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Macron's Africa tour includes Mauritius, Gabon, South Africa, and Angola to boost cooperation on peace, trade, and green development, supporting new Gabonese leadership.
- On Thursday, Emmanuel Macron begins a short African tour with a visit to Mauritius, which the Élysée Palace says will spur new dynamics and promote ties with Mayotte and Réunion.
- After a series of coups in the Sahel, the trip aims to turn the page on Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger coups that signalled a retreat of France’s influence, with analysts urging a shift from the Françafrique model, Ifri researcher François Gaulme said.
- In Gabon, Macron will meet General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema and the Élysée says he will support the new authorities, while Camp De Gaulle trains forces and AfD aids Transgabonais rehabilitation.
- At the Johannesburg G20 over the weekend, Macron will hold a bilateral with Cyril Ramaphosa, launch a Franco‑South African business council, and may seek an Algerian thaw amid Donald Trump’s boycott.
- Strategically, Macron aims to advance the European Global Gateway strategy, including the Lobito corridor, to secure minerals and counter China in Africa.
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The President of the Republic began on Thursday a five-day tour of the African continent with the aim of establishing "win-win" partnerships in the face of "common challenges." The task will not be easy, at a time when resentments against the former colonial power remain alive.
The Head of State will be on the continent for five days during which he will try to reaffirm the French presence while his new African policy announced at the Ouagadougou speech of 2017 struggles to materialize.
The French President, especially expected in Johannesburg for the G20 summit, intends to solidify the relationship between France and the African continent.
The President of the Republic will then visit South Africa, which hosts the G20 summit on Saturday and Sunday, then Gabon, where he will meet the new President, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, two years after the coup d'état which ended the Bongo dynasty, and Angola for an African Union-European Union summit.
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