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France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi

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France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi

@FrenchEmbassyZA

Official account of the French network in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi 🇨🇵 ⮕ linktr.ee/franceinsoutha…

Pretoria, South Africa

Joined January 2011

France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi
@FrenchEmbassyZA
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France will convene tomorrow a conference of Palestinian and Israeli civil society for the implementation of the two-state solution. While the ceasefire in Gaza remains fragile and colonization in the West Bank accelerates, the call will propose concrete measures for the
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@FrenchEmbassyZA
Jun 5
France’s influence on world football is unmatched 🇫🇷🐓 99 of the 1,248 players selected for the tournament were born in France, nearly 1 in 12 players on football’s biggest stage ⚽️ Among them are 23 players representing France 🇫🇷 and 76 dual nationals proudly wearing the
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Martine Sobey
@martine_sobey
Jun 5
Thank you to @david_martinon & team @FrenchEmbassyZA for wonderful Bastille Day 🇫🇷 celebrations & anniversary of Alliance Française Maseru 🎂 🇱🇸
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French Response
@FrenchResponse
Jun 4
Replying to @UnderSecPD
“Foreign bureaucrats directed at American speech.” We were discussing a German court ruling involving a German citizen in Germany. The rest appears to have been added for dramatic effect.
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@FrenchEmbassyZA
Jun 4
Marjane Satrapi, French-Iranian writer, illustrator and filmmaker passed away today. She was the author of Persepolis a famous graphic novel first published in French in 2000. With Persopolis, Satrapi recounts her experience of the 1979 Iranian Revolution through the eyes of a
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@FrenchEmbassyZA
Jun 4
Ambassador @david_martinon met with His Majesty King Letsie III in Maseru today to follow up on the King’s participation to the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi. We thank his Majesty for the warm welcome and fruitful exchange on the bilateral relation between 🇫🇷 and 🇱🇸.
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@FrenchEmbassyZA
Jun 3
President @EmmanuelMacron and President @PaulKagame inaugurated yesterday a memorial paying tribute to the victims of the genocide against the Tutsis in 1994. Back in 2021, President Macron recognized France’s “overwhelming responsibility” in the process that eventually led to
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David Martinon
@david_martinon
Jun 3
@FrenchEmbassyZA
David Martinon
@david_martinon
Jun 3
As Maxime Saada blew the kudu horn, Canal Plus is now officially listed at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange as of 9am today. First French company listed in 136 years ! All the best to the team in this new and promising African journey.
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Emmanuel Macron
@EmmanuelMacron
Jun 2
L’équipe !
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@FrenchEmbassyZA
Jun 2
Replying to @FrenchEmbassyZA
6/While the peg limits inflation and fosters investments in the CFA zone some economists argue that more flexibility would encourage exports (notably). 7/ But instead of discussing real economic issues, people like @Joe__Bassey prefer to spread propaganda - so convenient.
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@FrenchEmbassyZA
Jun 2
Replying to @FrenchEmbassyZA
3/ This system was abolished in 2019. Monetary policy is overwhelmingly managed by African regional institutions. 4/ African states can change the name of the currency. 5/ There is a real debate among economists about the efficiency behind the currency peg with the Euro.
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@FrenchEmbassyZA
Jun 2
Replying to @FrenchEmbassyZA
1/ the first problem with the conspiracy narrative is that African countries are not imprisoned in the Franc Zone. 2/ Before 2019 some foreign exchange reserves from West African countries were held in accounts linked to the FR trasury but the reserves remained property of
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@FrenchEmbassyZA
Jun 2
What are you talking about @Joe__Bassey ? The claim that France is secretly « stealing billions » from Africa through the CFA is one of the most succesful disinformation narratives online. Not a surprise that you are using it🧵👇
Typical African
@Joe__Bassey
Jun 1
14 African countries pay reparations to France in billions of dollars for resisting slavery and colonization, but no single European country pays Africa reparations for slavery and apartheid. No single one.
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