A conference on financing the African Union's peace efforts will be held in Paris by the end of this year, French President Emmanuel Macron said while on a visit to Ethiopia.

Issued on: 14/05/2026 - 11:42

Modified: 14/05/2026 - 11:43

Macron has been in Africa on a five-day visit this week, including for a two-day economic summit in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

On Wednesday, he met Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa, before holding informal talks with AU chairman Mahamoud Ali Youssouf and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.