Taking stock of France’s power in Africa

Former French Prime Minister Michel Rocard on France’s lingering entrenchment and military intervention in Africa.

Empire asks if the age of France’s strategic interests in Africa really are over? And is France a force of stability or does it provoke extremism across the continent?

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