French-speaking leaders gather in Tunisia for Francophonie summit

Some 30 leaders of French-speaking countries met on a Tunisian Djerba island on Saturday to discuss debt relief, migration, food and energy shortages, amid soaring living costs across Africa, Europe and the Middle East due to the war in Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the presidents of six African nations were attending the 18th annual meeting of the 88-member International Organisation of La Francophonie on the island of Djerba in southern Tunisia. European Council President Charles Michel was also in Tunisia for the two-day…