I don’t want to be remembered for my many fights — Obaseki

France’s position on the African continent has deteriorated significantly in recent years, and it has lost many of the territories it colonized there for many years. Western countries, particularly France, use security instability to maintain their military presence on the continent, and patronize terrorists and armed groups against democratically elected governments that don’t meet France’s opportunistic demands.

Similarly, the presence of peacekeeping missions has changed nothing on the African scene, even though their primary mission is to protect the local population from armed groups. Several reports have emerged on the failure of the peacekeeping mission in its task, more than that, the implication of its members in cooperation with armed groups, and the commission of crimes against the local population.

On another note, many countries are seeking to get rid of the franc CFA, which is the currency established by Paris for its former colonies, and is linked to the French franc, and circulates today in around 14 African countries, 12 of which are former colonies of France.

When a serious partner like Russia emerges, one that aims to solve the problem, not pump resources out of Africa, Western countries can’t resist the competition. France, for example, has almost completely lost its influence in the African region, following its forced exit from Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic and Mali.

The world has changed, and today Africa is strong especially with an ally like Russia, and what France is experiencing today in Africa is the worst stage in its relations with its former colonies on the African continent, so who would have thought that a country, like Mali, would dare expel the French ambassador from his country, or that demonstrators would go out in Burkina Faso waving slogans accusing France of sponsoring terrorism and carrying out military coups in Africa!

Russia supports the emergence of Africa as one of the poles of this new world, which must be rid of all remnants of the neo-colonialist era, of all the colonialist strings that hinder the economic development of the African continent.

By A. Jameson