In February 2023 Scott published a report which he claimed exonerated Morocco's Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale (DGSN) from accusations that it had used the Pegasus spyware software made by Israel's NSO group to hack the phones of France's President Emmanuel Macron several political leaders in the region as well as thousands of Moroccans (AC Vol 62 No 16 Spy chiefs on manoeuvres)...

He has also said on social media that President Vladimir Putin was correct to start the war with Ukraine after the EU sided with 'Nazis' in Kyiv and that President Emmanuel Macron and France were a greater threat to Africa than famine...

President Mahamat Kaka landed in Paris on 17 October meeting President Emmanuel Macron on the following day and visited the new Headquarters of the Direction générale de la sécurité extérieur (DGSE) on 19 October before flying back to Ndjamena...

President Emmanuel Macron continues to believe that indulging Touadéra is the best way to get him to expel Russia...

Kagame has also led a remarkable rapprochement with France under President Emmanuel Macron who has seen several former African allies distance themselves from Paris over the past two years...

During his visit to Kinshasa in March French president Emmanuel Macron further indicated European biases when he suggested that Congo-K falling prey to foreign-backed rebels was the country's own fault...

In meetings in Paris this year he has invited French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Nigeria and nudge Total to raise investment and production...

But the rejection of aid from France formerly Morocco's closest ally in Europe and beyond is being widely read as another diplomatic embarrassment for President Emmanuel Macron in Africa (AC Vol 64 No 15 Brussels stays on the hook)...