Search
  1. Home
  2. Africa
  3. West Africa

Chirac arrives in Guinea

    ABIDJAN

    French President Jacques Chirac arrived in Guinea on Wednesday at the start of a four-nation African tour that will also take him to Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon, news organisations reported.

    Officials say that his agenda covers bilateral cooperation, trade, regional security as well as the need for democracy and the rule of law to take root in Africa, Reuters said.

    Guinea's links with France were cut in 1958 after Conakry refused General Charles de Gaulle's offer of membership of a French African community and in October of the same year Guinea became independent. French support was withdrawn and nationalist leader Ahmed Sekou Toure set about constructing
    a new economic and administrative system based on Marxist principles.

    Chirac's predecessor, Francois Mitterand visited Guinea in 1987, Reuters said.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

    Share this article

    Our ability to deliver compelling, field-based reporting on humanitarian crises rests on a few key principles: deep expertise, an unwavering commitment to amplifying affected voices, and a belief in the power of independent journalism to drive real change.

    We need your help to sustain and expand our work. Your donation will support our unique approach to journalism, helping fund everything from field-based investigations to the innovative storytelling that ensures marginalised voices are heard.

    Please consider joining our membership programme. Together, we can continue to make a meaningful impact on how the world responds to crises.

    Become a member of The New Humanitarian

    Support our journalism and become more involved in our community. Help us deliver informative, accessible, independent journalism that you can trust and provides accountability to the millions of people affected by crises worldwide.

    Join