French President Emmanuel Macron and Von der Leyen have also called for debt reform – but their public stance is belied by their officials' discreet efforts to keep the system as it is...
Vol 66 No 11 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
Two more sharp reminders of the cultural and political realities have jolted President Emmanuel Macron as he struggles to reshape France's relations with Africa which have reached a nadir under his presidency...
It could mean curtains for the roadmap Touadéra and President Emmanuel Macron agreed in Libreville in March 2023 (AC Vol 64 No 7 Seeking a way out of Kremlin's embrace)...
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Last July French President Emmanuel Macron also recognised Moroccan sovereignty following a similar move by the Spanish government in 2022 (AC Vol 65 No 16 Emmanuel Macron's Saharan mystery)...
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Both they and President Emmanuel Macron want retribution for the way their exit was decided and announced...
This was the background to President Emmanuel Macron's attempt to reconcile with Touadéra at their summit in Paris in August last year which was mostly about repairing Macron's damaged ego and giving further room to Paul Kagame's continental ambitions...
Morocco's diplomatic coup of 2024 came in July when French President Emmanuel Macron recognised Morocco's sovereignty in Western Sahara and its ‘autonomy plan' which would end Polisario's claims to full independence (AC Vol 65 No 16 Emmanuel Macron's Saharan mystery)...
Cameroon Congo-Brazzaville Gabon and Central African Republic (which has the closest commercial and security relations with Russia) maintain ties with French companies and President Emmanuel Macron's government...
In Paris President Emmanuel Macron was trying to pick up the pieces after the collapse of the Michel Barnier government and his appointment of centrist François Bayrou as prime minister...
President Emmanuel Macron was angry after spending so much capital to endorse the young coup-maker Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ‘Kaka' – only to be stabbed in the back...
Russia has been trying to capitalise on anti-French sentiments driven by the close ties between Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Tshisekedi's nemesis Paul Kagame (Dispatches 8/10/24 Macron fails to broker Kinshasa-Kigali talks at Francophone summit AC Vol 65 No 15 Kinshasa urges sanctions on Kigali citing damning UN report & Vol 64 No 20 Security threats multiply ahead of polls)...