FRANCE MILITARY PRESENCE IN AFRICA DURING THE POST-COLONIAL PERIOD (1960-2023): A HISTORICAL SURVEY

Abstract

The authors of this paper, opined that the presence of France military in some of her former colonies in Africa, has many advantages and disadvantages because her military presence in Africa has exposed the Africa military structures to the world of globalization through local and international trainings. However, according to the word of Late Kwame Nkrumah the first Republic president of Ghana, who described neo-colonialism in Africa as the last stage of imperialism. Consequently, the France military presence in some of her colonies in Africa most especially in the francophone countries such as Niger Republic, Mali, Burkina Faso, Republic of Benin, Senegal, Cote d' Ivoire, Chad and others has led credence to this exploitation dehumanization and pauperization of Africans.Thus, these in-human and ungodly activities of France in her former colonies has make the dependency theory to be germaine to this paper. The authors now concluded that the France military presence in Africa can be described as neo-colonialism, exploitation and underdevelopment of socio-economic and political advancement of Africa in this 21st century. The authors argue further that the French former colonies can only disentangle themselves from these problems if Africa leaders can put their countries in orders.