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French President Macron faces criticism from African countries over his comments about French military aid

French President Macron faces criticism from African countries over his comments about French military aid

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A diplomatic dispute has erupted between France and several African nations, including Senegal and Chad, over remarks made by French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron stated that Sahel states, a region in West Africa, "forgot" to thank France for its role in their development, implying that France's intervention was crucial to their sovereignty. However, Chad's foreign affairs minister, Abderaman Koulamallah, responded by accusing Macron of showing contempt towards Africa and its people, saying that French leaders need to "learn to respect Africans".

Emmanuel Macron
Renaissance
1. I think that they forgot to say 'thank you'. It does not matter, it will come with time.
2. My heart goes out to all our soldiers who sometimes gave their lives and fought for years. We did well.
3. We left because there were coups d'état. We were there at the request of sovereign states that had asked France to come. From the moment there were coups d'état, and when people said 'our priority is no longer the fight against terrorism'… France no longer had a place there because we are not the auxiliaries of putschists. So, we left.
4. Ingratitude, I am well placed to know, is a disease not transmissible to man.
5. None of them would be a sovereign country today if the French army had not deployed in the region.
Ousmane Sonko
1. No discussion or negotiations have taken place and the decision by Senegal stems from its own determination as an independent and sovereign country.
2. Let us note that France has neither the capacity nor the legitimacy to ensure Africa's security and sovereignty.
3. Macron's statement that African leaders should be grateful for France's military interventions, claiming that West Africa's sovereignty owes its existence to the French army, reeks of revisionism and intellectual dishonesty and moral bankruptcy.
4. Had African soldiers, sometimes forcibly mobilised, mistreated and ultimately betrayed, not been deployed during the Second World War to defend France, it would, perhaps still be German today.
Mahamat Idriss Deby
1. I'd like to express my outrage regarding recent remarks by President Macron which border on contempt for Africa and Africans. I think he is in the wrong era.
Abderaman Koulamallah
1. The government of the Republic of Chad expresses its deep concern following the remarks made recently by the president of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, which reflect a contemptuous attitude towards Africa and Africans.
2. In 60 years of existence, marked by civil wars, rebellions and prolonged political instability, French contribution has often been limited to its own strategic interests, with no real lasting impact on the development of the Chadian people.
3. France has never endowed the Chadian army in a significant way nor contributed to its structural development.
Farida Bemba Nabourema
1. This paternalistic rhetoric, which infantilizes African nations as incapable of self-governance, is deeply rooted in the racism that justified colonization in the first place and continues to nourish neo-colonialism today.

French President Macron faces criticism from African countries over his comments about French military aid

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