Vol 65 No 23 | 
            - FRANCE
- AFRICA
	    President Emmanuel Macron's government is wheeling out the ministers of finance  trade and foreign affairs on 19-20 November to meet African businesses and official delegates to cut deals in sectors ranging from green energy  the circular economy and artificial intelligence...
 And in North Africa  Macron's trade-off in favour of Morocco against Algeria with his recognition of Rabat's sovereignty over Western Sahara has paid some dividends (AC Vol 65 No 16  Emmanuel Macron's Saharan mystery)...
	 
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	    After meeting France's President Emmanuel Macron at the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) in Villers-Cotterêts on 4-5 October  Chad's President Mahamat Déby Itno ‘Kaka' rushed to Abu Dhabi where the protocol was less demanding but the funds more abundant...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Kagame and France's President Emmanuel Macron have presided over a sharp improvement in bilateral relations...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     A senior security official from the Abu Dhabi government accompanied Mahamat Kaka on his trip to meet France's President Emmanuel Macron last year (AC Vol 64 No 23  Presidents Mahamat Kaka and Macron meet on security threats)...
	 
    
    
    
			
        
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	    After a bid failed to bring together Presidents Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame at the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie in  Villers-Cotterêts and Paris  President Emmanuel Macron met the two leaders separately...
	 
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            Vol 65 No 21 | 
            - AFRICAN UNION
	     Following a meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September  President William Ruto and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to co-host an Africa-France Summit in Nairobi in 2026...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The president had engaged in a recent flurry of international activities  attending the Paris Olympics opening ceremony in July; speaking at the 80th anniversary of Débarquement de Provence  commemorating African soldiers' First World War contribution in the south of France alongside President Emmanuel Macron in August; then shuttling to Beijing...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 65 No 20 | 
            - FRANCE
- AFRICA
	     While Fillon was campaigning for the presidency in 2017 and making much of his clean hands  Bourgi told the media that he had bought two expensive suits for him  which was enough to finish him off and clear the field for Emmanuel Macron's bid for the top job...
	 
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	     After French President Emmanuel Macron's ‘personal envoy' to Africa  Jean-Marie Bockel  visited Libreville in March and discussed the reduction of France's 350-strong military contingent  Gabon launched a charm offensive towards Paris (AC Vol 65 No 19  President Macron plans military cuts)...
	 
    
    
    
			
        
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	     However  the move in early August by French President Emmanuel Macron to back Rabat's sovereignty over Western Sahara  joining Spain which adopted the same position in 2022  was a major diplomatic win for Rabat (Dispatches 24/3/22  Dropping the Polisario Front  Madrid backs Rabat)...
	 
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