Sentence examples for francophone from inspiring English sources

And then there is Canada, where the Parti Québécois has a long and chequered history of fighting for independence for the francophone province.

"In the past Nigeria has had a frosty relationship with its francophone neighbours and has found it easier to collaborate with Ghana, an anglophone country.

After all, it is entirely possible for a francophone to live and work in Quebec, even in Montreal its opening to the world without speaking a word of English.But things could have taken a different turn, say both the separatists and a lot of Quebec federalists.

But many of his fellow francophone philosophers regard him as too outrageous to speak to.Charming, provocative and litigious, Tariq Ramadan is unique among Europe's Muslim activists.

In Brussels, Flemings accuse French-speaking bureaucrats of enfranchising francophone Moroccans so as to tilt the balance against Dutch.

Predictably, it took some cajoling by a pretty, francophone colleague before the indomitable maître d' yielded and seated us in the lounge to await the precious table.

In the francophone elections the francophone Socialists emerged as the biggest party, just ahead of the francophone Liberals.

In les régions, the rural francophone constituencies that decide provincial elections, the Liberals are now the choice of only one voter in five.

A French desire to see some (notionally) francophone countries in the EU undermined officials' attempts to be tough on the vital questions of judicial reform and organised crime.

This week it launched its first francophone service, in Congo and Cameroon, to be followed shortly by Côte d'Ivoire.

Born in a "corrupted banana republic of Francophone Africa", he becomes a child soldier in several countries.