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Macron faces backlash for interrupting panel to silence audience at Kenya summit

Le Monde (English) · May 13, 2026, 8:32 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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'As soon as he sets foot on the African continent, he can't help but behave like a colonizer,' Danièle Obono, a lawmaker for the hard-left La France Insoumise, said in a post on X.

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