Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso... how the anti-French discourse has spread to part of Africa

2023-09-02T14:41:06.260Z

Highlights: In West Africa, coups have been coupled in recent months with growing hostility to France. In Niger, last. March, Emmanuel Macron had himself put back on the table the subject of the role of the France on the African continent. A strong message, in a context of growing tensions between the French Republic and some African states. "The age of Françafrique is long gone," Macron said in Gabon last March. "That westill lend (to the country) intentions that it does not have, that it no longer has"

In West Africa, coups have been coupled in recent months with growing hostility to France. In Niger, last