African leaders, French president seek vaccines for Africa

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes Rwanda's President Paul Kagame to the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation at the French Foreign Ministry in Paris, June 20, 2024. Macron and African leaders are working to make vaccines more available in Africa.

African leaders and French President Emmanuel Macron have partnered on an approximately $1-billion project to make vaccines more available in Africa after the COVID-19 pandemic revealed global inequity in vaccine access.