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The end of Françafrique? Festering resentment of French neocolonialism is motivating a backlash against Paris across West Africa.

Posted by ignorabimus
Tags: politics, france, africa, sahel, mali, niger, burkina faso, geopolitics, relations.international, colonialism.neo, backlashes, analysis, author.howard w french, source.foreignpolicy, paywall
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/26/france-sahel-mali-niger-francafrique-burkina-faso/

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Title
The End of Françafrique?
Authors
Howard W. French
Published
Feb 28 2024
Word count
1793 words

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  1. ignorabimus
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    I think the author is a bit uncritical of military coups but the piece is quite interesting. I didn't realise that the French government had poisoned Félix-Roland Moumié (an anti-colonial figure...

    I think the author is a bit uncritical of military coups but the piece is quite interesting. I didn't realise that the French government had poisoned Félix-Roland Moumié (an anti-colonial figure in Cameroon) with radioactive material in the 1960s but I guess it fits with a trend of France carrying out state terrorism – for example they blew up a Greenpeace boat in the Port of Auckland to prevent local resistance to French nuclear testing in the Pacific.

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