On 18 May Nyusi is due to meet President Emmanuel Macron in Paris where Total's project and security will lead the agenda...

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian landed in Ndjamena on 22 April going straight into talks with the junta which is led by Déby's son General 'Kaka' Mahamat Idriss Déby...

On 15 February on the eve of hosting fellow G5 Sahel leaders for a summit in Ndjamena– which France's Emmanuel Macron would join by video conference – President Déby posted on Twitter a video of the rousing send-off for 1200 troops he was despatching to join the battle against jihadists in the 'three frontiers region' where the borders of Mali Niger and Burkina Faso meet (AC Vol 62 No 4 France holds tight in the Sahel)...

For his part the new President Mohamed Younes Manfi had talks in Paris with Emmanuel Macron on 23 March and then with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi in Cairo two days later...

Despite President Emmanuel Macron's moves to heal wounds from the 1954-62 war of independence antipathy towards France remains deep...

Meanwhile Talon's image can only be polished by Emmanuel Macron's cultural diplomacy...

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have telephoned Abiy to express concern and the EU has suspended grants...

When French President Emmanuel Macron witnessed the signing of the $1...

French President Emmanuel Macron stepped back from announcing troop withdrawals to his country's 5 100-strong anti-Islamist force in Mali at a 15-16 February summit in Chad...

French President Emmanuel Macron phoned Manfi and Dubaiba to congratulate them and Dubaiba met foreign ambassadors including those of Italy the US the UK Germany and the EU...