The Jeux de la Francophonie (Canadian English: Francophonie Games; British English: Francophone Games) are a combination of artistic and sporting events for the Francophonie, mostly French-speaking nations, held every four years since 1989, similar in concept to the Commonwealth Games.

There were four sports at the inaugural event in 1989: athletics, basketball, association football and judo. Handisport, handball, table tennis and wrestling were added to the competition programme in 1994. None of these four sports featured at the 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie, and boxing and tennis were introduced to the programme instead. Eight sports featured in 2001: the four inaugural sports, boxing and table tennis were included. Furthermore, handisport and beach volleyballcompetitions were held as demonstration events. Neither of these demonstration sports were included in 2005, with traditional style wrestling being demonstrated in addition to the six more established sports. The 2009 programme re-introduced beach volleyball.

This year first gold medal for the Mauritian delegation at the Jeux de la Francophonie in Abidjan. The group Les Frères Joseph climbed the highest step of the podium in dance in the cultural category on the evening of Thursday, July 27th.

The Joseph Company won its selection after two preliminary stages and now aims for the final podium with a creation paying tribute to the Saltworks. “It was important for us to work out a number around this place. We are losing this heritage and it is a way of putting it on the stage and hoping that people will realize its inestimable value, “explains Samuel Joseph. Di Sel was born and continued to grow step by step for a year to arrive at the final number that the Mauritian representatives will perform during the Games of La Francophonie, scheduled from 21 to 30 July in Abidjan in Côte d ‘ Ivory.