French President Nicolas Sarkozy telephoned Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos to encourage the creation of an African Union force for Congo...
Vol 49 No 23 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
In his diaries Bertrand who headed the Renseignements Généraux for 12 years links President Nicolas Sarkozy to Pierre Falcone a businessman accused of helping to sell arms worth US$790 million to Angola in 1993-8...
Vol 49 No 22 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Kouchner who often contradicts President Nicolas Sarkozy argues that such a force could repeat the success of the EU’s Artemis intervention in Congo’s north-east Ituri region in mid-2003...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants the maritime police to take both ‘preventative’ and ‘punitive’ actions against pirates...
In May Nicolas Sarkozy became the first French President in a decade to visit the country following the Angolagate arms deal scandal of the early 1990s (see Pointer)...
Vol 49 No 18 |
- RWANDA
- FRANCE
Since President Nicolas Sarkozy took office in May 2007 he and his government had been trying to re-establish relations...
Unsolicited bids Offering military assistance to a country that did not request it is extremely bad manners responded a seasoned Nigerian analyst after French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Premier Gordon Brown offered to send their troops to the Delta to stop violence and rampant oil theft...
Meanwhile French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit on 23 May led to promises of a 'strategic alliance' and closure for various scandals (AC passim)...
Vol 49 No 12 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
ANC Chairman and presidential hopeful Jacob Zuma was similarly remiss initially sticking with a previous engagement to chat to French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris while the violence was at its worst...
Vol 49 No 9 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said the 250 mn...