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Paris, France | Xinhua | Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to one year in prison for illegally financing his election campaign in 2012, a court in Paris announced on Thursday. Sarkozy was found guilty of having spent almost twice the legal limit on his reelection bid. He has denied …

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire | THE INDEPENDENT |    Cote d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara officially inaugurated on Monday his third term as head of Cote d’Ivoire at the presidential palace in Abidjan. This is the first time that an elected president has been sworn in on the Constitution in Cote d’Ivoire. The …