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Cote d’Ivoire: Denouement

  • April 12th, 2011
  • Posted by EUEditor

cote-divoire-map.jpgThe former President of Cote d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, has been captured inside his fortified residence in Abidjan, after French forces moved against him there. … Read More »

Tragedy Of Cote d’Ivoire

  • April 5th, 2011
  • Posted by EUEditor

cote-divoire-map.jpgFrench troops sent to the West African state of Cote d’Ivoire – Ivory Coast – have secured the airport at Abidjan and are helping with security patrols by the United Nations.

The city, the country’s commercial capital, is braced for open warfare in the latest stage of the political crisis that began with national elections last November. … Read More »

Postcard From Kantchari

  • February 20th, 2011
  • Posted by EUEditor

kant-vue-de-linternat.jpgFollowing the report on the adventures of French couple Monique and Pierre Bertaud, building up the schools complex at Kantchuri, in Burkina Faso, (EUAustralia Online, “Life Itself …”, 17.2.11).

Please see further pictures form that project in Africa:

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Life Itself: Windows On The Life Of Europeans; Family Bertaud …

  • February 17th, 2011
  • Posted by EUEditor

valence-aerial.jpgTwo French teachers, Monique and Pierre Bertaud, have passed up an easy retirement to spend their time now traveling to work in the desert interior of Burkina Faso, in Africa.

bertaud-couple.jpg bk-landscape-2.jpeg They are bringing the chance of a good education to hundreds in need.

A HOME TOWN IN THE HEART OF FRANCE

The city of Valence (city population 66000) on the Rhone River 100 kilometres South of Lyon offers a contented existence to Monique and Pierre Bertaud who retired from their jobs as a primary teacher and high school English specialist there, at the start of the last decade. … Read More »

“Boat People” Worries Follow Crisis In North Africa …

  • February 12th, 2011
  • Posted by EUEditor

migration-eu-boatpeople1.JPGConcerns have been raised about a fresh wave of boat people crossing to Europe from North Africa, as a product of changes of government in the region. … Read More »

Cote d’Ivoire: France And Others Restless; Still No Change …

  • January 5th, 2011
  • Posted by EUEditor

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President Nicolas Sarkozy of France has reaffirmed emphatic support for the electoral challenger in Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Alassane Ouattara, with talk of sanctions against the country if there is no change of government. … Read More »

Watch On Terror

  • December 28th, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor

rome-wikimedia.jpgPrecautionary moves against possible threats to safety and security mark the closing stages of 2010 in Western Europe.

Suspect groups were rounded up by police in Rotterdam and London, while the delivery of parcel bombs to diplomatic missions in Rome sparked a general alert. … Read More »

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