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...
Two months after Emmanuel Macron announced the end of its anti-Islamist Opération Barkhane in the Sahel policymakers and public opinion are confronted with the dramatic and powerful television images from Kabul airport...
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Ahead of her trip France's President Emmanuel Macron called Abiy and Sudan's prime minister Abdalla Hamdok to press for the opening of ceasefire talks and the ending of all restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian aid...
Vol 62 No 16 |
- ALGERIA
- MOROCCO
The recent media reports suggesting Moroccan security services were using the Pegasus spyware by Israel's NSO – possibly with the financial support of the United Arab Emirates – to bug the phones of French President Emmanuel Macron and King Mohammed VI (M6) created headlines too big even for the Moroccan press to ignore...
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After calls to Abiy in Addis and President Abdalla Hamdok in Khartoum on 31 July France's President Emmanuel Macron has called for the opening of ceasefire talks and the ending of all restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian aid (AC Vol 62 No 14 No good options on the table)...
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Israel may be less welcome by some delegations at AU summits following the revelations that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Morocco's King Mohammed VI as well as French President Emmanuel Macron were on the target list of Israeli firm NSO's Pegasus spyware...
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That partly explains the enthusiasm of France's President Emmanuel Macron for Sudan's transitional government: holding a grand investment summit in Paris focusing on Sudan in May and leading the charge among rich countries to offer debt relief and backing initiatives by the International Monetary Fund on this...
Vol 62 No 15 |
- NIGER
- FRANCE
Bazoum was in Paris for the 9 July summit of the G5 Sahel joined for its second session by President Emmanuel Macron who has announced a redeployment of French forces whose details have now been finalised (see Box France's redeployment plan)...
Advertised by President Emmanuel Macron before last month's Group of Seven summit a big French contingent will be absorbed into Force Takuba which will work alongside Sahelian armies in the three frontiers region...