Macron's trip is the first state visit by a French leader to the former colony off the east coast of Africa since President Jacques Chirac 's in 2005.

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President Emmanuel Macron has begun a two-day visit to the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar in what is the first state visit by a French leader to its former colony off the east coast of Africa ...

Macron also announced funding from the French Development Agency and a loan for the construction of a hydroelectric dam in Volobe, in eastern Madagascar, which has been planned for nearly a decade.