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Macron Meets With Burkina Faso Leader

by VOA News

   French President Emmanuel Macron met Tuesday with Burkina Faso
   President President Roch Marc Christian Kabore as part of a
   three-nation African tour.

   Macron's schedule Tuesday also includes a speech to university students
   and meeting with members of the French community in Ouagadougou.

   Among the key themes of his trip are security, jobs, the environment
   and migration.

   Africa's youth will also be a key theme at the EU-Africa summit in
   Ivory Coast on Wednesday, and when he makes the first trip by a French
   president to Ghana and meets with young people in Accra. His final stop
   is in Ghana.

   France has more than 7,000 troops deployed across Africa, including
   those hunting down Islamist militants in the Sahel, in cooperation with
   the new regional African counterterrorism force that Macron helped to
   launch.

   The French president is also pushing development to address insecurity
   and the flood of migrants still heading to Europe.