FRANCE/GABON : Eveline Diatta-Accrombessi's TV channel faces creditor in Paris court

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FRANCE/GABON : Eveline Diatta-Accrombessi's TV channel faces creditor in Paris court

The pan-African channel Edan TV owned by Eveline Diatta-Accrombessi was ordered by a Paris court at the end of March to pay one of its French contractors.

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