Vol 49 No 7 | FRANCEFRANCOPHONE WEST AFRICA La Françafrique est morte, vive la Françafrique 28th March 2008 It was right in the spirit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's energetic ambivalence on Africa policy that he chose to announce Paris's new military plans for the region on a state visit to South Africa, the continent's economic powerhouse. Sarkozy was visiting the usual Francophone redoubts of Libreville and Ndjamena last month but he saved the big announcements for South Africa. It was not the policy revolution that President Nicolas Sarkozy had been promising with his calls for a 'rupture' with France's past African policies. Faced with the complexities o...
Vol 43 No 13 | FRANCOPHONE WEST AFRICA The voters' friend 28th June 2002 After a decade of democratisation, some elections are bringing change, some are not France's electoral downs and ups over the past few months have provoked some sardonic comment in the Francophone African press especially when extreme right-wing Front Nation...
Vol 43 No 13 | FRANCOPHONE WEST AFRICA Inside the tent 28th June 2002 Stability rather than electoral transparency is likely to be top priority for Pierre-André Wiltzer who, contrary to expectations in some Africanist circles, has been named F...
Vol 39 No 24 | FRANCOPHONE WEST AFRICAAFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK Congo contradictions 4th December 1998 Security issues and Central Africa dominated a crowded Francophone summit Congo confusion reigned as the 20th Franco-African Summit drew to a close in Paris on 28 November. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan spoke confidently of an immediate c...