Macron Lashes Out at Russia’s ‘Predatory’ Strategy in Africa
- Moscow stoking anti-French sentiment, Macron tells TV5 Monde
- France is trying to counter Russian ‘disinformation’
Emmanuel Macron
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President Emmanuel Macron accused Russia of a “predatory” strategy to fuel anti-French sentiment in Africa, where France has suffered military setbacks and lost influence in recent years.
Speaking to TV5 Monde while in Tunisia for a summit of French-speaking nations, Macron noted that three quarters of the people living in the African continent today are less than 25 years old, meaning they never knew French colonization.