A New Military Strategy of French Neocolonialism in Africa: Reorganizing Under the Cover Retreat

In his New Year’s address, Alassane Ouattara, president of Ivory Coast since 2010—when he took power with the aid of French military intervention—announced, “We have decided on the coordinated and organized withdrawal of French forces” from the country. However, his address didn’t mention terminating the 1961 military agreements with France. These “agreements are at the [...]