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France-Nigeria: Why Macron speaks Tinubu’s language

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January 4, 2024 09:30

French President Emmanuel Macron greets Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu in Paris, 22 June 2023. (Stevens Tomas/ABACA)

French President Emmanuel Macron greets Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu in Paris, 22 June 2023. (Stevens Tomas/ABACA)

The connection between Europe’s fifth-largest economic system and Africa’s largest has gone past oil, with vitality companies, agriculture, finance and know-how the main focus of rising funding.

When President Bola Tinubu visited Paris on his first official foreign trip, a month after his inauguration, he and French President Emmanuel Macron greeted one another like outdated buddies.

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