Post #2871608
2025-01-22 21:30 UTC
@Beggarmidas@mastodon.social @ellestad@sfba.social @moh_kohn@mastodon.scot The French never left. The countries were all kept stable by French troops. Their currency was the Franc CFA tied to the French Franc, then EUR.
And, frankly, I can understand them not liking their colonizers. Whatever our understanding of Russia and China may be, they have never colonized Africa.
That buys them some goodwill.
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@Beggarmidas@mastodon.social 2025-01-23 14:48
@rrb@infosec.exchange @ellestad@sfba.social @moh_kohn@mastodon.scot Sorry, I didn't mean to be unclear. I meant all of the west African countries that left the French protectorate & economic zone last year. As far as I know the only non African presence is USA maintaining any military presence, though even that looks like it may fracture soon.
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@Beggarmidas@mastodon.social 2025-01-23 14:57
@rrb@infosec.exchange @ellestad@sfba.social @moh_kohn@mastodon.scot Thank you very much BTW for your time explaining some of this stuff. I rarely ever have opportunities to discuss this at a long view policy level. It's a about as rare as rooster teeth running across anyone who even knows a damned thing on the topic. African politics is...complicated. lol