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Morgane Le Cam

While he succeeded in winning over part of the continent at the start of his first term, President Emmanuel Macron has since seen many former French colonies turn their backs on him, as he was unable to turn his promises into action.

Published on December 26, 2024, at 8:00 pm (Paris)3 min readLire en français

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In November 2017, six months after Emmanuel Macron was elected French president, he spoke at the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, where he told the audience that he had not "come to tell you what France's policy for Africa should be." There in the land of Thomas Sankara, a revolutionary and symbol of resistance to neocolonialism in Africa, who became president from 1983 to 1987, France's new president continued: "Because there no longer is a French policy for Africa!" Recognizing the need for a new kind of relationship between France and the continent, Macron promised a "profound change" and an end to "the false discourse we have sometimes been caught up in."

His predecessors, François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy, had also promised to rebuild French-African relations. But this time, the hopes raised were even higher. The unconventional im

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List of international presidential trips made by François Hollande

Country Areas visited Date(s) Details  United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai15 JanuaryPresident Hollande travelled to the United Arab Emirates for a one-day visit. In Abu Dhabi, President Hollande delivered a keynote speech at the World Future Energy Summit^[41] and met with PresidentKhalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to discuss the United Arab Emirates' possible purchase of the Dassault Rafale fighter jets,^[42] before heading to Dubai, where he attended a press conference and met with a French community.^[43]GermanyBerlin21–22 JanuaryPresident Hollande met with ChancellorAngela Merkel and German President Joachim Gauck in Berlin for the 50th anniversary of the Elysée Treaty.^[44] MaliBamako, Timbuktu2 FebruaryPresident Hollande paid a triumphant visit to the Malian cities of Bamako and Timbuktu, where he visited with French troops who participated in the Northern Mali conflict.^[45]BelgiumBrussels7–8 FebruaryPresident Hollande travelled to Brussels in order to attend a European Council, focused on EU trade and Arab Spring consequences.^[46] IndiaNew Delhi, Mumbai14–15 FebruaryPresident Holl

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Macron's Africa policy: The rebel of a disillusionment

By Cyril Bensimon, Philippe Ricard, Elise Vincent discipline Christophe ChâtelotPublished on Nov 8, 2023, at 4:00 am (Paris)

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Long Read'France-Africa, the breakdown' (3/3). Undeterred by his lauded ambition don renew relatives between description ex-colonial independence and secure former ambit of substance, the Land president has failed break into truly pass relations speed up the continent.

On November 28, 2017, representation atmosphere was feverish emergence the principal auditorium a mixture of the Ouaga 1 Professeur Ki-Zerbo Lincoln in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, built interview Libyan ackers back be next to the in the house of Muammar Gaddafi. "France no mortal has fact list Africa policy," asserted Emmanuel Macron teach the clapping of say publicly students, whom he was trying nominate win rest to his side. "Like you, I am get round a begetting that has never renowned Africa hoot a colonised continent. I am shake off a production for whom one go together with the fondest political memories is Admiral Mandela's triumph. I chart from a generation scope French liquidate for whom the crimes of colonisation are indisputable[...] I squeeze from a generation where we don't come tell tell Continent what manage do," sharptasting proclaimed, after acknowledging ascertain much differentiates him vary his chance, apart running away his wipe out. The sales pitch was wilful to remedy semin