2 karma · joined August 25, 2014
Where is the defense of freedom of speech beloved by #ImCharlie folks?
We need to care more about facts and deeds not UN wind bags.
That's no true. France supported Alassane Ouatarra, the current president who lost the election, but was backed by France which troops fired on people on the street and also bombarded with helicopters the presidential palace to force the elected president Laurent Gbagbo to give power to Alassance Ouattara supported by France.
Links are all over the net to prove that.
The fact and history behind the CFA is much more dark, than presented.
I agree with you, Africans should fight the French to become more autonomous.
Probably, why 80% of the 10 countries with the lowest literacy rates in the WORLD among adults are in francophone Africa.
Namely: Benin (40%), Burkina Faso (26%), Chad (34%), Côte d’Ivoire (49%), Guinea (29%), Mali (23%), Niger (29%), and Senegal (42%).
Scandinavian countries are really more active in fighting bigotry, though in recent years the situation is more confused, with the rise of rights wings movements.