Abdou Diouf

11/10/2012 - France - DRC

Africa is future of French-speaking club says Francophonie boss Abdou Diouf

The Secretary General of the Francophonie organisation which groups together French-speaking nations around the world, says that 85 per cent of French speakers around the world will be in Africa ...

26/06/2010 - G20 - exclusive interview with Commonwealth's Kamalesh Sharma

World division of wealth grotesque, says Commonwealth chief

It is a "grotesque irony" that 90 per cent of the world's countries are not represented at this weekend's G20 meeting, say the heads of the Commonwealth and the alliance of French-speaking countries, la Francophonie in a joint statement issued Friday.

19/03/2010 - Francophonie

French language growing, especially in Africa

Two-hundred million people speak French, according to researchers speaking on the 40th anniversary of the French-speakers’ commonwealth, l’Organisation internationale de la ...