President Mahamat Kaka landed in Paris on 17 October meeting President Emmanuel Macron on the following day and visited the new Headquarters of the Direction générale de la sécurité extérieur (DGSE) on 19 October before flying back to Ndjamena...

President Emmanuel Macron continues to believe that indulging Touadéra is the best way to get him to expel Russia...

Kagame has also led a remarkable rapprochement with France under President Emmanuel Macron who has seen several former African allies distance themselves from Paris over the past two years...

During his visit to Kinshasa in March French president Emmanuel Macron further indicated European biases when he suggested that Congo-K falling prey to foreign-backed rebels was the country's own fault...

In meetings in Paris this year he has invited French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Nigeria and nudge Total to raise investment and production...

But the rejection of aid from France formerly Morocco's closest ally in Europe and beyond is being widely read as another diplomatic embarrassment for President Emmanuel Macron in Africa (AC Vol 64 No 15 Brussels stays on the hook)...

There he is due to meet French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the coup epidemic in the Sahel as well as other European leaders who are planning once more to reset their policies in Africa under pressure from the growing roles of China and Russia...