From the diamond dealer Giscard d'Estaing to the ephemeral Emmanuel Macron, nothing has changed under the sun of French-speaking Africa… The political and industrial elites are still running after the invisible hand; they seek only short-term profit and pleasure by any means possible, including the death of others.
And yet we suddenly see the intellectuals restless. Their "good conscience" is moved a little more than usual that the countries of West Africa are "Dispossessed of their monetary sovereignty and see their currencies printed in Chamalières, a village in Auvergne (...) ". Thus a group of "personalities" from civil society signed in June 2018, in Release, a podium titled "Ending Françafrique" (1). We will nevertheless be surprised that this debate does not take place during the presidential elections, and that none of these personalities addressed his official support to Mr. Cheminade, when candidate in 2017, he did not stop publicly denouncing the CFA franc, especially during the big debate on BFM TV… (2)
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