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17/05/2012

African press review 17 May 2012

Zuma stands firm on SA's youth wage ... or does he? Are SA trade union's intolerant? Kenya lowers its growth hopes. And how safe are Uganda's anti-retrovirals?

17/05/2012 - African news explained

African Aids drug safety crisis

An authority on health says hundreds of thousands of people are dying every year due to false, poisonous or sub-standard medicines the world over.

17/05/2012 - International report

Alcohol kills hundreds in Kenya

Kenya’s National Campaign Against Drugs Authority has warned that there are more bars in Nairobi than there are schools and colleges.

06/05/2012

European press review

Voters go to the polls in France and Greece. Portugal 's attempts to get of debt flounder. Will Timoshenko's hunger strike lead to Euro 2012 cancellation?

30/04/2012 - France - Colombia

French journalist Roméo Langlois probably being held by Farc rebels in Colombia - Juppé

French journalist Roméo Langlois is probably being held hostage by Farc rebels in Colombia «even if we are not absolutely certain » French minister for Foreign Affairs Alain ...

07/04/2012 - France - Morocco

French man serves five months in Moroccan jail for having the wrong name

A Frenchman has been freed after spending nearly five months in a Moroccan jail for having the wrong name.

30/03/2012

French press review 30 March 2012

Here are the stories making the headlines in this morning’s French papers.

10/03/2012 - France

Impotence fears over anti-hair loss drug Propecia

Fears in France have been raised over the use of an anti-hair loss treatment, Propecia, which allegedly causes a drop in male libido and impotence.

24/02/2012 - France

313 gangs in France, ministry claims, as Guéant proposes crisis cell

There are 313 gangs in France, according to an interior ministry assessment leaked to the press ahead of an announcement by Interior Minister Claude Guéant of a plan to set up a top-level ...