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11/6/11

France’s Sarkozy broadens influence to anglophone Africa - by MWAURA KIMANI

What is French President Nicolas Sarkozy up to in Africa? This is the question analysts are asking following the announcement by Paris last week that it would ferry supplies to Kenyan troops fighting Islamist militias in Somalia.


The French recently stepped up operations against the al-Qaeda in North Africa after French citizens were kidnapped by the jihadists.

This year alone, France has led military interventions in Libya and Ivory Coast, being the first country to recognise the Libyan rebels and to launch air strikes against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces. However, France’s visible role in supporting Kenya’s military action against al-Shabaab is a significant departure, signaling the country’s ambition to expand its influence to the East and Horn of Africa.

For more: France’s Sarkozy broadens influence to anglophone Africa - National |monitor.co.ug

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