Pepe Ecobar: No respite for France as a ‘New Africa’ rises
The world according to Pepe Escobar. Like dominos, African states are one by one falling outside the shackles of neocolonialism. Chad, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and now Gabon are saying ‘non’ to France’s longtime domination of African financial, political, economic, and security affairs. No respite for France as a ‘New Africa’ rises From Pepe Escobar and first posted at the Cradle By adding two new African member-states to its roster, last week’s summit in Johannesburg heralding the expanded BRICS 11 showed once…