Tag Archives: Nicolas Sarkozy
During the Vietnam War – a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975 – many Americans appeared thorn between the patriotic impulse … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Farouk Lawan, IndepthAfrica, Lawan, Nicolas Sarkozy, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Sofitel New York Hotel, United States, Vietnam, vietnam war
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Unpopular in the polls and accused of dithering on the economy, France’s Francois Hollande is in decisive mode when it comes to the situation in Mali. France’s sudden military intervention in its former colony Mali to contain Islamist militant groups … read more »
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Tagged France, François Hollande, Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, mali news, malian news, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, West Africa
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The 4th Ministerial Meeting of the “Group of Friends of the Syrian people”, in Marrakech, will focus primarily on the latest developments in the Syrian crisis, the path of a crisis and how to mobilize international aid to put an … read more »
Former leaders of the Libyan National Transitional Council (NCT), which fought as a NATO proxy in last year’s war against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in Libya, have accused then French President Nicolas Sarkozy of ordering the assassination of the Libyan … read more »
By Felicity Arbuthnot, Palestine Chronicle ‘Oh what a tangled web they weave When first they practice to invade A sovereign nation and deceive The world about their dark crusade.’– (Michael Leunig, Poet, Cartoonist, 1945:) This weekend a detailed article in the … read more »
Posted in Article, Libya
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Tagged Bashar Al-Assad, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Libya, Libyan, Muammar Gaddafi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Qaddafi, Syria, United States
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By dailymaverick Always a larger-than-life character, it’s no surprise that even in death Muammar Gaddafi continues to make outrageous headlines. This time round the late Libyan leader is at the centre of a first-class political thriller starring a corrupt president, … read more »
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Tagged Bashar Al-Assad, Gaddafi, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Libya, Mahmoud Jibril, Middle East, Muammar Gaddafi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Sirte
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A French secret serviceman acting on the express orders of Nicolas Sarkozy is suspected of murdering Colonel Gaddafi, it was sensationally claimed today. He is said to have infiltrated a violent mob mutilating the captured Libyan dictator last year … read more »
Migration from the Middle East and North Africa to European Union nations is not a recent phenomenon. What has changed, argues Mona Chalabi, is that the EU now views the security dimensions of migration from this region through economic lenses. … read more »
Posted in Article, Europe, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Arab, David Cameron, European Union, IndepthAfrica, Mena, Middle East, Nicolas Sarkozy, North Africa, Western Europe
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French police have raided the home and offices of the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy as part of an investigation into illegal campaign financing and alleged brown envelopes of cash from France’s wealthiest woman, the L’Oreal hairspray heiress Liliane Bettencourt. … read more »
Title: President Zuma congratulates Hollande Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has joined international leaders in congratulating Francois Hollande following the French socialist party leader’s victory in the country’s presidential runoff on Sunday. Hollande won an estimated 51.05 percent of the … read more »
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Tagged afria travel, European Union, France, François Hollande, Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, International Monetary Fund, map africa, news, Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, Socialist, South Africa, travel to africa
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Francois Hollande became France’s first socialist president in 17 years on Sunday, ousting conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in what one observer called an “earth-shaking” election. With 95 per cent of the ballots counted, official results showed Hollande with 51.6 per … read more »
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Tagged afria travel, Angela Merkel, France, François Hollande, Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, map africa, map of africa, news, Nicolas Sarkozy, Place de la Bastille, Sarkozy, South Africa, travel to africa, United States
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Vladislav GULEVICH The presidential elections in France will open on April 22, and the candidates’ campaigning explainably holds the attention of watchers in Ankara. The immediate future of the ties between Turkey and France largely depends on the outcome of … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Ankara, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Middle East, Nicolas Sarkozy, Ottoman Empire, Paris, Turkey, Turkish
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Official results from France’s presidential election show Socialist candidate Francois Hollande and incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy advancing to a second round of voting. Partial results from Sunday’s poll give Hollande 28.4 percent of the vote, with Sarkozy receiving 25.5 percent. … read more »
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, France, François Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Le Mans, Marine Le Pen, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, Rachida Dati, TGV
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By Michael Schmidt It is not only African presidents who are corrupted by European aid-with-strings-attached. Evidence abounds showing a secret and extensive “suitcase” system in which millions of dollars are sent by African dictators to corrupt the European political process. … read more »
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Chirac, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, Nigeria soccer news, President of France, travel to africa, Villepin
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A source close to the investigation told the AFP news agency: “It looks like some of them planned to carry out kidnappings including that of a magistrate who has a Jewish-sounding name.” Another source confirmed that a Jewish magistrate from … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, Bernard Squarcini, France, François Hollande, Friday, IndepthAfrica, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, Sarkozy
