France-Africa Relations

Africa is arguably the most diverse continent in the world. It is home to nearly 2,000 languages, and French is one of the most widely spoken, along with English, Swahili, and Hausa. French is the official language in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Read more

To put simply, Françafrique is France’s sphere of influence over former French colonies in Africa, which includes countries such as Côte d’Ivoire, Niger and Senegal. In total, it accounts for 14% of the population of Africa, 10% of the land and 12% of the continent’s GDP (Harvard International Review, 2022). Françafrique originated in 1958, when Read more