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Indian ocean
The Return of Philippe Verdon

A former unofficial advisor to Didier Ratsiraka who then fell out with him has just reappeared at Franco-Comorian Saïd Larifou's side. [...]

Published on 21/06/2003 at 11:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Comoros islands, France
PHILIPPE DIVAY

An unusual investor landed in Moroni recently and tried to get into contact with government officials: Philippe Divay, a French [...]

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PARIS HEADS IOC

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Spotlight | Africa
CRITICAL IOC BALANCE SHEET

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PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS ON

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The Indian ocean islands
STATE OF REGIONAL COOPERATION

In the framework of the Franco-African meeting in Paris on January 25 which brought together the delegates of thirty-four African [...]

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Comoros islands
DJOHAR: ONE STEP BACK

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Comoros islands
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Comoros islands
REFUSNIKS IN PARIS

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Comoros islands
ISLAND BRINKMANSHIP

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Spotlight | Reunion island
BALLADUR'S TRAVELS

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Spotlight | The Indian ocean islands
BITTER-SWEET VANILLA

In an urgent bid to fend off the competition from Indonesia and Uganda and from substitute products, vanilla exporting countries of the Indian Ocean region have become embroiled in a fierce price-cutting war which has resulted in sale prices well [.

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France, The Indian ocean islands
ROBERT ALLO

Robert Allo, a former member of the French ultra-right organization Ordre Nouveau (New Order), has been killed in France in [...]

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Spotlight | The Indian ocean islands
FISHERIES SHOW SIGNS OF MOVEMENT

As Omnium Nord Africain (ONA), the industrial group linked with Morocco's royal family and already in partnership with the French cooperative Pêcheurs de France, gets ready to buy 50 percent of Pêche et Froid, a shipowner with tunny boats and [.

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Reunion island
POSSIBLE FRESH ROUND OF REGIONALS

Daily Reunion Island newspaper, Le Quotidien de la Réunion, of October 19, reports that on his return from a visit [...]

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Africa, France
FRENCH EFFORTS TO CASH IN ON REGIONAL SHIFTS

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Subscribers only 28.03.1992

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Comoros islands, France
PHILIPPE DIVAY

Africa
PARIS HEADS IOC

Spotlight | Africa
CRITICAL IOC BALANCE SHEET

Spotlight | Madagascar
PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS ON

The Indian ocean islands
STATE OF REGIONAL COOPERATION

Comoros islands
DJOHAR: ONE STEP BACK

Comoros islands
SALIM AHMED SALIM

Comoros islands
REFUSNIKS IN PARIS

Comoros islands
ISLAND BRINKMANSHIP

Spotlight | Reunion island
BALLADUR'S TRAVELS

Spotlight | The Indian ocean islands
BITTER-SWEET VANILLA

France, The Indian ocean islands
ROBERT ALLO

Spotlight | The Indian ocean islands
FISHERIES SHOW SIGNS OF MOVEMENT

Reunion island
POSSIBLE FRESH ROUND OF REGIONALS

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FRENCH EFFORTS TO CASH IN ON REGIONAL SHIFTS

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Comoros islands, France PHILIPPE DIVAY

Africa PARIS HEADS IOC

Spotlight | Africa CRITICAL IOC BALANCE SHEET

Spotlight | Madagascar PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS ON

The Indian ocean islands STATE OF REGIONAL COOPERATION

Comoros islands DJOHAR: ONE STEP BACK

Comoros islands SALIM AHMED SALIM

Comoros islands REFUSNIKS IN PARIS

Comoros islands ISLAND BRINKMANSHIP

Spotlight | Reunion island BALLADUR'S TRAVELS

Spotlight | The Indian ocean islands BITTER-SWEET VANILLA

France, The Indian ocean islands ROBERT ALLO

Spotlight | The Indian ocean islands FISHERIES SHOW SIGNS OF MOVEMENT

Reunion island POSSIBLE FRESH ROUND OF REGIONALS

Africa, France FRENCH EFFORTS TO CASH IN ON REGIONAL SHIFTS

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Indian ocean
The Return of Philippe Verdon

Comoros islands, France
PHILIPPE DIVAY

Africa
PARIS HEADS IOC

Spotlight | Africa
CRITICAL IOC BALANCE SHEET

Spotlight | Madagascar
PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS ON

The Indian ocean islands
STATE OF REGIONAL COOPERATION

Comoros islands
DJOHAR: ONE STEP BACK

Comoros islands
SALIM AHMED SALIM

Comoros islands
REFUSNIKS IN PARIS

Comoros islands
ISLAND BRINKMANSHIP

Spotlight | Reunion island
BALLADUR'S TRAVELS

Spotlight | The Indian ocean islands
BITTER-SWEET VANILLA

France, The Indian ocean islands
ROBERT ALLO

Spotlight | The Indian ocean islands
FISHERIES SHOW SIGNS OF MOVEMENT

Reunion island
POSSIBLE FRESH ROUND OF REGIONALS

Africa, France
FRENCH EFFORTS TO CASH IN ON REGIONAL SHIFTS