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French Foreign Minister Franck Riester continues his tour of Africa. He is in Abidjan until Friday. On Wednesday, he took part in an event organized by BPI France, Public Investment Bank, which aimed to bring together young French and Ivorian entrepreneurs to encourage French private investment in Côte d'Ivoire in a highly competitive context. China in particular is occupying the field. .

Where will the most important meetings in African culture take place in June in digital form or face to face? Here are 21 suggestions. Do not hesitate to send us your "essentials" to fipageculture@yahoo.fr. From 1 to 6 June, the second edition of Wekré, the market for contemporary art in Ouagadougou, will be held under the theme Cross-country skiing. Among the…

This is his first trip outside France. Jean Castex is in Tunis. The French Prime Minister will attend the third Franco-Tunisian High Cooperation Council on Thursday. Together with six ministers, the head of government wants to strengthen ties between the two countries in the light of the health and economic crisis. With our…

Mali is still awaiting the announcement of the appointment of its new Prime Minister. More than a week after the arrest of Colonel Assimi Goïtade's military, former president and transitional minister, the country remains uncertain. French President Emmanuel Macron has threatened to withdraw French troops involved in the fight against terrorism if Mali gives in to the "temptation of radical Islam".…

After almost 15 months without flights between France and Algeria, Air Algérie will reopen its flight connection between Paris and Algiers on Tuesday 1 June. Currently, Algerians in France have to make do with two flights a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays. A partial reopening that frustrates members of the community, sometimes deprived of seeing their families for over a year and a half.…

Emmanuel Macron threatens to withdraw the French military if Mali moves in the direction of radical Islamism. In an interview with JDD, the French head of state also confirms his connection to the transition process after what he has already described as an "unacceptable coup". These remarks come when West African leaders meet to decide the thorny issue of their response to the second coup by the Malian…

"Immigration, terrorism, colonization ... Macron's confidence in Africa", river interview granted JDD by the French president alongside his trip this week to Rwanda and South Africa. "Emmanuel Macron takes stock of his African policies. He particularly insists on the migratory consequences for Europe of a collective failure to reinvest massively in Africa ", writes JDD ... He" calls on Europe to erase part of the African…

She was shot at close range in Paris on March 29, 1988. Dulcie September, an ANC activist, Nelson Mandela's movement, investigated French arms sales to Africa at the time. South, in the midst of apartheid and in violation of the international embargo. The South African regime is suspected of the murder, but French justice…

The African mini-tour of French President Emmanuel Macron ends. He left South Africa on Saturday, May 29, where he arrived on Friday, from Rwanda. Emmanuel Macron and his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, appealed to the international community for Africa to be able to produce vaccines. The French president also visited the Nelson Mandela Foundation.…

After Kigali, Emmanuel Macron continued his mini-African tour of South Africa. He arrived in Pretoria last Friday for a visit focusing on the Covid-19 pandemic, South Africa is the country on the most affected continent. Emmanuel Macron and Cyril Ramaphosa have launched an appeal to the international community for the production of vaccines.…