In Focus | Africa, France
French presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour's Africa legion

Lawyers, entrepreneurs, military officers, researchers... while the presidential candidate's campaign has strong anti-immigration overtones, geared especially at those of African descent, that has not stopped him from gathering a posse of advisers used to dealing with those in power on the continent. [...]
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The candidate for the 2022 French presidential election Eric Zemmour.
The candidate for the 2022 French presidential election Eric Zemmour. © Blondet Eliot/Abaca via Reuters Connect
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Since Africa Intelligence revealed that Bamako had been waiting more than five months for its ambassador to be accredited in Paris, this diplomatic incident has intruded itself upon the French presidential campaign, leading to heated exchanges between government spokesman Gabriel Attal and the Republican candidate Valérie Pécresse.

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