Traversing three capital cities in hours, French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday pursued his African tour aimed at renewing frayed ties.
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his speech to the French community at the residence of the French Ambassador in Libreveille on March 2, 2023.
“This fits in with the idea I have of this economic partnership between the African continent and France,” Macron told around 100 delegates. Angola, which imports a large share of the food it consumes, wants to strengthen its “sovereignty” and find new sources of income in the sector, according to the French presidency.
On Thursday Macron said the era of French interference in Africa had ended and there was no desire to return to the past. On Thursday, Congolese rights groups asked the French president to relay their concerns to Sassou-Nguesso and pleaded for the release of former presidential candidates Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko and Andre Okombi Salissa.
President Felix Tshisekedi has been at the helm of DRC since January 2019, but he is up for re-election later this year, and here too the opposition has voiced reservations about the French leader’s visit.
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