Africa
Follow-up committee of Africa-France Summit prepares for the future

Cameroon
Civil society seeks place at table for Africa Forward summit

Pan-African organisations will gather in Yaoundé on 28 April to draw up proposals ahead of the Africa-France summit in Nairobi on 11 and 12 May, with the aim of structuring funding for youth groups and supporting job creation.

Kenya
Name of Kenyan organisers of Africa-France Summit revealed

Kenya's former ambassador in Tokyo (2012-2020) and Moscow (2020-2024) will be in charge of organising a summit that will bring together African countries and France in Nairobi, early 2026.

Chad
UAE sponsors Mahamat Idriss Déby's National Development Plan

Finance Minister Tahir Hamid Nguilin is planning on organising a round table with various donors to finance the 2024-2028 National Development Plan.

The New Guard
Ivory Coast, Africa, Gabon

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Madagascar
Academic Mbembe visits Antananarivo to open branch of Macron's African democratic foundation

Achille Mbembe, a leading political scientist and historian from Cameroon, visited the Malagasy capital at the start of March to open the local branch of the Innovation for Democracy Foundation, of which he is MD.

Kenya
Who will coordinate the Africa-France summit in Nairobi?

The Elysée Palace has just appointed diplomat Jérémie Blin to oversee preparations for the next Africa-France summit, scheduled for 2026. The former ambassador was part of the delegation that just accompanied the secretary of state for francophonie to Kenya.

Africa, France
Behind the scenes of Macron's Africa-France summit

With the Africa-France summit starting on 8 October, the French president is working behind the scenes on several key announcements. Foremost among them is the end in its current form of the Presidential Council for Africa.