The other African election: France’s first round

Le président sénégalais Abdoulaye Wade et son homologue français Nicolas Sarkozy à leur arrivée à Dakar, le 26 juillet 2007 (REUTERS Pascal Rossignol)

What is there to say about that other African election, the one in France? Sunday was the first of two rounds in this presidential contest, which is a lot more about Europe—specifically Brussels, but also Berlin—than it is about Africa. Still, it will have real effects on both shores of the Mediterranean and of the […]

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