Vol 65 No 20 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
And yet some interesting episodes in France's relations with Africa escape mention such as Jean-Bedel Bokassa's links with President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Paris's relations with Rwanda and Burundi...
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Karim hired Anne Meaux head of public relations firm Image-Sept and a veteran of ex-President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's press service and helped install Maïmouna Sourang Ndir as Senegal's Ambassador in Paris in 2008 seen as more pliable than her predecessor Doudou Salla Diop...
Vol 42 No 3 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
In the gentler days of the late 1970s President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was laid low by Africa...
After much debate in France and appeals by leading politicians including Parti Socialiste leader Lionel Jospin and ex-President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to do more to stop the killing on 2 February Foreign Minister Hervé de Charette called his counterpart Ahmed Attaf to reassure Algiers that relations with France would be based on 'noninterference a balance of interests and coordination on matters of mutual interest'...
Remembering his predecessor Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's dealings in 1979 with the then Emperor Jean- Bedel Bokassa Chirac may hesitate before jumping into the C...
Patassé wanted action under a secret defence pact signed in 1979 during the presidency of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing but never ratified by parliament...