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PARIS — French police arrested about 20 suspected Islamists in dawn raids on Friday, most of them in the hometown of an extremist who was shot dead by police last week after a killing spree. Agents from France’s DCRI domestic … read more »
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Tagged africa african news, Al-Qaeda, Algeria, France, indepthafrica africa news, Merah, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, September 11 2001, Toulouse
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Dakar – World leaders and international observers on Monday lauded Senegal’s presidential runoff election, saying that the country’s peaceful vote and its quick resolution provided hope in a region long beset by coups and strongman rule. In a surprise move … read more »
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Tagged Abdoulaye Wade, africa african news, Dakar, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, Macky Sall, Nicolas Sarkozy, Sall, Senegal, Wade
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French police investigating fatal shootings in Toulouse have surrounded a house in the city where they believe the suspected gunman is holed up. French police investigating fatal shootings in Toulouse have surrounded a house in the city where they believe … read more »
France is reeling from a national tragedy on Monday following a horrific attackon an orthodox Jewish school in the southwestern city of Toulouse that left four people dead, among them a young rabbi and three children, and authorities in search … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged Afghanistan, africa african news, Antisemitism, France, indepthafrica africa news, Israel, Jews, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, Toulouse
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Nicolas Sarkozy lashed out at a journalist on live television after she raised allegations about him receiving £42million from Colonel Gaddafi. The French President accused Laurent Ferrari of acting like a ‘spokeswoman for Gaddafi’s son’ after she raised the matter … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged africa african news, Gaddafi, indepthafrica africa news, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Sarkozy, Switzerland
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The upcoming London Conference on Somalia, and the UK’s urging of theSomaliland Government to attend, has understandably generated a lot of debate and comment within the Somaliland community, both within and outside the country. One of the stated objectives of … read more »
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Tagged Government of the United Kingdom, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nicolas Sarkozy, Puntland, Somali, Somali Diaspora, Somalia, Somaliland
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On Friday the 13th, ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) downgraded the credit status of nine European nations. The ratings of Cyprus, Italy, Portugal and Spain were lowered by two notches while Austria, France, Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia were lowered … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged European Central Bank, European Union, France, Greece, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Italy, Nicolas Sarkozy, spain, Standard & Poor
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Nicolas Sarkozy has been named by an investigation into an alleged party funding corruption scandal said to have led to the deaths of 11 French engineers in a Pakistan bomb attack. It is claimed Mr Sarkozy must have been aware … read more »
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Tagged Carla Bruni, Édouard Balladur, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jacques Chirac, Karachi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Pakistan, Sarkozy, Saudi Arabia
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The French National Assembly approved the law introducing criminal penalties for denial of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915. Now this wrongful act is punishable by a year in jail and a fine of 45 thousand euros. … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged Armenian Genocide, France, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nicolas Sarkozy, Ottoman Empire, Paris, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Socialists, Turkey
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NEW YORK, December 15, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The government of Ivory Coast should immediately lift its suspensions on the circulations of three newspapers that published critical commentaries on the country’s five-month post-election conflict and its aftermath, the Committee … read more »
The European Union was never about Democracy and therefore it comes as divine justice that the ball which represents the Eurozone crisis was kicked off by a currency sculpted graphically around the Greek letter epsilon and rolls back, precisely, to … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Angela Merkel, European Central Bank, European Union, Eurozone, France, Greece, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nicolas Sarkozy
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November 24, 2011 by benim
Libreville – The daughter of Gabon’s late president Omar Bongo on Wednesday denied claims by an ex-aide that her father funded Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential campaign. “I would like to formally deny the unfounded statements that have no connection to … read more »
September 21, 2011 by benim
Benghazi – Libya’s first formal government since Muammar Gaddafi’s ouster will be named within 10 days, officials said on Tuesday, as world powers hailed the African state’s fledgling leadership in New York. With the new Libyan flag flying at the … read more »
September 20, 2011 by benim
New York – For decades Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was an outlandish fixture at the UN General Assembly with his tent and rambling speeches. This year the rebels who ousted him will hold the spotlight. The United States and its … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Barack Obama, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France), Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, United Nations, United Nations General Assembly, United States, West Africa
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September 16, 2011 by benim
Turkey’s prime minister heads to Libya on Friday, a day after the French and British leaders won a hero’s welcome there for helping to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi and in the midst of a fierce battle over Gaddafi’s home town. Tayyip … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Bani Walid District, David Cameron, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, West Africa
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