Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Dr. Douglas Yates, Author, Political Scientist and Professor and at the American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy. President Emmanuel Macron is co-hosting the Africa Forward Summit alongside Kenyan President William Ruto. entering what Dr. Yates describes as “a demarcation point.” After years of mounting hostility in West Africa, military ruptures in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, and the growing presence of Russia and China across the continent, Paris is seeking to redefine its place beyond the historic confines of Françafrique.
#Macron #Kenya #Françafrique
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How would a country like Niger want to trade with France, a country that wants to buy it's uranium for 1/100th of the global uranium price? France is not known for fairtrade when it comes to relations with its former colonies
france like his peers they are parasite.. have nothing to offer but democracy BS!
France will suck blood of Africa, beware
Why are you French so obsessed with Africa? Just focus on yourselves and Europe, supposedly you have a garden so why are you putting your nose in the supposed jungle? All you know is destabilising and stealing. Go make friends in the America's and Asia and leave Africa alone.
France is desperate. It cannot stand on its own two feet without the exploitation of African nations and its former colonies. France has taken from nearly every country it has associated itself with. Just look at the state of Haiti. It shows how economically dependent France has been on Francophone countries around the world.
France is so obsessed with Africa—and we all know why. Without the wealth and resources of Africa, France would become a Third World country, for it possesses no natural resources of its own. Its only chance of survival lies in plundering the wealth of Africa.
The entitlement is breath taking, if our brothers in the West of the Continent are looking to USSR THEN let them, Why not. And also you are welcome to Kenya we are a differernt breed over here in the East.
Hold on I just finished the video to hell with this man that you ask to speak on Africa. Mali took a bad bet by working with Russia yet France was there for how many years and still never ended the insurgency. The people on the ground in these countries don’t want France so STOP trying to make it seem like it’s just the government. A lot of countries that weren’t even French colonies. Don’t like France either across Africa. The Haitians have always been right!!
Wakaazi wa Afrika mashariki hatutakumbatia wafaransa kutokana na matendo mabaya waliyoyafanya katika nchi za Afrika kaskazini na Afrika magharibi. Ubabe na upebari wa Ufaransa katika bara la Afrika lazima ukome mara moja.
It's certain that Africa and Europe are inseparable
I didn't want to comment but this guy's delusion thoughts made me laugh. France is desperate and there's nothing new here.
We( Africans) HATE you France.
Useless France is One among those European countries plus America that has done everything possible to put Africa. We know that and you too will one day know that.
Wicked criminals.
Can't France stand on it's own??
If the people don’t want u u can’t blame the leaders!!!😅even if they are speaking ur language.
PESSIMISTS Comparing Kenya to West Africa is a category error. West African Nations are dealing with a colonial-currency (CFA) and security crisis that Kenya simply doesn't have. If we isolate France over Mali, Burkina Faso etc, we’d have to isolate the US or China or South Africa among other nations over their own geopolitics. Smart diplomacy isn't about isolation; it’s about interests.
It’s 2026. With the UN expansion in Nairobi and Kenya hosting the #AfricaForwardSummit, we aren't being 'colonized'—we are being 'capitalized.' KENYA have the leverage to dictate terms, not just sign them. Pessimism from a number of our West African brothers and some from our very own country should be aware that such approach won't build our rails or power our grid; strategic negotiation will.
Let’s stop projecting the 1970s onto a 2026 reality..
How come France is a major investor in Kenya but it has problems in its own former colonies?
3:49 you are not even hiding it. Momenta should not allow France to launch military strikes on sahel or Sudan.
He is only here to loot, a colonizer to the core.
Kenya offers a base for France to launch operations in the Sahel? What does this host mean by that?
Africans are since independence often big opportunists without own development ideas and strength, always trying to get money from all sides
France's History makes it a very poor partner in anything. We Kenyans reject them, coz we know what they did to the Sahel states etc. France has proven to be parasitic and NOT symbiotic.Any country in Africa that has worked with France has never benefited. We would rather work with the chinese
What a desperation 😂
You are supporting more pilferage by the French
The new Africa has seen how the so called westerners conduct business and we all know it never ends well for the other guys
Next time look for an African to talk about Africa this guy is just spreadingthe same old afican european propaganda that has been sold for years
Dont shout on social media, go tell your president
All western countries are facing record deficits. Why do they spend money on 3rd world countries? To stabilize their currencies. Africa does not need a single loan. They can do without.
What this guy doesn’t seem to understand is that the people of the Sahel don’t want France in the picture
we are totally fine without macron. if i were you i would be preparing for life after retirement next year lol
We only have one Africa called Africa and AU RECs like EAC.
There's nothing or no people in Africa called francophone, anglophone,lusophone etc
Africans are not defined and divided by foreign non-African languages and foreign non-African Abrahamic religions.
Africans are Africans lets promote teaching of kiswahili and English together with many other African languages.
We have no such tribes in Africa called Francophone, anglophone,lusophone,Muslim or Christian.
AFRICANS ARE AFRICANS… NO MORE NO LESS
Well he is based in France. what do you expect to hear?
lol
Indian ocean best opportunity??????