Anti-France sentiment rages in Africa despite President Macron’s recent trip to apply healing balm on former colonies
The French President's trip to the continent has been dubbed a"total failure" even though Paris declared"the end of Francafrique".French President Emmanuel Macron’s Africa visits have been unsuccessful, according to African experts and civil society.
Macron in Gabon announced “the end of Francafrique,” stressing that Paris is a “neutral interlocutor whose role is not to interfere in domestic politics”. Activist Cheikh Fall told Anadolu that Macron continues looking down on Africa, and added: “If Macron made that ‘Francafrique is over’ statement at the end of the visit, after meeting the African leaders, it could have a meaning. In terms of style and content, the statement is full of contempt and is paternalist.”
Abdennour Toumi, a researcher at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies , suggested that Macron still sees Africa as France’s “backyard”.
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