France in South Africa

Recently Ambassador David Martinon met with Mr Abal-Kassim Cheik Ahamed, President of the new university of Mayotte, to discuss the exciting opportunities for the University in terms of regaional cooperation in the Indian Ocean, from Kenya to South Africa, and including La Réunion.

The Embassy of France to South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi is inviting bids for the external evaluation of the project Reimagining Heritage, Archives and Museums: Today/Tomorrow (RHAM).

Gender equality is a priority for France. With its feminist diplomacy, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs visibly delivers on this commitment internationally.

When Ms Catherine Colonna, French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs visited Freedom Park in Pretoria, South Africa, in June 2023, she paid tribute to the significance of this memorial site, and to the efforts made to remember and honour the past struggles and freedom fighters to inform the present.

The Sixth Paris Peace Forum will be held in Paris on 10 and 11 November 2023. It will bring together all global governance actors who have once again stepped forward to agree on effective collective solutions for the challenges of the 21st century.