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The Charte de la Francophonie defines the role and missions of the organization. The current charter was adopted in Antananarivo, on 23 November 2005. The summit held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 26–27 November 2004 saw the adoption of a strategic framework for the period 2004–2014. The four missions drawn by the Summit of the ...
Nearly 50 heads of governments from different continents, including Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Cambodia’s King Norodim Sihamoni and Georgia’s President Salomé Zourabichvili ...
Québec Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie Sonia LeBel stated that "the linguistic crises of preceding months have led to a renewed interest in Québec for francophone and Acadian communities in Canada." [15] In April 2020, the Summit was delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. [16] [17]
The Francophonie or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes. The term was coined by Onésime Reclus [ 1 ] in 1880 and became important as part of the conceptual rethinking of cultures and geography in the late 20th century.
During the 19th and 20th centuries, hundreds of French-language newspapers, many short-lived, were published in the United States by Franco-Americans, immigrants from Canada, France, and other French-speaking countries. In New England alone, more than 250 journals had been established and ceased publication before 1940.
An Illinois father has been convicted of beating his teenage daughter to death following an argument the two had regarding her prom in 2022.. Mohammed Almaru, 42, of Tinley Park was found guilty ...
Louise Mushikiwabo (born May 22, 1961) [1] is the fourth and current Secretary General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. She previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Rwanda from 2009 to 2018. She also served as Government Spokesperson. She had previously been Minister of Information. [2] [3]
This is a list of the member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.These governments belong to an international organisation representing countries and regions where French is the first ("mother") or customary language, where a significant proportion of the population are francophones (French speakers) or where there is a notable affiliation with French culture.