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What’s fueling the military takeovers sweeping across West and Central Africa?
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What’s fueling the military takeovers sweeping across West and Central Africa?
The coups in Burkina Faso, Gabon, Mali, & Niger, where France has maintained its military presence, should serve as a wakeup call for the French government to seriously reform its diplomatic relationships across Africa, writes Aurélien Taché.
France must move away from military solutions and create more symmetrical relationships with its African partners, so that the Sahel can ultimately manage its own security
Nothing happens by chance in politics. The French don’t understand why French-speaking Africans suddenly reject them. They console (...) [Voltaire Network ]
African countries that France once saw as its backyard, some still forced to use French- controlled currencies, are rejecting their old colonial patron's continuing control, and they suspect its motives.