African praise for Chad election causes astonishment

African praise for Chad election causes astonishment
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... Few believed the latest polls offered peace to the former French colony, which has had a history of clan-based ethnic feuding and civil war since independence ...
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Central Africa Stability at Risk
CNSNews.com - Alexandria,VA,USA
... A landlocked former French colony that obtained independence in 1960, Chad is almost twice the size of Texas but with a population of only ten million, about ...

Norfolk Island ready to mutiny once again
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
... There are no ports, no industry, cows are given right of way on the winding country lanes and the island's nearest neighbour is the French colony of New ...