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PoliticsRe: Buhari Receives President Ouattara Alassane Of Côte D'ivoire by Makbo: 4:41am On Apr 21, 2015
kennydee05:
Ok
Birds of a feather.
President Ouattara Alassane taught Laurent Gbagbo a very big lesson
While General Mohammad Buhari did the same thing to President Goodluck Jonathan
Ouattara is a despicable shameful French puppet used to topple the dignified and visionary son of Africa by the name of Laurent Gbagbo. You should get more educated about what going on inside the francophone countries in Africa, where colonial taxes are still being paid to blood sucker France, and where national presidential palaces are still being rented by France to African so-called independent countries. Ouattara is just rushing to Nigeria to seal the same devilish deal he made with rookie Jonathan Goodluck that drove Ivory Coast into chaos. Buhari who embodies hope for Nigeria and the whole west Africa should stay clear from this rogue sold out character like Allasan Ouattara.
SportsRe: Brazil Vs Germany: World Cup 2014 Semi-final (1 - 7) On 8th July 2014 by Makbo: 9:54pm On Jul 08, 2014
wasted afternoon.
SportsRe: Nigeria Vs France World Cup (0 - 2) On 30th June 2014 by Makbo: 7:05pm On Jun 30, 2014
dotcom_na_me_na_me: [size=15pt]Bye bye Super Eagles, you tried. Your last two games are the best so far in Brazil World Cup 2014. Well done...
At least you're better than overrated England and Spain this year.
Dorogohome has happened, make i con doroeat and doroshower, then doroentertown..[/size]
grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin
SportsRe: Nigeria Vs France World Cup (0 - 2) On 30th June 2014 by Makbo: 6:56pm On Jun 30, 2014
look at juju gathering on the pitch after loss grin grin grin
SportsRe: Nigeria Vs France World Cup (0 - 2) On 30th June 2014 by Makbo: 6:30pm On Jun 30, 2014
Nigeria deserves a Win.
Stop talking behind the team's back, self-haters!
PoliticsRe: africa countries with white First Lady--Engr Musiwa by Makbo: 3:56pm On Aug 18, 2013
The point is that she is jew, and allegedly a mossad spy. She slept with the majority of the ivorians politicians for the sake of collecting informations, finally picked up allasan ouattara and forced her supports to put him in power. The ivorian political crisis has lot to be unveiled.
Foreign AffairsPictures of Cote D'ivoire's National Presidential Palace Detroyed By French Army by Makbo(op): 3:36pm On Aug 18, 2013
In the name of restoring democracy, french army backed by African Union and UN, destroyed the presidential palace of Cote d'Ivoire. Just for an election standoff?

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PoliticsRe: Boko-Haram Kills CAN’s Borno Secretary Minutes After GEJ Broadcast by Makbo: 9:55am On May 15, 2013
I sincerely expressed my compassion to the brave Nigerian people. But let me bring to your attention this fact that is pouring curse and scorns over Nigeria today: Goodluck Jonathan helped a rogue and devilish islamist regime take power in Cote d'Ivoire, in the name of fighting for democracy. He ignored the sufferings and tears of Ivorians and joined the international plot against Cote d'Ivoire to safeguard his own then ailing presidency. Alasan Ouattara is in power now and his islamist bandits are now killing thousand and thousand of Ivorians. Every single day they murdered and jail Ivorian Christians. Ouattara Alasan has never won the elections in Cote d'Ivoire but he was supported by France through a demonizing campaign against the legitimate president of Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo.
Don't you think what is hitting Nigeria now is a curse?
CelebritiesRe: Chris Brown And Rihanna In Abidjan For Kora Awards by Makbo: 2:49am On Dec 31, 2012
Hmmm, You guys don't have the latest. Ivorians boycotted the concert. Nothing to see with Chris Brown/Rihanna love story, but just to protest against Ouattara thugish regime and the emprisonment of the true President of their choice, Laurent K. Gbagbo.
Ivorians have never accepted Ouattra, the puppet-President imposed to them by the infamous International Community. Any time they can avenge and show him, they don't like him, they do not hesitate. Back to February 2012, when national football squad "The Elephants" lost the ACN, Ivorians were chanting and dancing to mock Ouattara.

I have some pics of the stadium where Chris B.'s concert was scheduled for Sunday Dec. 30/12 afternoon. But here's what the stadium looked like at the last minute. Chris Brown ended up refusing to play in an empty stadium. People big Victoty!



