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BEYOND BUSINESS
French Development Agency: A way to boost French business abroad?
One of the oddities of France is the way it manages its development aid. The system is somewhat fragmented, but at its heart is the French Development Agency, AFD. Some 30% of…
AFRICA NEWS
Gambia coup attempt foiled
Gambia denies diplomatic claims that disaffected soldiers tried to launch a coup against President Yahya Jammeh while he was out of the country. Also, France 24 gets on board the…
MUSIC
Pop stars record charity single to raise Ebola funds
Boy band One Direction and U2 lead singer Bono joined some of the biggest names in British pop and rock music on Saturday to record a new version of the Band Aid charity song to…
THE DEBATE
Gaza: a band-aid diplomacy? (part 2)
More than $5 billion has been pledged to rebuild the Gaza Strip after yet another war with Israel, with no hint of a whiff of substantive peace talks with Israel. Critics call…
THE DEBATE
Gaza: a band-aid diplomacy?
More than $5 billion has been pledged to rebuild the Gaza Strip after yet another war with Israel, with no hint of a whiff of substantive peace talks with Israel. Critics call…
GAZA STRIP
Qatar leads $5.4bn international pledge to rebuild Gaza
Qatar has promised the largest aid package among donors gathered in Cairo to raise funds for reconstruction in the Gaza Strip, which was left devastated following this summer’s…
CUBA - SIERRA LEONE
Cuba deploys ‘world’s finest medics’ to Ebola-hit Sierra Leone
Cuba is joining the fight against Ebola by sending a 165-strong army of doctors and specialists to West Africa. Despite decades of financial hardship, the communist country…
UKRAINE - RUSSIA
US demands Russia withdraw aid convoy from Ukraine
The United States on Friday demanded Russia "immediately" withdraw an aid convoy of vehicles from Ukraine and warned of further international sanctions if Moscow did not respect…
RUSSIA - UKRAINE
Russian aid convoy still blocked near Ukrainian border
Hundreds of trucks in a Russian aid convoy waited Saturday near the Ukrainian border as complicated procedures dragged on for allowing them into eastern Ukraine to help civilians…
RUSSIA - UKRAINE
Confusion, tension over ‘destroyed’ Russian army vehicles in Ukraine
Ukraine's military has "eliminated" several armoured vehicles that crossed the border from Russia, Kiev said Friday. The statement came soon after NATO said that Russian forces…
UKRAINE - RUSSIA
Russian aid convoy resumes journey toward Ukraine
A convoy carrying aid from Russia resumed its journey toward Ukraine Thursday after earlier halting at the southern Russian city of Voronezh and despite an ongoing dispute with…
UKRAINE
Russian aid convoy halts before Ukrainian border
Hundreds of Russian aid trucks bound for rebel-held east Ukraine halted in the southern Russian city of Voronezh on Wednesday after Kiev said they would not be allowed to cross…
UKRAINE