Senegal's President Faye Travels to France for First International Visit

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Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is traveling to France this week for his first official visit outside of Africa. He will participate in the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation and meet with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation

Based on the lessons learned from the Covid pandemic, the mechanism is an important step in giving African countries health sovereignty. It aims to do this by helping the African Union to meet its goal of manufacturing at least 60% of the vaccine doses needed by Africa on the African continent by 2040.

Faye, as a left-wing pan-Africanist, however, has insisted the partnership should from now on be mutually beneficial.In May, Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said his country's wish to determine its path was"incompatible with the entrenched presence of foreign military bases" on Senegalese soil.

 

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