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It is a reflection of how grave the region’s spiralling conflicts are that Britain and France are now working more closely on Africa policy than at any time since General Charles de Gaulle established a base for the Free French (Resistance) in West Africa in 1940. We hear that this initiative is to be capped early this year by a joint Africa visit by Foreign Secretary Robin Cook and Foreign Minister Hubert Védrine - a diplomatic first....

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Charles de Gaulle, Robin Cook, Hubert Védrine, Lionel Jospin, Tony Blair, Burundi, Angola, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Jacques Foccart, Côte d’Ivoire Michel Dupuch, Quai d’Orsay, Parti Socialiste, Africa cellule

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