Macron in South Africa for Talks on COVID Vaccine

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Friday in South Africa for a lightning trip to discuss COVID vaccine access for Africa, aides said. 

Macron arrived from a historic visit to Rwanda where he acknowledged French responsibility in the 1994 genocide.  Landing in Johannesburg, he headed for the capital Pretoria where he was to be welcomed by Cyril Ramaphosa at Union Buildings, the seat of government.   The pair will launch a program at the University of Pretoria to support African vaccine production, a project backed by the European Union, United States and World Bank.