Le Monde Afrique dedicates a portrait to the candidate

It is a thorough portrait that Le Monde Afrique publishes this Monday 19 May, written by its correspondent Léa Sandrini. Five pages, the result of three months of investigation, interviews with the candidate and with some twenty political, economic and cultural figures who have crossed her path.

The article, titled 'The diplomat who wants to refound La Francophonie', retraces the candidate's journey from her years at the Union of African Chambers of Commerce to her designation by the DRC last March. A trajectory the French daily describes as 'sober, methodical, and deeply coherent'.

Particularly noted is the analysis of the candidacy's nine projects: Le Monde Afrique hails 'a programme rare for its operational precision' and underlines that the candidate is 'one of the only ones to present such detailed and quantified commitments'.

The article ends with a perspective: 'If the election at the Phnom Penh Summit were to be decided on the solidity of the projects and the clarity of the vision, Juliana Amato Lumumba would already be elected'. A cautious formula but one that echoes the gradual momentum observed in Francophone capitals over recent weeks.