Emmanuel Macron embraces his counterpart from Gabon, Brice Oligui Nguema and the two heads of state attend an official dinner held at the presidential palace in Libreville, Sunday 23 November. United as two countries friends”, according to the French president. Like two “brother”supports Gabon. On his return from the G20 in South Africa and before flying the next day to Angola, to attend a summit between the European Union and the African Union, the French president insisted on a few hours stopover in Gabon.
As he stepped off the plane with military honors by a small group of people chanting his name while dancing the lingwala, Emmanuel Macron came to enjoy, and defend, the affection shown to him by the new Gabonese authorities, while anti-French sentiment has spread across the continent to bury the “Françafrique” era. “Our president wants to continue doing business with France. He is the one who decides”smiled Sandra Mbila, a cleaner who came to greet Emmanuel Macron at the airport, waving a flag promising a “mutually beneficial partnership” between France and Gabon.
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