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DRC, Ivory Coast
Macron also to meet with Ouattara and Tshisekedi in decidedly African week

French and Ivorian Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Alassane Ouattara at the 19th Francophonie summit at the Château de Villers-Cotterets, on 4 October 2024. © REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

The Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara is due to be received on Tuesday 24 February by Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace, the same day as the head of Madagascar's transitional government, Colonel Michaël Randrianirina. The following day the Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi is also scheduled to meet the French head of state. [...]

Published on 23/02/2026 at 18:01 GMT Reading time 2 minutes Paul Deutschmann, Joan Tilouine

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