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Horn of Africa
Macron bolsters French presence in Horn

Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali and French president Emmanuel Macron. © Ian Langsdon/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Ambassador Frédéric Clavier is to be France's new special envoy for the Horn of Africa. His job will be to follow the conflict in Tigray and consolidate the work of his predecessor in Sudan since 2019. [...]

Published on 08/10/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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