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...
DISPATCHES
Congo-K President Félix Tshisekedi cut short a visit to Europe following the attacks but not before getting French President Emmanuel Macron whom he met in Paris to again cite Rwanda for the M23 aggression and demand that it end its support for the militia group (Dispatches 21/2/24 Fighting escalates in the Kivus and western officials censure Kagame and AC Vol 65 No 6 How Brussels was caught out by the Kivu war)...
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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)...
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Vol 65 No 9 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
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)...
Once convicted in Geneva for laundering money stolen by military leader Sani Abacha and in the United States for illegal political contributions these days Chagoury is feted by France's President Emmanuel Macron and ex-US President Bill Clinton and most of all by Nigeria's Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a philanthropist (AC Vol 65 No 13 Tinubu summons the ghosts of Abacha's kleptocracy)...
Tinubu's first trip as President was to Paris to see Chagoury and attend President Emmanuel Macron's Global Finance summit in June...
Emmanuel Macron's 25 March congratulations to Faye announced on X (formerly Twitter) was no surprise...
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When President Emmanuel Macron backed calls by the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) for restoring civilian rule and Bazoum's release the CNSP's Gen Tiani demanded that France withdraw all its troops...