French is booming in English-speaking Africa...

The number of French-speakers may be on the decline in Europe as learning English and Spanish grows in popularity, but Africa is experiencing the opposite trend.

Swissinfo.ch’s Pierre-François Besson recently visited the Benin Village language school in Lomé, Togo, to find out why an increasing number of English-speakers from West Africa go there every year to learn French.

According to the International Organisation of the Francophonie (IOF), there are around 220 million French-speakers worldwide. More...

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