Macron, a centrist, took over on Sunday from President Francois Hollande, the socialist whose five years in power were plagued by stubborn unemployment and attacks
Browsing: President Francois Hollande
However, he said that he did not want the issue to hamper the government’s work
The girls were abducted on April 14, 2014
They said overwhelming evidence abounds to attest to this conclusion, stressing that the insincerity is a ploy to sabotage and undermine all the efforts of the Nigerian Government to fight the Boko Haram insurgents to a stand still
It was at the French National Day VIP cocktail in Paris, also known as the Bastille Day
The armed men entered the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray during mass, taking the priest, two nuns and several churchgoers hostage, reports said
President Buhari and the French President, who is scheduled to arrive Abuja on Friday on an official visit to Nigeria, will be joined at the summit by the Presidents of Cameroon, Niger Republic, Chad and Benin Republic
The President was reacting to the incident in a statement issued in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina
Hollande announced this on Monday at the Elsee Palace in Paris after a closed door bilateral meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, who is on a three-day official visit to France
Hollande said the terrain where the accident occurred is a difficult one, thus giving no hope of survivor
The African Union has authorised a force of 7,500 troops from NIGERIA, Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin to fight the militants
The 42-year-old priest had chosen to remain in northern Cameroon, a zone where Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram is known to operate, despite the security threat.