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Foreign AffairsRe: Compaore And Ouattara Planning To Back Rebellion In Ghana by Makbo: 2:01am On Dec 17, 2012
It's already underway ! French men started piling up heavy weapons and admunitions along the ivorian eastern borders. The plan is pretty clear: it will be an outright coup to unseat President elect John Mahama for Akuffo Addo. Ghanaians are so naive when it comes to relationship with French. They are not doing anything to avert such a plot. How naive ! That will serve them right, when mayhem and chaos will take place soon in their country.
CelebritiesRe: Keri Hilson Dancing Etighi & Azonto In Abuja [VIDEO] by Makbo: 11:32pm On Nov 21, 2012
Nice face but flat butt !!!!!! grin grin grin
Foreign AffairsRe: MUST SEE:french Colonial War In Cote D'ivoire Exposed By Italian RAI Tv Channel by Makbo(op): 8:05am On Sep 26, 2012
Sybellah: Moi aussi cheesy

On dit quoi en forme?
Wow, quel coup? Et on se retrouve sur un site nigerian? Loool! Il faudrait que le Webmaster nous cree une rubrique en Francais pour nous exprimer.
Tres bonne journee! A+
Foreign AffairsRe: MUST SEE:french Colonial War In Cote D'ivoire Exposed By Italian RAI Tv Channel by Makbo(op): 7:07am On Sep 24, 2012
Sybellah: @ Makbo, r u Ivorian?
Yes, I am. How about you?
Foreign AffairsRe: MUST SEE:french Colonial War In Cote D'ivoire Exposed By Italian RAI Tv Channel by Makbo(op): 12:01am On Sep 24, 2012
Republican Senator James Inhofe openly warned the Obama's Administration about their wrong stance in this obvious and blatant french aggression of a sovereign African country. Obama and his french cronies responded that France was there to restore "Democracy". When it comes to Africa Obama is a sheer ignorant.
Now Cote d'Ivoire is in deep turmoils, and a civil war worse than the one of Liberia and Sierra Leone is looming. If it blasts, this war will go sub-regional and no one could stop it. This week-end Ghana is massing troops at its border with Cote d'Ivoire.
This is how France destroys Africa. They already did it in Rwanda, now in Cote d'Ivoire


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Foreign AffairsMUST SEE:french Colonial War In Cote D'ivoire Exposed By Italian RAI Tv Channel by Makbo(op):
This documentary goes farther than any other french controlled information spread to despicte Ivorian leader laurent Gbagbo as a dictator killing his own people.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8YT6cotv0YU#!
PoliticsRe: Where Is The Giant Of Africa??? by Makbo: 7:54am On Jul 16, 2012
Before you send troop to North Mali, be aware that the rebellion in that country is an outright France Conspiracy to take over the northern Mali Oil resources. Yes, the Tuareg rebellion is backed by France, as their leaders have known headquaters in Paris. We Africans, must get rid of our naive way of seeing the world. Nigeria unofficially sent its army in Ivory Coast to overthrow the nationalist africanist regime of President Laurent Gbagbo without blinking, just because France and USA asked Jonathan Goodluck to do so in order to have their their support for his election as Nigeria President. Jonathan is now a stooge sellout President working for his French and american masters. African are dumb when it comes to kill their own brothers struggling against imperialism.

Now listen, no troop will be sent to Northern Mali, because that is not the will of Usa, nor is it the one of France. What is at stakes in Mali is Oil and others abundant mineral resources. What you see and hear in their media is all about manipulation. There is no State in Africa. All our governants are Westerners puppets, and have their string pulled fron Paris London Washington.
What we need urgently in Africa specially West Africa, is People Revolution. If we don't do that in the next 2 years, we are doomed !!!!!!
Music/RadioCouper Decaler, The Ivorian Style by Makbo(op): 7:31am On Jul 16, 2012
Elephant de Cote D"Ivoire, Jouez Ballon !!!!!!


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PoliticsRe: Ghana Is Currently The World's Fastest Growing Economy! Where Naija? by Makbo: 6:10am On May 17, 2012
Don't believe IMF's Hype! Ghana is still struggling
PoliticsIvorian Women Spitting Curses Over President Sarkozy In Paris by Makbo(op):
Ever since France army perpetrated a bloody Coup d'Etat in Cote d'Ivoire in April 2011 to remove President Gbagbo from power for the thug Alassan Ouattara, Ivorians have been tirelessly stagging prostests in Paris and all over France.
This is a cursing traditional like protest-ceremony against Sarkozy. Sarkozy just lost elections in France. He has been trounced by Francois Hollande, the socialist candidate.
This is Africa!!!



