France focuses its solidarity efforts through grants to 19 priority countries, which all belong to the ... operated by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD). Africa is a key focus of French ...

A vast central African metropolis is thought to be the most francophone city globally, with more people speaking French there than Paris. Kinshasa, the capital and largest city of the Democratic ...

Of the 300 million French speakers in the world by 2022, close to 50 percent lived in Africa, according to the Organisation of French-Speaking Countries. There are more French speakers in the ...

By the end of December 2020, the AFD had already dedicated€1.119 billion, 80% of which was for Africa, to help developing countries. Furthermore ... Between 2011 and 2018, the French Muskoka Fund ...

France has now been kicked out of more than 70% of African countries where it had a troop presence since ending its colonial rule. The French remain only in Djibouti, with 1,500 soldiers, and ...

France and Senegal are setting terms for a withdrawal of all French soldiers stationed in the West African country by the end of this year. The two countries said in a statement on Wednesday that ...