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- French military - Ivory Coast - Laurent Gbagbo - Libya - Nicolas Sarkozy


Sarkozy's 'Freedom Agenda'

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France may have intervened in the name of democracy, but The Africa Report’s Patrick Smith argues that Laurent Gbagbo still controls the narrative, with his supporters painting Ivory Coast’s former president as the victim of the former colonial power.

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  • Charles GIVADINOVITCH. National Secretary for the UMP.
  • Patrick SMITH. Editor in Chief, The Africa Report.
  • Tunde FATUNDE. Journalist, Guardian Newspaper (Lagos, Nigeria).
  • Walid PHARES. Professor, National Defense University (Washington).

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