France has been kicked out of Chad and has been scrambling to exit it's old colony by December 31st.
France was involved in 26 coups in Africa since the 1960s and helped assassinate 22 African leaders. Fourteen African nations were STILL paying taxes to France at the start of the decade. The number is now rapidly decreasing. After the Chad exit France will no longer have official bases in West Africa.
Congratulations to Chad for this huge step!
Finally!
French troops will stop to protect the dictator of Chad!
Hoping that European countries will start to support only African democracies, and let these military dictatorships to their own!
@NeonPurpleStar @elCelio @nullagent i don’t see any of the African countries complaining about the Russians but I see a lot of them complaining about the French.
@jberg @NeonPurpleStar @nullagent
Ghana complains about russia but not about the French.
what you don't see are West African military dictatorships complain about russia, because they like the dictatorship part of it.
@elCelio @NeonPurpleStar @nullagent Ghana broke free of colonial rule in the late 50s. Look at the history of colonial liberation movements across the world: they always had a dictatorship and the liberalization process came after shaking off their colonial powers.
@jberg @NeonPurpleStar @nullagent
I prefer to look at Ghana (and at Chad) now, not at when my parents weren't even born.
Fellow democracies should support each other, whatever the continent.
@elCelio @NeonPurpleStar @nullagent you’re too naive