President Emmanuel Macron of France arrived Chad today (Saturday 22nd December, 2018) to hold urgent talks with the country’s President, Idriss Deby. The aim of the meeting is to discuss Russia’s new miltary alliance with the government of the Central African Republic (CAR). Russia has been supplying arms to the CAR. About 175 Russians, employed…… Continue reading Macron scrambles to preserve French influence in Africa as Putin bites off a chunk