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African Union head praises Macron s new deal for continent at Paris summit
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Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi, whose country holds the rotating African Union presidency, has praised the Paris financial summit as a great opportunity and said French president Emmanuel Macron was offering a new deal .
The Paris summit brought together African leaders and global financial institutions seeking to provide Africa with critical financing after the Covid-19 pandemic depleted the coffers of the world s poorest region. We will see to what extent we can raise funds to save Africa, said Tshisekedi, adding that the pandemic left our economies drained because we have had to spend all the little resources we had to fight the disease .
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9 hours ago Emmanuel Macron Hopes of a financial lifeline for COVID-battered Africa ran high at a summit hosted by President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, with the boss of the African Union hailing the talks as a potential “new deal” for the continent. The summit brings together African leaders and global financial institutions seeking to provide Africa with critical financing after the COVID-19 pandemic depleted the coffers of the world’s poorest region.
Africa has so far been less badly hit by the pandemic than other regions with a total of 130,000 dead compared with 3.4 million worldwide.
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