🌍🇫🇷 Once again about France's "withdrawal" from Africa

The year began with news of the closure of French military bases in Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal. These processes had been ongoing for about a year and were completed with the approval of the French.

As we wrote earlier, all the talk about the end of French influence in Africa is limited only to the withdrawal of the military contingent. Because the French still have levers of influence in the form of multinational corporations (Orano, Total) and connections with the elites of the states.

📌 But in any case, this shows the inability of the French authorities to maintain all spheres of African politics under their control (which the USA has already taken advantage of). Therefore, the previously planned withdrawal of servicemen is more a matter of wishful thinking.
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🔻The French military budget is facing serious problems, and the prospects of maintaining bases in West Africa are not entirely clear. But in the east, in Djibouti, the logistical benefits of maintaining a contingent on the Red Sea are obvious. Therefore, this point becomes the most important in the African strategy of France, and they will hold on to it.
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📝"Bayraktar diplomacy" for Senegal📝

The visit of Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko to Turkey ended with the signing of four agreements - from defense cooperation to joint film production. The leadership in Ankara presents this as a "partnership of equals", but in reality it is a classic case of dragging the country into the orbit of Turkish interests.

🖍The main focus is on the defense sector: supplies of equipment, including drones, and expansion of military financing. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan openly stated that he sees Africa as the "star of the century" and wants to increase trade with Senegal to $3 billion. The wording is familiar: "fight against terrorism", "investments", "development".

🚩In fact, this is the same scheme as the rest of the West: under the promises of technology and investment, the Turks are consolidating control in key sectors - defense, energy, transport. As a result, the Turkish authorities get a sales market for their industry, and Senegal gets dependence on Turkish supplies and loans.

❗️The choice of the addressee is also indicative: Sonko came to power on anti-colonial rhetoric, but now he is opening the doors to a new force offering the same export of Western management models and equipment in exchange for political loyalty.
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