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Apr
11
2022
By The African Mirror
Macron and Le Pen head for French election runoff, projections show

Macron and Le Pen head for French election runoff, projections show

WORLD
MIMOSA SPENCER, SYBILLE DE LA HAMAIDE and TASSILO HUMMEL FRANCE'S incumbent leader Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen are heading for an April 24 presidential election runoff, projections showed after first-round voting. Macron garnered 28.1-29.5% of votes in the first round while Le Pen won 23.3-24.4%, according to separate estimates by pollsters Ifop, OpinionWay, Elabe and Ipsos. Those estimates, published as voting ended, are usually very reliable in France. If confirmed, that outcome would set up a duel between an economic liberal with a globalist outlook in Macron and a deeply eurosceptic economic nationalist who, until the Ukraine…
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Sep
16
2021
By The African Mirror
Germany, France worried about Mali plan for Russian mercenaries

Germany, France worried about Mali plan for Russian mercenaries

NEWS
GERMANY has joined France in expressing concern about an agreement between Mali's military rulers and a Russian security company that would bring Russian mercenaries into the African country. Diplomatic and security sources have told Reuters that mercenaries hired by the Wagner Group would train the Malian military and provide protection for senior officials. The deal is close to being agreed on, they said, "We find this extremely worrying," a German foreign ministry spokesperson said. France's foreign minister on Tuesday criticised the plans, saying such a move was "incompatible" with the French military presence in its former colony. France is worried…
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Sep
02
2021
By The African Mirror
​​France tells Iran to return to nuclear deal talks immediately

​​France tells Iran to return to nuclear deal talks immediately

WORLD
FRANCE’S foreign minister told his newly-appointed Iranian counterpart in a telephone call that it was urgent for Tehran to return to nuclear negotiations immediately, the French foreign ministry has said in a statement. "The minister underlined the importance and the urgency of an immediate resumption of negotiations, interrupted by Iran since June," the foreign ministry said after the conversation between Jean-Yves Le Drian and Hossein Amirabdollahian. Le Drian expressed his concern with regard to all the nuclear activities carried out by Iran in violation of a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Iran has gradually violated limits in the agreement…
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Aug
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Brother of ex-president to be extradited

Brother of ex-president to be extradited

NEWS
FRANCE’S highest administrative council, the Conseil d'Etat, has approved the extradition of the younger brother of former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore. Police had detained Paul-Francois Compaore at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris in October 2017 on an international arrest warrant related to the 1998 murder of Norbert Zongo, who published Burkina Faso's Independent newspaper. The killing of Zongo, who had been investigating the murder of a driver who worked for Paul-Francois Compaore, became a symbol of repression during Blaise Compaore's 27-year rule, which ended in 2014 at the hands of a popular uprising. Compaore was barred from leaving…
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Jun
20
2021
By The African Mirror
The civilian toll of France’s anti-jihadist war in Mali

The civilian toll of France’s anti-jihadist war in Mali

NEWS
IT was a January afternoon when Madabbel Diallo heard fighter jets circling overhead. He paid them no mind: French aircraft regularly hunt jihadists in this part of central Mali. He was attending a wedding, sitting with the groom’s father just outside his village of Bounti, Diallo said, sipping tea with friends and relatives, looking forward to the feast being prepared. EMMANUEL FREUDENTHALFreelance journalist based in Addis Ababa PATRICIA HUONBelgian print and radio journalist living in Johannesburg HÉNI NSAIBIASenior researcher at ACLED and founder of Menastream, a risk consultancy YOURI VAN DER WEIDEAn open source researcher and trainer for Bellingcat MAMOUDOU…
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Jun
14
2021
By The African Mirror
FACTBOX: China, climate and vaccines – what the G7 agreed this weekend

FACTBOX: China, climate and vaccines – what the G7 agreed this weekend

WORLD
THE Group of Seven rich nations promised to tackle China's growing influence, fight climate change, get more COVID-19 jabs to poor countries and keep up their economic stimulus programmes at their first summit since Joe Biden became U.S. president. Following is a summary of the main points agreed by the leaders of the United States, Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Canada at their three-day meeting at a beachside hotel in southwest England which ended yesterday. CLIMATE CHANGE - The G7 said it would meet a long-overdue funding pledge of $100 billion a year by rich countries to help poorer…
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Jun
12
2021
By The African Mirror
France ends West African operation

France ends West African operation

NEWS
JOHN IRISH and TANGI SALAUN PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron has announced that France's operation battling Islamist militants in the Sahel region of West Africa would come to an end with troops now operating as part of broader international efforts in the region. France, the former colonial power, has hailed some success against Sahel militants in recent months but the situation is extremely fragile and Paris has grown frustrated with no apparent end in sight to its operations and political turmoil especially in Mali. "The time has come to begin a deep transformation of our military presence in the Sahel," Macron told…
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Jun
11
2021
By The African Mirror
France, SA to increase vaccines access

France, SA to increase vaccines access

COVID-19
FRANCE has decided to work with South Africa to help African countries to get access to vaccines, French President Emmanuel Macron told a news conference on Thursday ahead of a G7 summit. Macron also said that having access to vaccines should not be blocked by disputes over intellectual property rights.
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Jun
04
2021
By The African Mirror
France donates 184,000 doses to Senegal

France donates 184,000 doses to Senegal

COVID-19
FRANCE has donated 184,000 doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to Senegal through the COVAX vaccine-sharing facility, the programme's sponsors said in a statement. This is the second batch of COVID-19 vaccines Senegal has received through the global scheme after an initial 324,000 AstraZeneca doses arrived in March. The arrival of the latest batch is timely. Senegal's supply of vaccines is running low just as thousands of people are due for their second jabs. Most of the country's 16 million citizens have yet to receive a first dose. Around 456,000 people in Senegal had been vaccinated as of Tuesday, programme sponsors…
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May
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Macron pledges help for Africa

Macron pledges help for Africa

COVID-19
PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron has announced that France would invest in boosting the production of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa, to help close a gap in the availability of the shots between African and Western nations. Speaking at a joint news conference with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria, Macron said Africa made up around 20% of the world's need for vaccines but only 1% of vaccine production. "How do we boost the production of vaccines on the African continent?" he said. "On this, we will this afternoon have an investment strategy to help these industrials produce more, and quite quickly."…
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