In late April President Paul Kagame objected to Quintin in a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron...

France's President Emmanuel Macron authorised €500 million of development aid to Rwanda in what insiders described as a ‘triangular arrangement' to protect French commercial interests in Africa...

Layered on top of that Meloni used the summit to showcase her affinity with authoritarian leaders across the world – she invited India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Argentine President Javier Milei with whom she spent more time than her western European leaders such as France's Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Olaf Scholz...

On 17 April French President Emmanuel Macron began a process of normalisation over lunch at the Elysée Palace agreeing to help Touadéra break with Moscow and extend the reach of the state in Central African Republic (AC Vol 64 No 7 Seeking a way out of Kremlin's embrace)...

And he has been pushing for reform of international finance along with France's President Emmanuel Macron...

After growing demands led by France's President Emmanuel Macron and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley to overhaul the development finance system funding for IDA21 will test the willingness of richer governments to match words with hard cash...

That appears to be a ruse for the OECD to keep its existing role and to advance the goals of the French-led International Tax Task Force co-chaired with Kenya and Barbados which was proposed by President Emmanuel Macron at last year's COP28 summit with a mandate to come up with global environmental taxes to finance the new 'loss and damage' fund to compensate countries that face high costs from climate change...

Late in the afternoon on 15 April France's President Emmanuel Macron met the Sudanese activists strongly condemning those states that were funding the war and criticising the lack of international support for humanitarian operations in the country...

President Emmanuel Macron tried to stop Kaka standing for the presidency and was furious about the mass killings and arrests in October 2022 (AC Vol 63 No 22 Massacre threatens transition plan)...

More so because of President Emmanuel Macron standing alongside Ouattara at the ceremony conveying continuing French influence despite the technical reforms (AC Vol 63 No 11 Leaders favour new CFA franc plan)...