Reshuffle fiasco raises fears for Guinea post-Conte

Reshuffle fiasco raises fears for Guinea post-Conte
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... Guinea, a former French colony that is the world's top bauxite exporter, was seen as a bastion of stability in the 1990s as wars raged in neighbouring Sierra ...
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Niger begins cull weeks after finding bird flu
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
The semi-desert former French colony ordered the culling of all poultry in affected areas on Feb. 28, the day after an outbreak of H5N1 was confirmed. ...

Lagniappe - A little bit more in New Orleans
Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica
... it seems slightly odd that they should use French patois words anywhere in America, but Louisiana and New Orleans were once part of a vast French colony in the ...

A Tale of Three Cities
Arab News - Jeddah,Saudi Arabia
... trip in between. Then I went to Tunis. Even though a French colony for centuries, they progressed much earlier. Still, they haven ...