Ten countries are full members of both La Francophonie and the Commonwealth ( Cameroon , Canada , Cyprus , Dominica , Ghana , Mauritius , Rwanda , Saint Lucia , Seychelles , and Vanuatu ) and Mozambique is an observer . In the wake of the genocide there , Francophonie member Rwanda has made recent moves away from France 's sphere of influence , has replaced French with English as an official language , and joined the Commonwealth at the 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2009
France and the Commonwealth of Nations