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11/09/2012

African press review 11 September 2012

The return of a bustling nightlife to Mogadishu and a Chinese company's plan to convert prisons in Zimbabwe into shopping centres, are among the stories in today's African dailies.

20/08/2012 - France - Syria

Hollande to meet with new UN peace envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi

French President François Hollande is due to meet on Monday with the new United Nations peace envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi.

09/08/2012 - Report: London Olympic Games 2012

Felix strikes gold, China's pitiless ping-pong and why is beach volleyball so popular?

Five things we learned on day 12 of the London Olympics.

09/08/2012

French press review 9 August 2012

Today’s French newspaper headlines are dominated by the Syrian conflict, including a controversial internvention by former president Nicolas Sarkozy and the fifth anniversary of the start of ...

08/08/2012 - Report: London Olympic Games 2012

Brownlees are well hard but Liu crashes on London Olympics day 11

Five things we learned about Tuesday’s day 11 at the Olympics.

08/08/2012 - France

French economy faces recession in third quarter, forecast

The Bank of France predicts that the French economy is about to hit recession with a forecast of 0.1 per cent contraction in the third quarter of this year, following negative growth in the ...

06/08/2012

African press review 6 August 2012

Kenya wins its first London Olympics gold.

The French ambassador to the UN, Gérard Araud
04/08/2012 - France - UN

France pushes for humanitarian aid to Syria

Humanitarian aid to Syria will be the main focus of France’s presidency of the United Nations Security Council, the French ambassador to the UN said on Saturday, and warned that without ...

03/08/2012

African press review 3 August 2012

Nigeria's Finance minister denies that the country is broke. South Africa's economic policy  marginally improves its unemployment rate.

27/07/2012 - Report: London Olympic Games 2012

Profit or loss? What will London make out of the 2012 Olympics?

“In truth, staging sports tournaments doesn’t make you rich at all,” write Stefan Szymanski and Simon Kuper write in their book Soccernomics.

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