Phnom Penh - A summit of French-speaking nations opened Sunday in Phnom Penh, with leaders including France’s President Emmanuel Macron seeking to avoid a walkout by the group’s biggest African member.The Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), a post-colonial entity resembling the Commonwealth, gathers around 90 states and nations including 53 full members, from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Canada.But the two-day talks are being overshadowed by tensions between two men, Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, and a row over the organisation’s new head.
Francophone summit opens with Congo, Rwandan clash
The Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) gathers around 90 states and nations including 53 full members.
In brief
Phnom Penh - A summit of French-speaking nations opened Sunday in Phnom Penh, with leaders including France’s President Emmanuel Macron seeking to avoid a walkout by the group’s biggest African member.The Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), a post-colonial entity resembling the Commonwealth, gathers around 90 states and nations including 53 full members, from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Canada.But the two-day talks are being overshadowed by tensions between two men, Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, and a row over the organisation’s new head.
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