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Gabon celebrates end of 56 years of Bongo dictatorship

The power of leaders such as Omar and Ali Bongo with their chateaux in France and Swiss bank accounts grew from the barrel of a French gun.

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France faces a reckoning amid wave of West African coups

France faces a reckoning amid wave of West African coups
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Amid a wave of West African coups, France faces a reckoning

The wave of military coups has led to widespread hand-wringing that a form of political

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Opinion: U S throws France under the bus after Niger coup

After numerous coups, Africa’s Sahel region is now the epicentre of global terrorism

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Time s up for France in Africa – POLITICO

While pulling out of the continent would, to some degree, diminish France’s global stature, the reality is that the country has other priorities that better reflect its vital interests.

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