François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande

Neither President François Hollande nor Foreign Minister Manuel Valls could find half an hour for him...

The deaths of the three French operatives prompted President François Hollande to confirm his government's involvement admitting that French forces were carrying out 'dangerous intelligence operations' in the country...

Kaboré has also increased his foreign visits: he made a state visit to Paris in April meeting French President François Hollande; he went to Saudi Arabia in May where he reportedly promised Burkinabè troops for Riyadh's war in Yemen; and he went to Belgium in June looking for development aid...

His main qualifications seem to have been his membership of France's Parti socialiste and writing a book to which French President François Hollande wrote the foreword...

Relations with French President François Hollande's government which were poor after a 2014 diplomatic spat have revived as France has sought Morocco's expertise in tackling threats from jihadists...

France's President François Hollande Italian Premier Matteo Renzi and United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron – said to be 'still very interested in Libya' despite his current European preoccupation – are driving Libya policy as the 'P-3' grouping at the same time as they are deeply involved in efforts to stem the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean...

He has been a strong ally of Ouattara's and is under investigation in France over the financing of his election campaign in 2012 when he lost to François Hollande...

French President François Hollande said on 11 November that while the EU had to deliver in terms of international aid to curb the flow of migrants from Africa maximum pressure should be applied to Eritrea's leaders to address the situation of why migrants were leaving...

Kafando's first telephone conversation was with French President François Hollande which rekindled his spirits...

The French Ambassador to Ouagadougou Gilles Thibault told Burkinabè media that when French President François Hollande was on a visit to Morocco he neither saw nor spoke to Compaoré which does not clarify things any further...

Compaoré's importance to the multinational effort against regional jihadists did not prevent either French President François Hollande or the USA whose military was equally enthusiastic about Diendéré from condemning the coup...