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Achille Mbembe: it is appropriate "to support local development efforts rather than the expansion of French interests in Africa"

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Achille Mbembe, Cameroonian historian.

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By: Bineta Diagne

The French presidential election, seen from Africa, has generated little debate.

And this despite the presence of a large African diaspora.

What African policy can we expect from this second term of Emmanuel Macron?

Which sites or projects deserve to be deepened?

Migration, military presence, monetary policy, the historian Achille Mbembe returns to these subjects.

In October 2021, on the sidelines of the Africa - France Summit in Montpellier, this Cameroonian intellectual gave Emmanuel Macron several tips for rebuilding Franco-African relations.  

• France

• Africa

• Emmanuel Macron

• Cooperation and Development