françafrique
English translation: France Afrique
| 17:05 Mar 6, 2003 |
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l'Afrique francophone Explanation: That's my guess. I doubt that the meaning is as specific as you suggest. |
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4 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1France Afrique Explanation: one of the oldes publications dealing with French-speaking African countries at http://www.courrierinternational.com/dossiers/geo/france_afr... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-03-06 17:26:07 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- No, new idea now: it refers to dirty business and other dealings in post-colonial frenchspeaking Africa: Des affaires françaises, des affaires africaines. Des noms connus, d’autres moins. En cette fin d’année 2000, en tout cas, c’est un beau morceau de la Françafrique qui a été visé, perquisitionné ou mis en examen, voire écroué par les juges Armand Riberolles, Marc Brisset-Foucault, Philippe Courroye et Isabelle Prévost-Desprez : Michel Roussin, Pierre Falcone, Arcadi Gaydamak, Jean-Charles Marchiani, Charles Pasqua, Bernard Poussier, Jean-Christophe Mitterrand, Jean-Noël Tassez – tandis que le juge Renaud van Ruymbeke relançait la traque du fugitif Alfred Sirven, via de présumés complices de sa cavale, Jean-Marie Lapierre, ancien mercenaire de Bob Denard, et Lionel Queudot. www.globenet.org/survie/campagne/auxarrts.htm - 101k - Cached - Similar pages See what I mean?? The dirty deals that were discovered in various places, for -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-03-06 17:29:49 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- This was the ELF + Chirac and RPR scandal in the early nineties .... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-03-06 17:57:35 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- If you guys would go to the website I give above you will see that the term has very specific connotations with regard to a whole bunch of dirty dealing between corrupt French politicians and business people and a load of Africa countries... Live and learn everyone, Today I did....I knew about the scandals but as I have not been living in France, I did not know the term. So, my first answer was TOTALLY off base and my second is the only one anywhere near right... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-03-06 18:11:11 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I think you should give Francis the points for coming up with the reference site. A different one from the one I gave. I just found his explanation rather odd. It;\'s amazing how people resist what they don\'t know. Me included. But when you read the text on the site given above, it will make you ill... |
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9 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1"Françafrique " or "FranceAfrica" Explanation: not mandatory to translate (some english sites do some do not) SEE THE SITE REFERENCED below for a complete historical story of that political affair that has a very negative/scandalous flavour presently acrimed | action critique médias | Françafrique : les médias ... ... installation du système Françafrique [*]. Origines de la Françafrique. ... Congo-Brazzaville. De la françafrique à la mafiafrique. Au Rwanda ... acrimed.samizdat.net/article.php3?id_article=218 - 45k Reference: http://acrimed.samizdat.net/article.php3?id_article=218 |
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