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17/05/2012 - France - Africa

New French Foreign Minister Fabius wants equal partnership with Africa

France wants a dialogue of equals with Africa, new Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius said Thursday.

09/05/2012 - China - Chen Guangcheng interview

I'm worried about my family, Chen Guangcheng tells RFI

Blind Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng is worried that authorities will persecute his family after his escape from house arrest, he told RFI on Wednesday.

Clinton wraps up Asia tour in key player India
09/05/2012 - World news explained

Clinton wraps up Asia tour in key player India

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has ended her tour of Asia after visits to Bangadesh, India and China.

18/04/2012 - France - Senegal

Sarkozy and Sall sign defence and aid deals for Senegal

France has signed defence and aid deals with Senegal’s newly elected President Macky Sall, who visited Paris on Wednesday.

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14/04/2012 - France - Mexico

Hollande slammed for sending envoy to Mexico over Cassez affair

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé says he is “scandalised” by the decision by Socialist Party presidential candidate, François Hollande to send a former minister to ...

08/04/2012 - Mali - Algeria

Kidnapped Algerian diplomats freed in north Mali, report

The seven Algerian diplomats kidnapped in northern Mali have been freed, according to the Algiers-based El Watan newspaper.

04/04/2012 - France - Mali

France fears Al-Qaeda influence growing in north Mali

France is worried that Al-Qaeda’s influence is growing in the wartorn north of Mali and wants the UN Security Council to back humanitarian aid to the area, which has fallen to Tuareg ...

Diplomacy in the social media age
05/02/2012 - International media

Diplomacy in the social media age

For decades, if not centuries, diplomacy has been conducted behind closed doors along the corridors of power. Until Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blogging came along.

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) is greeted by France's National Assembly speaker Bernard Accoyer before a meeting in Paris January 27, 2012.
27/01/2012 - France - Afghanistan

French backpedal on Afghan withdrawal threat as Karzai visits Paris

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai meets Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris Friday.

23/01/2012 - Myanmar - European Union - France

Europe to ease Myanmar sanctions after France's Juppé visits

The European Union (EU) has agreed to start easing sanctions against Myanmar, following a visit by French Foreign Affairs Minister Alain Juppé and Britain’s William Hague.

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