Kate Mitchell, who was originally from North Tyneside, was murdered in 2021 in a Nairobi hotel.
In a first since these meetings started in the 1970s, this move reflects a change in France's thinking.
Emmanuel Macron interrupted a speaker on stage at the Africa Forward summit in Nairobi.
Kate Mitchell, 42 - originally from Whitley Bay - was murdered in November 2021 at a Nairobi hotel.
The French president stood up during a conference in Kenya to tell the audience to quieten down, saying it was “impossible” for speakers to be heard.
The four men pleaded not guilty to targeting an American in an alleged attack at a holiday apartment.
Zhang Kequn was arrested in March while trying to travel to China with more than 2,000 live ants.
Campbell Scott, 58, was found dead in a sack in Makongo Forest in February last year.
Eleven people were rescued overnight after a minibus taxi got stuck in rising floodwaters in Nairobi.
