DECRYPTION – In just four days, the French president completed a tour that took him to Gabon, Angola, Congo and then to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Special envoy to Brazzaville and Kinshasa
Chase the natural, it returns in a luxury sedan. The one waiting for Emmanuel Macron at the foot of the presidential plane. It has just landed at Brazzaville airport. Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso gave him the best of receptions on Friday. Red carpet, national anthems played by a military band, review of troops, presentation of regime dignitaries and everywhere along the route, posters praising Franco-Congolese friendship. “Sassou set us the standards of a state trip for a work visit“Summarizes a minister of the delegation. As in “old times“. That of Françafrique, of which Emmanuel Macron has been struggling to turn the page since his speech in Ouagadougou in 2017.
If he lends himself to the game of Denis Sassou-Nguesso, he tastes moderately the attention of his Congolese counterpart. He doesn’t like having his hand forced. Above all, he wants to chase away the old reflexes of Françafrique. SO…
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