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Hollande says 'oui' to summit of French-speaking nations

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François Hollande announces he will attend a summit of French-speaking nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, even though some critics of Congolese president Joseph Kabila had been pressuring the French leader not to attend. Next, Senegal is demanding the president of Gambia "return to reason", after he promised to execute 38 death row inmates by next month. Finally, we look at how a natural phenomenon is eating away at some of Ivory Coast's beaches.

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