Will Francophone Africa be Taken Over by the US?

By Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, 9 January 2025

Senegal, Chad and Ivory Coast Have Ordered French Troops to Leave. Francophone Africa Taken Over by the US?

Are these three countries following the pattern of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES)?

It should be understood that the withdrawal of French troops from Francophone Africa constitutes a “green light” to the United States which currently has a significant military presence in francophone Africa under the banner of “counter-terrorism”.

The withdrawal of France not only points to the “dollarization” of francophone of Africa, it also suggests that eventually, French will in several francophone countries be abandoned as a national language.

Although the circumstances are entirely different to what is currently unfolding, we recall how Rwanda which was a francophone country was transformed into an English speaking U.S. Colony in Central Africa.

This is what I wrote in 2000 (25 Years ago) following two UNDP missions to Rwanda in 1996-97:

From a distinctly Franco-Belgian colonial setting, the Rwandan capital Kigali has become –under the expatriate Tutsi led RPF government– distinctly Anglo-American. English has become the dominant language in government and the private sector. Many private businesses owned by Hutus were taken over in 1994 by returning Tutsi expatriates. The latter had been exiled in Anglophone Africa, the US and Britain.

The Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) functions in English and Kinyarwanda, the University previously linked to France and Belgium functions in English.

While English had become an official language alongside French and Kinyarwanda, French political and cultural influence will eventually be erased. Washington has become the new colonial master of a francophone country.

SPaul Kagame (1957- ) •everal other francophone countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have entered into military cooperation agreements with the US. These countries are slated by Washington to follow suit on the pattern set in Rwanda. Meanwhile in francophone West Africa, the US dollar is rapidly displacing the CFA Franc — which is linked in a currency board arrangement to the French Treasury. (Michel Chossudovsky, August 2000)

The UNDP report by Senator Pierre Galland and Prof Michel Chossudovsky was submitted to the UNDP and the Government of Rwanda in French. Rwanda’s Vice President Paul Kagame demanded a translation of the Reporting English. Kagame has been president of Rwanda (2000- ) for the last 25 years, acting on behalf of the U.S.

 

The official UNDP report in French

 

What prevails today (confirmed by the US Embassy in Kigali) is the following:

There are two official languages of instruction throughout the Rwandan educational system: Kinyarwanda in primary school (P1-P3) and English from P4 through University. French and Swahili are taught as an elective or a supplemental subject in public primary and secondary schools.

Francophone Africa. Beware of U.S. Imperialism

It is important that people in francophone Africa realize that the withdrawal of France constitutes the basis of US neo-colonial dominance.

 

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The opinion expressed in this paper is that of the author and does not necessarily reflect that of CEMAS Board.

 

 

 

 

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