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Fair Trade Rules Fair trade has changed the lives of poor farmers around the world. Louise Tickle looks at its success and asks if the entry of multinational companies into the market could change that … Scattered across 200km of western Uganda, a group of farmers cultivate tiny plots of […]

Fair trade rules EFN

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Focus on the Congo Extreme eye diseases, cultural differences, tough working conditions and limited funding. Find out what motivated a team of Belgian ophthalmologists to help restore sight to those in need in the Democratic Republic of Congo When Yann Huyghebaert, of eye-care giant Bausch & Lomb, visited Belgian ophthalmologist […]

Focus on the Congo EFN

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Your essential guide to Casablanca DISCOVER CHARM AND ROMANCE IN CASABLANCA Casablanca – the name conjures romance, intrigue and suspense. The 1942 film, set during World War II, was about just that. Bergman and Bogart had a date with fate in Morocco’s largest city. Today, visitors discover the same magic […]

Moroccan charm

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Tel Aviv City Guide: Bright Lights, White City Tel Aviv is a young town, a work in progress. Earthy, accessible and sophisticated, it is Israel’s largest city and a cultural and commercial hub Tel Aviv has the largest concentration of Bauhaus architecture in the world, and has been known as […]

Tel Aviv City Guide

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City browser Our round-up of information from across our network to help you make the most of your trip Parcours des villes Que vous voyagiez pour affaires ou pour le plaisir, nous avons rassemblé les informations pour que vous puissiez apprécier au maximum votre voyage Dancing in Dakar / Sortir […]

City Browser

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Haven of mercy The Mercy Ship Anastasis brings hope and healing to some of the world’s most impoverished places. Nearly three decades after being converted into a hospital ship, the Anastasis is coming to the end of her final field service, docked in Monrovia, Liberia Liberia, a West African nation […]

Haven of mercy

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Chimay: Brewed by monks Famed for their strict devotion, Trappist monks are also renowned for brewing strong beers – none more famous than Chimay. Tony Mallet visits the beautiful abbey of Scourmont to find out more Monks and beer – an odd combination? Not at all. Chimay is one of […]

Brewed by Monks

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Dancing in the street / C’est parti pour la danse! Clubs branchés, bars aux ambiances chaudes ou places de marché. La musique congolaise est omniprésente en Afrique. b!Spirit est descendu dans les rues de Kinshasa à l’écoute de ce phénomène Kinshasa est fière de sa reconnaissance de capitale de la […]

Dancing in the Street

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Mobile movement Africa is the world’s fastest growing mobile market, with more people using mobiles than fixed lines across the continent. Rhymer Rigby takes a look at mobile phone opportunities throughout Africa Le mobile en mouvement L’Afrique est le continent où le marché du portable connaît la plus forte expansion […]

Mobile movement

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Bananas mean Business Bananas are big business in the world of fruit and cargo, nowhere more so than in Uganda. We go behind the scenes of the country’s banana trade to find out more Boiled, grilled or roasted, however you choose to cook them, green bananas are a popular food […]

Bananas mean business

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