The world must step up to help a troubled Sahel thenationalnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thenationalnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
France’s historical colonisation achievements in West and Central Africa have taken a beating from a series of military coups, the latest in Gabon. Africans have lost patience with their leaders, viewing them as puppets of the French regime, and are demanding that the profits from the continent’s rich resources benefit local populations.
“Where France was considered the guarantor of stability in playing its role as Africa's gendarme, the debacle of the military intervention in the Sahel is reshuffling the cards.”
Moscow s man in Africa: Yevgeny Prigozhin and the collapse of the French empire salon.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from salon.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.