Relations between France and Africa have reached a decisive turning point, making the “break” with French policy an inevitable outcome for the future of Franco-African relations. Relations have deteriorated to unprecedented levels, attracting the attention of international research centers that have widely addressed, in detail and analysis, the future of African countries with their former colonial powers.
A study carried out in six African countries revealed a “quasi-consensus on the rejection of French policy in Africa”, while “the speeches of activists and African populations reflect a growing anger, not only towards France, but also against complicit African elites.”
According to the investigation, “the withdrawal of French armed forces from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the massive demonstrations against the French presence in the Sahel as well as in Senegal or Chad, prove that relations between France and Africa have reached a breaking point. This reminds skeptics that “maintaining the status quo is impossible,” which requires recognizing African voices and renouncing narrative frames of superiority that reinforce the logic of domination.
The same source emphasizes that “the people of African countries have developed a strong feeling and a desire to free themselves from French domination”, which makes the “break” with France, for some, an irreversible step. Indeed, France seems incapable of listening to criticism, which makes any change in its strategy towards Africa “doomed” to a departure on the part of France from the continent.
The investigation specifies that French political elites and media are trying to present “anti-French sentiment in Africa” as “irrational”, but that in reality, it is “France’s policy in Africa which serves its own interests to the detriment of the demands of the African people.
Amar Hammadi-Radio Algeria Multimedia
Morocco
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