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)...

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...

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...

So far France's President Emmanuel Macron fearing that any intervention from the former colonial power would fuel unrest has declined to comment on the latest political implosion in francophone West Africa...

French President Emmanuel Macron has demanded global climate and carbon levies provided they are not negotiated by the UN...