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Spotlight | Guinea
French mine their business

Guinean President Alpha Conde was unabashed in his pleasure at receiving a trade mission led by the French employers organisation Medef on July 1-3. The delegation headed by Marc Rennard, Orange's executive vice president international for Africa and the Middle [...]

Published on 09/07/2014 at 23:01 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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