How can we prevent the Francafrique Spring?
“No one is safe from this spring.” But wise men can always repent and commit to a change of mentality. In recent years, Africa, particularly the French-speaking region, has been under the saddle of the Françafrique system, which was born under Charles De Gaulle, the founder of the Fifth Republic, in France, and held sway by Jacques Foccart, the secretary general of the Elysée Palace, in charge of African and Malagasy affairs, from 1960 to 1974. Loïck Mfumu Loubassa Mossipy is a Journalist, Digital Marketer and politician Without doubt, in order to maintain French influence in the French-speaking zone of Africa, for fear of reliving an Algeria bis, “De Gaulle acted as a strategist”. That strategy is currently costing French politics in Africa dearly. Indeed, in many countries, African youth grind their teeth, not only against France for its support of African leaders less loved by their people, but also against its leaders. The main grievances against the system are: r...
