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Central African Republic
Touadéra eager to meet with Macron

French president Emmanuel Macron and his Central African counterpart Faustin Archange Touadéra during their last meeting in September 2019. © Aurélien Morissard/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

Central African president Faustin Archange Touadéra has been making repeated appeals to Paris in recent days with a view to meeting with Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the European Union-African Union summit. For the moment, the French government is politely stalling for time. [...]

Published on 17/02/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Central African Republic
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