Ahead of France's decision to resume joint military operations with Mali on 28 June President Goïta had talks with two high-ranking French representatives Franck Paris (President Emmanuel Macron's 'Monsieur Afrique') and Admiral Jean-Philippe Roland Macron's Chief of Staff...
Takuba – hoping to do more with less Finalising plans for a slimmed-back Sahel military presence President Emmanuel Macron has been consulting partners in Takuba the European Special Forces operation into which the continuing French combat presence will be integrated...
The seaside resort of Jacqueville is now home to the Académie internationale de lutte contre le terrorisme (AILCT) a concept first mooted in 2017 at a meeting of President Emmanuel Macron of France with President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d'Ivoire...
Vol 62 No 13 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
When he announced the end of Opération Barkhane France's 5 100-strong military force deployed across the Sahel for the past eight years President Emmanuel Macron said he owed 'consistency' and 'clarity' to his country's soldiers and their families...
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Vol 62 No 12 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
- G7
A compromise might be possible thanks to a plan to redistribute some of the IMF's new issue of $650bn Special Drawing Rights discussed by Ramaphosa with France's President Emmanuel Macron on his trip to South Africa last month...
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In Rwanda which President Emmanuel Macron visited on 27 May the local politics and bilateral diplomacy are still more torturous...
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On 17 April President Emmanuel Macron called Touadéra for what we hear was a tense discussion...
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Vol 62 No 11 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
President Emmanuel Macron insisted the summit which brought together 21 African leaders the heads of the International Monetary Fund the African Development Bank and the European Union had shown a 'collective awareness a change of mindset and the launch of a profound dynamic...
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French President Emmanuel Macron's target that 40% of Africans would be vaccinated by the end of this year would require a radical change in vaccine policy and practice...
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By bringing together 20 African presidents with IMF World Bank and EU chiefs in Paris on 17-18 May France's President Emmanuel Macron's declared aim was to launch a 'new deal' for Africa to take the response to the pandemic on the continent beyond debt relief (AC Vol 62 No 10 Emmanuel l'Africain II)...
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Neither of the companies would comment on the report but the French government has confirmed that Ethiopia's President Sahle-Work Zewde will attend a dinner hosted by President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Palace on 17 May along with several African leaders and French corporate chiefs...
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