Emmanuel Macron interrupted the speaker to ask for silence

French President Emmanuel Macron interrupted a speaker at the African Front Summit in Nairobi and asked the audience to remain silent.

“There is a total lack of respect,” Macron told the audience, before urging those holding side talks to continue in both foreign and bilateral meeting rooms.

As France seeks to strengthen its economic and political ties on the continent, the French leader is in Kenya at the Future of Africa Summit, which has brought together more than 30 African leaders, business executives and young entrepreneurs.