Kouchner says aid can curb migration on Africa tour
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French Foreign Minister Bernard  Kouchner, on his first visit to Africa, called on Friday for  more development aid to help curb emigration and threw his  support behind a peace process in war-divided Ivory Coast.
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European nations sought ways Monday to help finance development in Africa to tackle the poverty and violence that fuel illegal immigration to Europe.
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France plans to offer financial incentives to more immigrants, especially from Africa, to return home voluntarily.
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PARIS -- The new French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, flew to Beirut yesterday, pledging that Paris would stand by the Lebanese government amid the worsening political crisis and the new bout of violence there.
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France has proposed opening a humanitarian corridor through Chad to bring relief to victims of the Darfur conflict, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said here late Monday.
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Experts say aid priorities should include preparation and risk reduction as well as emergency relief.
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With Africa lagging behind in global development goals and rich countries cutting aid, leaders of multilateral financial institutions decided on Friday it was time to mobilize resources to reduce extreme poverty on the continent.
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German President Horst Koehler has called for a peaceful settlement of the border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, warning that a resumption of war would jeopardise development in the Horn of Africa.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki flew to Ivory Coast today in a bid to bring an end to the chaos after four days of sudden mob and government confrontations with French troops that have wounded hundreds and left at least 20 dead.
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner arrived in Khartoum on Sunday ahead of talks with President Omar al-Beshir on the crisis in war-torn Darfur.
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MOSCOW - France's foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, yesterday tried to tone down remarks he made in a radio and television interview the day before that the world had to prepare for possible war against Iran.
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American economist Jeffrey Sachs has a novel way to tackle African poverty: Shower more aid on the world's poorest continent.
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The recent goodwill of wealthy  industrialized countries toward Africa could dissipate unless  the continent tackles corruption, rock star and activist Bono  told African finance ministers on Sunday.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- An exodus of foreigners from Ivory Coast showed no signs of easing yesterday as African leaders prepared to seek ways to end the crisis in the West African country.
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ABECHE, Chad  - The scandal over a French group suspected of trying to smuggle African children to Europe from Chad may harm the image of foreign aid workers seeking to help refugees fleeing violence, U.N. officials said on Monday.
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 19 -- Five years after President Bush vowed to "turn the tide against AIDS" in Africa, he is traveling across a continent where the government's $15 billion investment has extended the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and eased the sense of certain doom once experienced...
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TRENTON, NJ -- US Sen. Jon Corzine is scheduled to leave Sunday for a trip he hopes will take him to Sudan, where ethnic violence in the Darfur region has resulted in thousands of deaths and the displacement of 1.4 million people.