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    Macron calls Russia 'one of the last imperial colonial powers' on Africa visit (france24.com)

    "Russia launched an offensive against Ukraine. It's a territorial war, the likes of which we thought had disappeared from European soil.

    "It's a war from the early 20th, even the 19th century,"
    Macron said on the second leg of a trip to Africa to reset France's relations with the continent, where many nations are former French colonies.
    France’s Macron in Benin to discuss security and culture | Arts and Culture News | Al Jazeera

    Macron and Talon will also visit an exhibition devoted to the royal treasures of Abomey, returned by France last November.

    It is part of a trove of 26 artefacts that were stolen by French officials from Benin 130 years ago during the colonial era, fulfilling a promise made by Macron to restore a lost part of Africa’s heritage.
    During Tuesday’s visit to capital Yaounde, he said the archives on French colonial rule in Cameroon would be opened “in full” and asked historians to shed light on the period’s “painful moments” and establish “responsibilities”.
    France has been losing its sphere of influence on the continent, especially in French-speaking West and Central Africa, as evidenced by the recent decision of two former colonies Gabon and Togo to join the Commonwealth, Britain’s club of mostly former colonies.
    Last edited by SAT; 07-29-2022, 10:09 AM.
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