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Vol 67 No 6

Published 20th March 2026


Kenya

Macron tries a multipolar reset at Nairobi summit

As France hosts its first-ever summit in Anglophone Africa bringing in Kenya, Uganda, Germany and India, it tries to drop the old post-colonial playbook

The choice of Kenya to host the France-Africa summit on 11-12 May, a first for an Anglophone state, suits the policy aims of both President Emmanuel Macron and President William Samoei Ruto. It positions Ruto again on the international conference top table, pressing for reform of the international financial architecture. For Macron, it signals his Africa policy reset: Kenya and neighbouring Uganda will be co-hosts of the conference; Germany and India are invited as external partners in a new multipolar format, signalling a wariness towards exclusive bilateral partnerships.

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