Despite flying to Paris to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron and speak to other European leaders  President Uhuru Kenyatta's European charm offensive on Mohamed's behalf last week failed to persuade most of the EU envoys  who instead agreed to endorse Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Yoo Myung-hee...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     This month  BUA Group  belonging to Dangote's rival and fellow Kano-born billionaire Abdulsamad Rabiu  announced a deal  alongside President Emmanuel Macron  with France's Axens to build a 200 000 b/d refinery in Akwa Ibom...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     President Emmanuel Macron  addressing a press conference at the French presidential Mediterranean retreat  the Fort de Brégançon  condemned the coup against Mali's 'democratically elected' president and pressed for his release...
	 
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	     France's President Emmanuel Macron  who was not close to Keïta  chose to focus his comments on political stability and the campaign against the insurgents...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 61 No 15 | 
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	     At the G5 summit France's President Emmanuel Macron  along with Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez  emphasised the importance of breaking the cycle...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
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	     France's President Emmanuel Macron and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez each made their first post-lockdown foreign trips to the summit along with African Union Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat to join regional presidents: Burkina Faso's Roch Marc Christian Kaboré; Chad's Idris Déby Itno; Mali's Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta; Niger's Mahamadou Issoufou; Mauritania's Ghazouani...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    2bn on behalf of the United States over three years and French President Emmanuel Macron ˇ500m...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     For years  the French authorities dragged their heels in sharing information with international investigators about suspected Rwandan génocidaires on French soil  but under President Nicolas Sarkozy and even more so under President Emmanuel Macron  France's stance towards Rwanda has undergone a 180-degree pivot  and Paris now strongly supports President Paul Kagame (AC Vol 58 No 20  Justice and jurisdictions)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     France's President Emmanuel Macron told Radio France Internationale that the G-20's moratorium on interest payments this year should be a first step towards more radical measures...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The launch was addressed by heads of government including French President Emmanuel Macron  German Chancellor Angela Merkel  and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa...