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France, at least, backs President Laurent Gbagbo. The head of a team it sent to help draw up aid requests (AC Vol 42 No 4) is none other than Jean-Michel Severino, who on his return became head of the Agence Française de Développement on 18 April. He pushed for devaluation of the CFA franc in 1994, is an ex-Vice-President of the World Bank and wants to change France's traditional ways in Africa.

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France, Laurent Gbagbo, Jean-Michel Severino, Alassane Dramane Ouattara, Abou Drahmane Sangare, Robert Gueï, Boka Yapi, Liberian, Angola, John Marques Kakumba, Jonas Savimbi, Bernardo Ndombele, Gabon, Charles Taylor, Nigeria, Gambia, Chad, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Agence Française de Développement, Rassemblement des Républicains, Front Populaire Ivoirien, União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, in camera

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