While the prominent role France played in halting Gaddafi's assault on his own people has been applauded by many, France's current role in the Ivory Coast is more troubling. It is being reported that French troops have taken over an airport in the Ivory Coast and are controlling traffic there. What are French troops doing on the soil of an African country without a United Nations mandate? These are the kinds of actions that tend to promote the neo-colonialist narrative that is being exploited by vicious African leaders who do not want to cede power. Since the UN has an operating force in the Ivory Coast, France has no business sending its troops to the country. Ouattara must condemn this blatant intervention if he is to remain credible.
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I'm surprised that the French are bold enough to be in Ivory Coast without a United Nations mandate. Has anyone said anything to them? My dad went to Ivory Coast recently, and I asked him if there was a lot of problems with the current issues going on there (the two president's struggling for power) and he told me that in the remote part he was in that many people had no idea that there was something even going on...I wonder if the majority of the citizens in the Ivory Coast know about that.
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