Emmanuel Macron ‘defeats Marine Le Pen to become president’
Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has decisively won the French presidential election, projected results say. Mr Macron defeated far-right candidate Marine Le Pen by about 65% to 35% to become, at 39, the country’s youngest president, the results show. If confirmed, he will also become the first president from outside the two traditional main parties since […]
President Adama Barrow Wants More Senegalese Troops in Gambia
The Gambian government has requested that Senegal deploy an extra 1,000 soldiers as part of the regional military force in the country, Gambian President Adama Barrow told RFI in an interview on Wednesday. Barrow met with French President Francois Hollande during a two-day visit to Paris this week that focused on obtaining financial support for […]
Angela Merkel urges EU leaders to maintain CLOSE relations with UK in wake of Brexit
# Mrs Merkel said we are “living in a world of turmoil” as she urged Europe to remain “calm and composed” in the wake of the historic Brexit result. She said: “We have to remain calm and composed. We need to make composed analysis and decisions. “The EU is one of the world’s largest economic […]
Hollande Praises France-Friendly Benin On Whistle-Stop Africa Tour
French President François Hollande arrived in Benin at half-past midnight on Wednesday to start a whistle-stop tour that will also take him to Angola and Cameroon. In a message to other African leaders, notably Burundi’s Pierre Nkurunziza, he praised Benin’s President Thomas Boni Yaya for hs recent announcement that he would not be seeking a […]
