March 18, 2003

France deploys troops in CAR

France has sent soldiers to protect foreign citizens in the Central African Republic (CAR) after rebels overthrew the government there.

About 300 troops from the former colonial power are being asked to secure the airport in the capital, Bangui, to allow foreign nationals to leave safely.
[...]The United States asked France to help protect its citizens and backed a French call for "a real, all-inclusive dialogue" as a necessary step to end the cycle of unrest in the CAR.

This is just one more incident in a growing list of such French incursions into Africa in just the matter of a few months (and by that I mean the sending of troops into Ivory Coast, inviting Mogabe to Paris, Chirac's state visit to Algeria, and now this deployment of troops into yet another country...!
that continues to indicate to me that France wants to regain control of Africa...?
I suppose while we're busy bringing democracy, secularism and 21st Century modernity to the Middle East, the Frogs plan to keep themselves busy with the Dark Continent.
Good luck with that, Jacques.