During its annual meeting this year in Nairobi, Kenya, the president of Africa's multilateral development finance institution, Akinwumi Adesina, presented the institution’s fresh blueprint for the next decade, aimed at steering the continent toward long-term economic development and prosperity.

Relations between France and its former colonies in Africa has drastically thawed, resulting in its diminished influence in those countries. Also, New Caledonia's recent unrest begs the question: Why is France's influence under Emmanuel Macron's presidency?