Rwanda is pursuing quiet diplomacy to place Louise Mushikiwabo, 56, her foreign minister since 2009, at the head of La Francophonie.
According to our information, many member countries support the possibility of such a candidacy supported by the troika Paris, Rabat and Dakar. This means that the Canadian Michaelle Jean, 60, in office since 2014, will have to fight hard to win.
The obstacles are numerous. To the frigid relations with Paris and the positive neutrality of his country, Canada, add a distancing cultivated with African palates and, last but not least, a halftone balance and a reputation of spendthrift that sticks to the skin from the former Radio Canada reporter.
The arrival of Rwanda at the head of the OIF would signify the return of this model country in terms of development and adept of multilingualism in line with the vision of Emmanuel Macron. See you in Yerevan, capital of Armenia, on October 11th and 12th, 2018, for a summit of the Francophonie which will devote a probable alternation or a hypothetical renewal.