Before beginning his visit to four African nations on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron is anticipated to lay out a new Africa policy.
He is anticipated to travel to Angola, Congo-Brazzaville, the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon for an environmental meeting, and then Angola.
It takes place as Paris tries to stave off the region’s growing influence from China and Russia.
In several of its former colonies in the Sahel, there has been a strong anti-French attitude.
Burkina Faso announced the official conclusion of the French military intervention in the country a week ago after giving France a month to withdraw its 400 special forces.
In Mali, French troops withdrew from the country after the military government there started working with the Russian private military contractor Wagner.
The Russian group has also been operating in the Central African Republic.