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Mushikiwabo back in Kigali on Francophonie business diplomacy mission

Louise Mushikiwabo, Secretary General of the OIF. © Moussa Mohamed Ahmed/Twitter

The head of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, Louise Mushikiwabo, is to lead a first francophone economic and trade mission to Africa in July, taking in Gabon and Rwanda. [...]

Published on 16.05.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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