Brigitte Macron was pictured waving to crowds a day after she and her French President husband were joined by singer Rihanna for an education summit in Senegal.
The 64-year-old French First Lady was all smiles alongside the Senegalese President’s wife Marieme Faye Sall, in the north-west of the country on Saturday.
Sporting a pair of chic tortoise shell shades, Brigitte waved from her car to the hundreds of cheering locals who were lining the streets.
Brigitte Macron was pictured waving to crowds a day after she and her French President husband were joined by singer Rihanna for a conference in Senegal
The 64-year-old French First Lady was all smiles alongside the Senegalese President’s wife Marieme Faye Sall, in the north-west of the country on Saturday.
Sporting a smart white blouse beneath a navy mac jacket, Macron cut a stylish figure alongside Sall who wore traditional Senegalese robes.
The two First Lady’s played important diplomatic roles this week during the Global Partnership for Education conference as part of his two-day trip to west Africa.
Macron, travelling with Brigitte, earlier visited French forces serving with the G5 Sahel, a five-nation regional force launched last year to counter growing extremism in West Africa.
Sporting a pair of chic tortoise shell shades, Brigitte waved from her car to the hundreds of cheering locals who were lining the streets
The two First Lady’s played important diplomatic roles this week during the Global Partnership for Education conference as part of his two-day trip to west Africa. They joined their husbands to walk across a bridge during the trip in Saint-Louis, in the north-west of Senegal
Macron, travelling with Brigitte, earlier visited French forces serving with the G5 Sahel, a five-nation regional force launched last year to counter growing extremism in West Africa
Sporting a smart white blouse beneath a navy mac jacket, Macron cut a stylish figure alongside Sall who wore traditional Senegalese robes
Brigitte meanwhile already met Angelina Jolie in Paris earlier in the week as the Hollywood star discussed a recent trip to Jordan and urged members of the UN Security Council to resolve the conflict in Syria.
The American actress and humanitarian wore a demure off-white dress under a grey shawl as she made her way through the streets of the French capital to meet with President Emmanuel Macron’s wife at the Élysée Palace.
Shielding her eyes behind a pair of oversized sunglasses, UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina also made a stop at the Guerlain boutique on the Champs-Elysées, where she is believed to have posed for an ad campaign.
Macron, travelling with his wife, Brigitte, visited French forces serving with the G5 Sahel, a five-nation regional force launched last year to counter growing extremism in West Africa
Meeting of the minds: Angelina Jolie met with French First Lady Brigitte Macron at Paris’ Élysée Palace on Tuesday
Family fun: Earlier on in the day, Angelina took in the sights of Paris with her six children – Maddox, 16, Zahara, 13, Pax, 14, Shiloh, 11, and nine-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne
Ahead of the conference, Macron met Sall at the presidential palace in the Senegalese capital and signed agreements on the sale of two Airbus planes for 71 million euros and the creation of a Franco-Senegalese university campus.
A protest march by ‘France Degage’, a group which wants the former colonial power to reduce its role in Senegal, was expected on Friday.
Macron has visited Africa six times already in his nine months as president, spending time in several former French colonies and reaffirming support for the Barkhane counter-terror force rooting out jihadists across the Sahel region.
Macron poses with pupils of Mariama Ba school on Goree island, once a west African slaving post, off the coast of Dakar, Senegal
A rapid reaction force of Senegalese troops was recently deployed to Mali as part of a UN peacekeeping mission with France’s blessing, as the international community attempts to contain Al-Qaeda-linked groups wreaking havoc in the unstable desert nation.
Macron has also emphasised development co-operation as part of his foreign policy in Africa, and will visit the northern Senegalese city of Saint Louis on Saturday, which is threatened by coastal erosion.
He will be accompanied by President Jim Yong Kim of the World Bank, which along with France is financing protective measures for the former capital of what was known until 1902 as French West Africa.
French President Emmanuel Macron appeared alongside superstar singer Rihanna for an education summit in Senegal today. Rihanna, who wore a smart grey suit for the event with her hair scraped back, tweeted ‘merci’ to thank Macron after the pair posed for photos
The pair appeared relaxed in each other’s company with Macron giving the global superstar a thumbs up while she greeted audience members at the Global Partnership for Education conference