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French presidential election: what African policy for the candidates?

Audio 7:30 p.m.

A montage representing the twelve candidates for the French presidential election.

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By: Anne Corpet Follow

1 min

This is undoubtedly a first under the Fifth Republic: the French presidential campaign is taking place while war is at the gates of Europe.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has placed foreign policy at the heart of the debates and concerns of voters.

She totally changed the campaign.

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The French will vote on April 10 and 24.

As this major election approaches, RFI reviews the main positions and proposals of the candidates, in terms of foreign policy, with two special programs.

Tomorrow we will deal at length with issues related to Ukraine one month to the day after the start of the war. 

And today, we are going to talk about the other strategic front for France: the Sahel and more generally African politics.

Decryption with François Mazet

, journalist in the Africa service of

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