Leadership succession and regional stability were set to dominate the informal talks between Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Dramane Ouattara and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris on 16 July...

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...

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)...

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...