Key ally French President Emmanuel Macron has not forgotten reports that Moroccan security services used Israeli Pegasus spyware (possibly with UAE backing) to target his phone (AC Vol 62 No 16 Spy chiefs on manoeuvres)...

It will be difficult for French President Emmanuel Macron to concede this point...

Facing a tough re-election race in April President Emmanuel Macron is trying to reassure French voters that he's serious on migration and security...

Kaboré – who met with President Emmanuel Macron President Bazoum and interim Chadian leader Mahamat Déby on the margins of the Libya conference in Paris on 12 November – was comfortably re-elected last year...

Despite hosting a new-style dialogue with activists and artists and attending a commemoration in Paris for a long hushed-up 1961 massacre of Algerian demonstrators Emmanuel Macron's overhauling of relations with former African colonies has encountered more protests and criticism...

Paying for a faux pas In commemorating the October 1961 killings of at least 120 Algerian protestors at the hands of Paris police Emmanuel Macron took a big step in the official French recognition of past wrongs...

After a phone call between Saïed and France's President Emmanuel Macron on 2 October the Elysée Palace referred to the opening of political dialogue in Tunisia...

A senior Nigerian officer based in Paris told Moghalu that he could become the 'Emmanuel Macron' of Abuja though few insiders think that is possible in the short term despite the growing sense of disaffection with the establishment...

Although French President Emmanuel Macron had held lengthy discussions with Sahel leaders – including Mali's then-President Bah N'Daw in January – the Malian Prime Minister claimed there had been no consultation over the decision (AC Vol 62 No 14 Paris makes up with the junta)...

France which under President Emmanuel Macron has adopted a strongly pro-Kagame stance said nothing...