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Old 2013-01-12, 06:01   Link #25738
DonQuigleone
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Originally Posted by ganbaru View Post
Malian army beats back Islamist rebels with French help
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...90912Q20130111
Is it me or the french are kind of active in Africa , or at least more than the others european ?
French have always intervened a lot in their former colonies. Some call it "neo-colonialism", the French still get the resource benefits, but they no longer have the expense or bad publicity of running these countries...

There's been a lot of dubious stuff the french have done in Africa. And if an African ruler tries to totally break ties with France, he usually doesn't last long, consider the case of Thomas Sankara.
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