Zuckerberg on US television on Thursday. The company said that those billion users were to date responsible...
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel laureate and icon of the anti-apartheid struggle, has withdrawn from a seminar in South Africa in protest at the presence of Tony Blair and the former prime minister's support for the 2003 Iraq war. "The archbishop is...
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Twice as many business executives around the world say the global economy will prosper better if incumbent U.S. president Barack Obama wins the next election than if his Republican challenger Mitt Romney does, a poll showed on Friday. Democrat Mr. Obama...
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Africa on Wednesday to recommit to democracy, declaring the "old ways of governing" can no longer work on a continent boasting healthy economic growth and an increasingly empowered citizenry. Clinton, launching...
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La secrétaire d'État américaine Hillary Clinton a entamé mardi soir par le Sénégal une tournée de 11 jours en Afrique pour y vanter la démocratie, la croissance et la sécurité sur un continent confronté à l'offensive économique de la Chine. Après Dakar,...
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Rising food prices could hit commodity producers in Africa with a dangerous "double whammy" when combined with an economic slowdown in Europe and China reducing African exports of oil and raw materials, a leading African economist said on Tuesday. Mthuli...
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The Queen has declared the London Olympics officially open, before seven young athletes were given the honour of lighting the ceremonial flame. The show featured British celebrities and sportspeople, including David Beckham and Bradley Wiggins, and screen...
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Chinese President Hu Jintao has offered $20bn (£12bn) in loans to African countries over the next three years, boosting a relationship that has been criticised by the west and given Beijing growing access to the resource-rich continent. The loans offered...
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L'Afrique du Sud a souhaité mercredi un joyeux 94e anniversaire à son héros Nelson Mandela, chacun étant invité à multiplier les bonnes actions en hommage à l'altruisme du premier président noir du pays. Les festivités ont commencé dans toutes les écoles...
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C'est la fin d'un bras de fer qui durait depuis six mois. Les chefs d'Etat africains réunis à Addis-Abeba pour le sommet de l'Union africaine ont élu ce dimanche soir, 15 juillet, le nouveau président de la Commission de l'UA. La ministre sud-africaine...
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Sylvia Owori is examining the photos for the summer collection, but she isn't satisfied. "Much too much oil on the skin," she says, pointing to a young woman. "We want to show off the dress, not her legs." A click of the mouse, and the candidate is out...
Lire la suiteInternational judges have found former Liberian leader Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war. Taylor, 64, has been on trial in The Hague at the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone for almost five...
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JPMorgan Chase & Co is pushing transaction banking in Africa and plans to add 50 new staff in Nigeria over the next five years, as it targets growing demand for trade finance from African firms, its head for the region said on Thursday. John Coulter,...
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that "some optimism has returned" to the global economy and has predicted slightly faster growth. The IMF revised world economic growth for 2012 to 3.5%, up from its previous forecast of 3.3%. It also expects...
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