France wants to “build balanced” and “beneficial” partnerships for African countries, assures Séjourné. The head of French diplomacy, who took office in January, began his first African tour in Kenya on Saturday.
He will then take him to Rwanda, where he will attend the commemorations of the 30th anniversary of the Tutsi genocide, then to Côte d'Ivoire. In ten years, the number of French companies established in the country has almost tripled, from 50 to 140.