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Egypt's first presidential poll since Mubarak fall
23/05/2012 - African news explained

Egypt's first presidential poll since Mubarak fall

There are five main contenders in Egypt’s landmark elections Wednesday with the result too close to call. Two of them are Islamists, one liberal and one moderate.

08/05/2012 - Analysis: France's new president

Can the US work with François Hollande?

The White House on Monday said that relations with France will be unaffected by the election of Socialist François Hollande as French president.

07/05/2012

African press review 7 May 2012

African papers are carrying the news of the French presidential race ...

Will Hollande's election change relations with Africa?
07/05/2012 - African news explained

Will Hollande's election change relations with Africa?

The new French President François Hollande has remained relatively tight-lipped about foreign policy, including France's relations with Africa.

Sarkozy, Hollande rally troops in Paris
16/04/2012 - On-the-spot France

Sarkozy, Hollande rally troops in Paris

The two frontrunners in France’s presidential election held rival rallies in the capital on Sunday, a week before the first round of voting. In the first in a week of reports from ...

The 15 April Sound Kitchen quiz
15/04/2012 - The Sound Kitchen

The 15 April Sound Kitchen quiz

Put on your thinking caps … it’s time for the quiz. You’ll hear great music and listener’s letters, too … don’t miss it!

Malawi president's death hits headlines
07/04/2012 - African Media

Malawi president's death hits headlines

Antony Kasunda, chairman of the Media Institute of Southern Africa in Blantyre, reflects on the media frenzy that that surrounded the sudden death death of Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika.

25/03/2012 - Senegal

Voters line up for Senegal run-off election

Long lines looped around voting stations across Senegal, as the country prepared to vote in a run-off election Sunday to choose a new president.

04/03/2012

European press review

In Russia people are going to the polls to elect a new president. Or is it an old president? Serbia gets good news. Bosnia gets a film. Are Dutch morals on the slide?

25/02/2012 - France

Sarkozy kicks off France's largest agricultural fair

French President Nicolas Sarkozy inaugurated the 49th annual Salon de l’Agriculture in Paris on Saturday morning.

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