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Africa Says France Must Go. Story by Vijay Prashad • 4d. A cascade of anti-French sentiment continues to sweep across the belt of the Sahel in Africa: joining Burkina Faso, Mali, ...
EDITORIAL. During his recent Africa trip, Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed his wish to engage in a new relationship with the continent to counter the feeling that France is losing momentum.
The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses influence there. Listen to this article · 4:55 min Learn more Share full article ...
The post, which has been shared more than 1,400 times and has 10,000 comments, says: “Emmanuel Macron makes a bold statement on Africa’s future. The French President has vowed that France will not ...
In August 2015, former Chadian President Idris Deby, in an independence anniversary speech, called for change: “We must have the courage to say there is a cord preventing development in Africa ...
Unlike other former colonial powers, France kept permanent military bases in Africa long after the continent’s countries won their independence. At times it acted as a regional gendarme ...
France has now been kicked out of more than 70% of African countries where it had a troop presence since ending its colonial rule. The French remain only in Djibouti, with 1,500 soldiers, and ...
“Europe will never leave Africa. Do you want the person milking you to die? We can’t fix the situation. We can only ameliorate it. And that starts with ...
President Bola Tinubu will leave France on Monday for Cape Town, South Africa, to co-chair the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa.
France promised to return cultural objects back to Africa. ... who recently published a book called "Beyond Restitutions," says that's partly due to reluctance to confront France's history in Africa.