Francophone Africa Update: 16 May 2022

16 May 2022

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune invites President Macron to make an official visit to Algeria, Algérie Focus

Why are Western actors apparently more concerned about Russian group Wagner’s human rights abuses in Mali than in CAR? Afrique XXI

Mali quits the G5 joint force, France24

How to react to West Africa’s military coups, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

Conspiracy theories in the Sahel are not only the product of Russian propaganda, Afrique XXI

Francophone Africa Update: 9 May 2022

Sahel: After a spate of coups, what next? Alex Vines, Chatham House

Macron’s reshaping of Africa policy during his first term as president (the first of a series of 8 articles), Jeune Afrique

Macron’s Africa policy 2017-22 (first of two articles), Le Monde

Looking forward to Macron’s second term and its likely impact on France-Africa relations I, The Guardian (Nigeria)

Looking forward to Macron’s second term and its likely impact on France-Africa relations II, The Teller Report

La rivalité Algérie-Maroc au sujet du Sahara Occidental, FRS