Ogbéni Adémola

2 months ago | panafricanreview.com | Peter Kagwanja |Maureen Barasa |Ogbéni Adémola

By early 2025, France finds itself unceremoniously ejected from over 70% of the African nations where its troops once strutted with impunity. What remains of its military presence is a ghostly echo—1,500 soldiers in Djibouti, 350 in Gabon. The grand retreat is nearly complete. France, that most stubborn of colonial lingerers, has at last seen the big door shut in its face.