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According to an OIF report (2022), the French-speaking economic area accounts for 25% of world GDP, 28% of world trade and 23% of the world's energy and mining resources, which is higher than the Spanish -speaking economic area (23% of world GDP and 25% of world trade). The countries of the French-speaking world also include several emerging ...
French is an official language in 27 independent nations. French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 60 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1]
Russian invasion of Ukraine. Kharkiv strikes, Kyiv strikes, Odesa strikes. One person is killed and at least 38 others are injured in Russian airstrikes in Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Odesa, Ukraine. (AP) Terrorism in Yemen. A Yemeni government soldier opens fire on Saudi troops in Seiyun, Yemen, killing two and injuring one other.
Africanews (styled as africanews) is a 24/7 pan-African multilingual news network located in Lyon, France previously headquartered in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo. The news channel began broadcasting online, and via TV and satellite on 20 April 2016. [1] The newsroom has 30 journalists and around 55 technical staffers. [citation needed]
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On 7 March, speaking in the French Senate in front of foreign delegates to France, and as part of his presidential campaign, Chirac said, "We must have the ambition of a big, round-the-clock news channel in French, equal to the BBC or CNN for the English-speaking world. It is essential for the influence of our country.
November 17, 2024 at 6:03 PM. By Manuel Ausloos and Gus Trompiz. PARIS (Reuters) - Farmers will protest across France on Monday as the prospect of a trade deal between European and Mercosur ...
The Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF; sometimes shortened to the Francophonie, French: La Francophonie [la fʁɑ̃kɔfɔni], [3] [note 3] sometimes also called International Organisation of La Francophonie in English [4]) is an international organization representing countries and regions where French is a lingua franca or customary language, where a significant proportion ...