EUROVERIify: Did Macron say that Africa still needs France to “prosperity”?
propagandaAccording to a series of messages that are circulated on social networks, the French President, Emmanuel Macron, stressed that the African countries will be Unable to “prosper without French involvement”. “Africa is still the least developed View nearly 700,000 times.
When performing a reverse search for photos, “Euroferify” was able to do so They did not provide evidence of appointments That is attributed to him. French diplomatic sources rejected, and crossed as “wrong.”
Macron presented similar comments in the past
Although this statement attributed to Macron is not true, some of the previous data of the French president On the military and colonial participation of France in Africa They have caused reactions to citizens and politicians on the continent.
For example, after a hurricane was constructed in December through the lands of the Mayotte Islands, a French super region located between Madagascar and the northern coast of Mozambique, Macron was incredible from the economic and humanitarian situation of the island During an institutional visit. The president lost the papers and answered the following: “You must be happy to belong to France. Because if not, I assure you, It will sink in shit more than a thousand times. There is no place in the Indian Ocean that received a lot of help. It is a fact. “
A month later, the leaders of Chad and Senegal Macron accused them of showing themselves a “displacement”, after he announced that Western African leaders were They forgot “Thank you” France Helping him in combating Islamic militants in the Sahel region. Since 2022, France has gradually withdrew its forces from West Africa due to the opposition against the French military presence in the region.
Why do these phrases spread?
Several accounts that attributed the statement to Macron also shared the propaganda and supported Coast mention the alliance (AES). AES is an alliance of Mali, Niger and Burkina FasoThe countries governed by the military regimes that have reached power after giving two coup.
It was formed after the economic community in West African countries (CEDEAO) threatened to restore the civilian government in Niger through military intervention, after the overthrow of the coup of the country’s president, Mohamed BazoumIn July 2023.
Russia was the first country to recognize the alliance In his efforts to expand its presence in Africa, while France gradually withdrew its forces from the region, given the increasing opposition against its military presence.
