Francophone African leaders have a habit of showing their loyalty and accountability to the French rather than to their own people. President Ouattara of Ivory Coast is the current leader to demonstrate the knack for bowing to the French by giving one of the first interviews after he was inaugurated to French 24 news channel, thus confirming the suspicion that he is a French puppet. These leaders hardly give interviews to journalists in their own countries, especially to those journalists believed to be against the government in power. If my memory serves me well, during his 29 years in power, Paul Biya of Cameroon has not given a single interview to a Cameroonian journalist who is believed to be opposing his government. However, he has given several interviews to France 24 news channel. When are these leaders going to start explaining themselves to their own people rather than to France?
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