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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
RFI

Paris Live, Wednesday 22 January 2020

Chief Justice Roberts presides over impeachment trial of President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington U.S., January 16, 2020 REUTERS

We then turn to Lebanon, where after a three month-long power vacuum since Prime Minister Saad Hariri's resignation, a new cabinet was announced. Our correspondent explains why there was such an angry outburst over the new lineup.

We hear about "Luanda leaks" -- thousands of documents which reveal how the former President's daughter Isabel dos Santos and her Congolese husband, managed to steer millions of dollars of public funds into companies where they hold shares.

There's a special interview with director Nana-Jo Ndow, whose documentary "I Cannot Bury My Father" has just been released in Ghana. The film sheds light on murders committed in the Gambia against 56 West Africans, the majority Ghanaians, in 2005.

And finally, our guest Khaled Igué, an investment banker from Benin talks about his new book "Time for Africa; towards a sustainable and inclusive development" published this week, in French, by Hermann press.

 

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