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Tunisia
Saïed in Paris for frank talks about debt, OIF summit with Macron

The French president has put pressure on his Tunisian counterpart by inviting him to Paris on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the summit on African economies. This trip was decided at the last moment because of concerns about Tunisia's financial situation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.05.2021

Kaïs Saïed and Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at the Elysée in June 2020.

Tunisia
French PM mollifies Tunis with visit on 24 May

After cancelling a trip planned for March because of Covid-19, Jean Castex will head to the Tunisian capital next month for talks about security and economics with his counterpart Hichem Mechichi.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.04.2021

Tunisia
Pressured by Macron, Saïed reluctantly cranks up OIF summit preparations

The Tunisian head of state has only seven months left to organise the 50th anniversary of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, an event that has been far from a prime concern of his. Ongoing health restrictions and the choice to hold it on the ill-equipped Djerba Island are not making things easier.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.04.2021

Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris in June 2020.

Tunisia
Covid causes Castex to postpone Tunis trip

French Prime Minister Jean Castex has postponed plans to travel to Tunis to attend the Franco-Tunisian Cooperation Council because of the Covd pandemic.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.03.2021

Tunisia
French ambassador Parant in a cold sweat over Francophonie summit

French ambassador André Parant and his Canadian and Belgian peers are struggling to get a clear picture of the preparations for the international Francophonie summit to be held in Djerba in late November. And for good reason:

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.03.2021

Tunisia
Bloc Démocratique MP Sofiane Makhloufi takes on job of repairing Franco-Tunisian relations

With the setting up of a parliamentary friendship group, the former journalist Sofiane Makhloufi will be trying to reactivate links with France, which have become somewhat more distant since Kais Saied came to power.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.01.2021

Tunisia
Saïed and Mechichi bicker over relations with Paris

President Kaïs Saïed and his chief of staff Nadia Akacha are fuming after Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi's official visit to France on 14 December.

Subscribers only Politics 21.12.2020

Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi's visit to Paris to meet his French counterpart Jean Castex on 14 December.

Ivory Coast
International francophone body pays high-tension pre-election visit to Abidjan

Désiré Nyaruhirira, special adviser to the secretary general of the international organisation of francophone countries, the IOF, is due to meet PDCI candidate Henri Konan Bédié and representatives of the RHDP on Friday 30 October, just a few hours before the first round of voting in the presidential elections.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.10.2020

France, Senegal, West Africa
Avisa Partners prepares Macky Sall's next Dakar International Forum on Security in Africa

The annual forum on peace and security in Africa, which serves as a showcase for Senegalese diplomacy, is now set to take place in May with a new team in charge of its organisation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.10.2020

Senegalese President Macky Sall at an African Peace and Security Forum in Dakar.

Tunisia
Poivre d'Arvor plans to continue to squat on new ambassador's patch in Tunis

As France's new ambassador to Tunisia prepares to take up his post, his predecessor, Olivier Poivre d'Arvor, plans to stay in the country, where he will continue to play a role in economic and cultural affairs.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.09.2020

Former French ambassador to Tunisia Olivier Poivre d'Arvor.

In Focus | France, Tunisia
Saïed and Macron call each other's bluff over OIF anniversary summit

As Tunisia continues to drag its feet over the organisation of the next summit of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, France is starting to run out of patience, while event-planning companies, which have been destabilised by the Covid-19 pandemic, still hope to take advantage of the gathering to restore their fortunes.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.07.2020

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Tunisian counterpart Kaïs Saïed on June 22 in Paris.

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Organisation internationale de la francophonie

Tunisia
Saïed in Paris for frank talks about debt, OIF summit with Macron

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French PM mollifies Tunis with visit on 24 May

Tunisia
Pressured by Macron, Saïed reluctantly cranks up OIF summit preparations

Tunisia
Covid causes Castex to postpone Tunis trip

Tunisia
French ambassador Parant in a cold sweat over Francophonie summit

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Tunisia Pressured by Macron, Saïed reluctantly cranks up OIF summit preparations

Tunisia Covid causes Castex to postpone Tunis trip

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Tunisia
Saïed in Paris for frank talks about debt, OIF summit with Macron

Tunisia
French PM mollifies Tunis with visit on 24 May

Tunisia
Pressured by Macron, Saïed reluctantly cranks up OIF summit preparations

Tunisia
Covid causes Castex to postpone Tunis trip

Tunisia
French ambassador Parant in a cold sweat over Francophonie summit

Tunisia
Bloc Démocratique MP Sofiane Makhloufi takes on job of repairing Franco-Tunisian relations

Tunisia
Saïed and Mechichi bicker over relations with Paris

Ivory Coast
International francophone body pays high-tension pre-election visit to Abidjan

France, Senegal, West Africa
Avisa Partners prepares Macky Sall's next Dakar International Forum on Security in Africa

Tunisia
Poivre d'Arvor plans to continue to squat on new ambassador's patch in Tunis

In Focus | France, Tunisia
Saïed and Macron call each other's bluff over OIF anniversary summit

Tunisia
Plenty for Kais Saied and Macron to digest over dinner at Elysée

Tunisia
Nabil Ammar to be new ambassador in France

Benin
Cotonou set to close around a dozen embassies

Madagascar
When CENI ordered 1.85 million extra electoral ID cards

Africa
Kako Nubukpo promotes single currency to French Freemasons

Tunisia
Attias team refused OIF summit meeting

Guinea
Lansana Kouyaté gears up for presidential bid

Tunisia
Lassaâd Ben Lamine has no budget for the Tunis francophone summit

Africa, France
MP Bruno Fuchs' African network