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French Grand Orient leader wraps up low-key African tour

The Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France (GODF), Georges Sérignac. © Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/Abaca via Reuters Connect

The Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France, one of the main French Masonic orders, Georges Sérignac, has just wrapped up a low-key African tour on 21 February to Togo and Benin. [...] (196 words)

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