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French-speaking bloc examines unrest in Africa

Secretary General of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) Louise Mushikiwabo holds a press conference after the closing of the 18th Summit for French-speaking countries in Tunisia's island resort of Djerba, on 20 November, 2022. © AFP/Fethi Belaid

Facing calls to do more to resolve global crises, the world's French-speaking leaders met in Tunisia Sunday to discuss growing instability and popular discontent in francophone Africa.

But tensions crept into the International Organisation of Francophonie (IOF) conference itself when the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, refused to pose for a photo next to Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda.

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