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May 9, 2013

French Article Translation of the Week

“Cameroun: bataille pour la présidence du Sénat, siège du successeur constitutionnel de Paul Biya”

“Le 8 mai, le chef de l’État camerounais Paul Biya a nommé 30 sénateurs pour compléter la liste des 70 qui ont été élus lors du scrutin du 14 avril dernier. Place désormais aux tractations en vue de la désignation du président du Sénat, successeur constitutionnel du président de la République en cas de vacance du pouvoir.”

“On 8 May, the Head of State of Cameroon, Paul Biya, appointed 30 senators to complete the list of 70 who were elected in the election on April 14. Up next, the negotiations for the appointment of the President of the Senate, the constitutional successor to the President of the Republic in the event of a vacancy.”

This article has been translated from French. Click here to read the original version on Jeune Afrique.

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May 2, 2013

French Article Translation of the Week

“La famine a tué 258 000 Somaliens dont 133 000 enfants en 19 mois”

“La crise alimentaire qui a frappé la Somalie entre octobre 2010 et avril 2012 a causé la mort d’environ 260 000 personnes dont la moitié sont des enfants de moins de cinq ans, selon un rapport de l’ONU pour l’alimentation publié ce jeudi.”

“The food crisis in Somalia between October 2010 and April 2012 caused the death of about 260,000 people, half of whom are children under five years, according to a report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation published on Thursday.”

This article has been translated from French. Click here to read the original version on France24.

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Continue reading for events occurring throughout Washington, D.C. next week.

April 25, 2013

French Article Translation of the Week

“L’archevêque Desmond Tutu admis à l’hôpital”

This article has been translated from French. Click here to read the original version on LeMonde.

April 25, 2013

French Article Translation of the Week

“Mali: l’ONU approuve le déploiement d’une force de sécurité”

“Une résolution mise au point par la France a été adoptée à l’unanimité par le Conseil de sécurité de l’Organisation des Nations unies, jeudi 25 avril, ouvrant la voie au déploiement de douze mille six cents casques bleus au Mali dès le 1er juillet. Cette force de maintien de la paix sera chargée de stabiliser le nord du pays, après l’intervention française contre les islamistes qui contrôlaient cette région.”

“A resolution developed by France was unanimously adopted by the Security Council of the United Nations on Thursday, April 25, paving the way for the deployment of twelve thousand six hundred peacekeepers to be sent to Mali from July 1 onwards. This peacekeeping force will be responsible for stabilizing the North of the country, to reinforce the area after the French intervention against the Islamists who controlled the region.”

This article has been translated from French. Click here to read the original version on LeMonde.

April 18, 2013

French Article Translation of the Week

“Des drones pour remplacer les casques bleus en Côte d’Ivoire?”

“Le représentant permanent ivoirien à l’ONU a demandé mardi 16 avril au Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies d’envisager le déploiement de drones en Côte d’Ivoire pour appuyer la mission des casques bleus dans son pays.”

“On Tuesday, April 16, the Ivory Coast’s Permanent Representative to the UN asked the Security Council of the United Nations to consider the deployment of drones in the Ivory Coast to support the peacekeeping mission in the country.”

This article has been translated from French. Click here to read the original version on LeMonde.

Continue reading for stories including the desire of British Parliament to establish to “confine asylum seekers to leased houses” in Kenya, the battle against food insecurity in Africa, Côte d’Ivoire’s request for drones, the African Development Bank’s loan to Kenya for the construction of a road to Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta’s restructuring of the Kenyan cabinet, and the convening of a summit of Central African leaders to discuss the instability in the CAR.