A-Infos (en) France, UCL - Webdito, “French army, out of Africa!”», February 28 in Paris (ca, de, fr, iit, pt, tr)[machine translation]

In the space of a few months, Mali, Burkina Faso then Niger demanded the 
departure of the French army, despite threats and reprisals from Paris. 
The circumstances are favorable to a general withdrawal of French troops 
from Africa. Sixty years after decolonization, it is high time  ! 
Unitary meeting with the support of UCL, with Aminata Traoré 
(anti-globalization author), Thomas Borel (Survival), Kamadji Demba 
Karyom (Chadian trade unionist), Augusta Epanya (Cameroonian UPC 
activist), Jean-Pierre Canet (journalist) , Pierre Laurent (senator).

A year ago, on February 27, 2023, Emmanuel Macron announced from the 
Élysée that he wanted to reform the status of permanent French military 
bases in Africa in order, he said, to take into account the “  upheavals 
 ” and “  profound transformations  ” facing France. was faced on the 
continent. In the meantime, the coup d'état in Niger has reshuffled the 
cards and the executive seems to be hesitating. But whether this reform 
project succeeds or not, we will not be satisfied with it. In a few 
decades, the successive official justifications for the French military 
network in Africa have gradually numbed all public debate. While the 
idea of ​​a “  natural  ” and unsurpassable presence of our armies on 
this continent is gaining ground, we say conversely: “  French Army, out 
of Africa  !”  »
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Unit meeting
For a rapid withdrawal of the French army from Africa  !
Wednesday February 28, 2024 at 7 p.m.,
Labor Exchange, Eugène-Henaff room,
29 boulevard du Temple, Paris 11th
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In the space of a few months, after Mali and Burkina Faso, Niger is the 
third country to have demanded the departure of the French army, despite 
threats and reprisals from French diplomacy. Whatever one thinks of the 
new governments at the head of these States, it is indisputable that the 
demand to put an end to French interference is shared by the citizens of 
African countries, who aspire to real sovereignty and real autonomy. In 
Chad, the last Sahelian country in which French forces are present in 
large numbers, the voices of the democratic opposition are also being 
heard, despite the risks they run, to demand the withdrawal of the 
French army which supports the dictatorship of son Déby after having 
supported that of the father.

In other countries where France maintains a permanent base (Côte 
d'Ivoire, Gabon, Senegal, Djibouti) but also in neighboring countries, 
these same demands are carried by a broad arc of political, union or 
associative forces. Like them, we affirm that it is time:

that French military bases be purely and simply dismantled,
that external operations and interference come to an end,
that military and police cooperation with authoritarian regimes cease.

Insights from researchers and journalists, testimonies from activists, 
speaking engagements on the following themes:

History of the French military presence and the destructive force of 
former operations, with a link on migrations.
Failure of the decade of war against terrorism and renewal of popular 
mobilizations against the French military presence in Africa
Counter-powers, democratic control and debate on the French military 
presence in Africa.
First signatories: Artisans du Monde Paris, ATTAC, Cases Rebelles, CADTM 
France, CEDETIM, CGT, International Coalition of Undocumented Migrants 
and Migrants, Truth and Justice Committee for Lamine Dieng, 
Confédération Paysanne, CORENS, CIBELE, CRID, DIEL, Pan-African Unitary 
Dynamics, EELV, Together  !, FASTI, FIDL, FSU, LP UMOJA, Movement for a 
Non-Violent Alternative, MRAP, Mwasi, NPA, Partit Occitan, PCF, PEPS, 
Raised Fist, Join Us, Permanent Revolution, RITIMO, Sawtche, Survival, 
Libertarian Communist Union, Union Syndicale Solidaires.

Read also:

“  Mali: Areva is well worth a war  ” , AL press release, January 16, 2013
“  Why the French army must leave the Sahel  ” , Libertarian 
Alternative, June 2020.
Aminata Dramane Traoré: “  neoliberalism has Operation Barkhane as its 
armed wing  ” , Libertarian Alternative, November 2020

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Armee-francaise-hors-d-Afrique-le-28-fevrier-a-Paris
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