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France pitches 'partnership of equals' as African summit enters second day

France 24 · May 12, 2026, 9:50 AM · Also reported by 2 other sources

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Ahead of the second day of the Africa Forward summit, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that it had raised 23 billion euros in investment on the continent. As France pitches a 'partnership of equals' with African countries, it aims to distance itself from its neocolonial past. This comes as it completes a military withdrawal from West African countries, which has been seen as a sign of its declining influence on the continent. FRANCE 24's Tom Canetti tells us more on what to expect from this second day from Nairobi.

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