Macron takes champagne and fois gras to French soldiers in Chad By Laurence BENHAMOU N'Djamena (AFP) Dec 22, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron paid a pre-Christmas visit to French soldiers in Chad on Saturday, bringing enough champagne, fois gras and chocolate for 1,300 troops along with him. Macron landed at Kossei air base near N'Djamena, the nerve centre of Operation Barkhane, a four-year campaign led by France against Islamic jihadists in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. He met first with Chadian President Idriss Deby before greeting and eating with the French troops, his second such trip after one to Niger a year ago. The French president also spoke with the commanders of British, Estonian, German and Spanish units that are taking part in the operaton. The president's personal chef Guillaume Gomez made the trip as well to ensure the troops received a holiday meal from home despite temperatures that can reach 32 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit). A Barkhane commander said the operation's 4,500 troops carry out 600 operations each month.
In southern Madagascar, voters struggle for food before ballot Amboasary, Madagascar (AFP) Dec 18, 2018 One after another, the mothers sat their babies in the shade, on a mat placed on the dusty ground. This morning at least, their children will have enough to eat. In the village of Ifotaka, at the southern tip of Madagascar, the noise and excitement of the country's election campaign seems far away as locals confront more pressing needs in a daily struggle for food. For Pastrolina Vatofara, aid agency food distribution is a matter of survival. "I earn a little money by harvesting sisal trees ... read more
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