The latest instalment of the Marvel franchise reinforces negative portrayals of France in West Africa by Russian propagandists, says defence minister. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS – France’s defence minister on Sunday condemned the latest instalment of Marvel’s Black Panther franchise, which depicts French troops caught trying to steal resources belonging to the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda.
Journalist Jean Bexon, who posted the Black Panther clip, noted, that “the evil French mercenaries operating in Mali are dressed like soldiers from Operation Barkhane”, a real-life military mission. Russia’s apparent progress in turning local populations against France and its military deployments have raised the stakes in the battle for public opinion in West Africa.
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