May 11, 2026 10:07 PM
Deals and new partnerships lined up at Africa-France summit
More than 30 African leaders gathered for a summit with French President Emmanuel Macron in Kenya on Monday, as Paris sought new deals and partnerships amid signs of fading influence in some of its former colonies on the continent. The Africa Forward Summit is the first France has organised in an English-speaking nation and follows a series of setbacks in West Africa, where some Francophone leaders have cut back on security and commercial links with their erstwhile colonial ruler. Macron said ...