Senegal's President Faye travels to France for first international visit

Melissa Chemam with RFI

19 June 2024 at 12:05 pm·1-min read

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is traveling to France this week for his first official visit outside of Africa. He will participate in the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation and meet with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Faye, who was inaugurated on 2 April, said he would be travelling to France, Wednesday.

He will first take part in the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation in Paris, scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday), which aims to give Africa more sovereignty to address the many health crises it faces.

The Forum has two objectives. The first one is to launch the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator (AVMA).

Based on the lessons learned from the Covid pandemic, the mechanism is an important step in giving African countries health sovereignty. It aims to do this by helping the African Union to meet its goal of manufacturing at least 60% of the vaccine doses needed by Africa on the African continent by 2040.

The second objective is to mark the start of Gavi’s replenishment campaign for 2026-2030.

Gavi's replenishment campaign is an initiative to secure financial commitments from donor governments, private sector partners, foundations, and other stakeholders to fund its vaccination programs for a specific period, usually five years.

"Senegal wants to rethink the relations with France," he says, "but to do so discussions are necessary."

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