Macron’s Africa Comeback? Congo Summit After French Retreat

Macron’s Africa Comeback? Congo Summit After French Retreat

France, reeling from its military and political retreat across Africa, is seeking to claw back influence by hosting an emergency conference on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) next month. The announcement came as DRC President Felix Tshisekedi used his address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to call for recognition of what he described as a “silent genocide” in his country. “All the signs of planned extermination are present… Thi…