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)...
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The diplomatic standoff between France and Niger's military junta shows no sign of abating as President Emmanuel Macron continues to dig in (Dispatches 30/8/23 Macron steps up the rhetoric against the Niamey junta)...
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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...
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The overthrow of Ali Ben Bongo is another blow to the Africa policy of French President Emmanuel Macron who visited Libreville in March to show support for the government...
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Vol 64 No 18 |
- NIGER
- FRANCE
President Emmanuel Macron has refused to bow to demands from the military junta in Niger that France's ambassador leave the country as he set out France's diplomatic priorities in Paris on 29 August...
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And President Emmanuel Macron's defiant refusal to comply was helping the junta bolster its own popularity by tapping into young Nigériens' resentment of the former colonial power – as evidenced by large demonstrations outside the main French base at Niamey airport (Dispatches 30/8/23 Macron steps up the rhetoric against the Niamey junta)...
The negotiations were led by the Paris Club group of lenders and France's President Emmanuel Macron...
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President Emmanuel Macron is leading an international effort including Rwanda and the UN – with growing United States support – to lift the pressure on President Faustin-Archange Touadéra not to seek a third term of office...
President Emmanuel Macron was also very warm to President Denis Sassou-Nguesso at the Financing Pact Summit...
At the June Summit for a New Global Financing Pact hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris diplomats and European journalists agreed that the Kenyan President had been the most impressive of the dozen African leaders attending...