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CelebritiesRe: Picture Of Anita Hogan With Her White Family by Makbo: 7:20pm On Apr 26, 2012
wHEN IT COMES TO YOUR FELLOW AFRICANS, YOU FIND THEM TO OLD FOR YOU, BUT FOR WHITE FOLK, YOU'RE READY TO MARRY YOUR GRAND'PA!
SportsRe: AFCON 2012: Mali Vs Ivory Coast (0 - 1) On February 8th 2012 by Makbo: 10:53pm On Feb 08, 2012
Ivorian Party now !!!!!!

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PoliticsRe: Diezani Alison-Madueke Sacked? (Suspended From Petroleum Ministry?) <False> by Makbo: 12:07am On Jan 19, 2012
Probe does not make anyone guilty until found guilty. Do not hold your breath. Nothing gonna happen to any of them cos they are bound by the same treacheries. It's just witchcraft circle trying to deceive people.
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Has Shamed Africa. by Makbo: 2:45am On Dec 26, 2011
In the ligths of what NIgerians are undergoing, I just wondering what the diplomatic strategy of Abuja in the west african sub-region ishuh Does Abuja have any strategy line for the sub region? Goodluck Jonathan, advised by Obasanjo, stupidly stood alongside with the muslim rebels against the africanist and nationalist leader Laurent Gbagbo in the Cote d'Ivoire conflict. Nigerians soldiers have been steathly sent to Abidjan to overthrow Laurent Gbagbo's regime. Now that they get rid of Gbagbo, Cote d'Ivoire is the gathering point for all the neighbouring countries muslim fighters from Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea all bound by their mandingo roots. And they are heavily armed by France.

And now you Nigerians are crying wolf ? It's too late, brothers. The lack of prospective sense of Nigerian politicians such as Goodluck and Obasandjo endangers Nigeria's future. The Guinea Gulf war is just starting. Ghana and Nigeria are their next target. When Nigeria federation would be shelled down then the road would be definitely paved to take control of the Gulf of Guinea entire oil resources. Remember France first attempt to dismantle Nigeria through the Biafra war and get prepared for the worst.
FoodRe: Do Nigerians Eat Fufu? by Makbo: 1:35am On Dec 25, 2011
Tell me more. Is this a political issue in Nigeria as I see the topic in the Politics section. Is there any current national debate upon eating fufu in Nigeria?
PoliticsRe: Consensual Rape In Francafrique Currency Markets, Gary K. Busch by Makbo(op): 9:38pm On Nov 29, 2011
Yeske,

Your reaction is normal as you may think that these african francophone countries are free to set up the economy system of their choice. The sadening reality is that none of those countries is free to have its own currency since France is there to suck their blood. They are all living under slavery regime designed by the French. This is a blattant nazi log carried over by the French to Africa from the dire time they were under Hitlerian occupation.   

Professor Laurent Gbagbo is the only one who dared address this currency issue and even planned to launch an independent ivorian currency, hence the the animosity of the French toward him, and the fate he was reserved amid all africans naive acceptance. Nigerian people, and west african anglophone people in general, don't known enough about the francophone terrain even though they're standing right beside it.  But all that derives from the plantation system into which the Westerners drowned the whole Africa continent purposedely: slaves from one plantation are formatted to know few or nothing about the conditions of the slaves in neighbouring plantations. Africans, we are moving Plantation system !!! 
I am Ivorian, but I can barely list 10 major nigerian cities, whereas I can easily draw a list of 50 french cities without blinking. Plantation System !
PoliticsConsensual Rape In Francafrique Currency Markets, Gary K. Busch by Makbo(op): 6:30am On Nov 29, 2011
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The CFA franc will be devalued on 1 January 2012 according to several reliable sources in West Africa. This happened before, with disastrous consequences. On January 12 1994, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo-Brazzaville, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal were informed that their common currency had been devalued by 50%. 50 CFA francs had bought 1 French franc; now it cost 100 CFA francs. There were violent reactions in many of the countries, especially Senegal, at the loss of 50% of their purchasing power. In 2012 it will be even worse as high world prices for food, paid for in US dollars, will place imported food out of the reach of most Africans working in menial jobs, on the farms, as civil servants or unemployed.


The responsibility for this approaching disaster is the failure of the French economy to deal with its long-term structural debt and the use of French reserves to prop up the failing Euro and participate in the several bailouts within the Eurozone. French wars in the Ivory Coast and especially Libya have cut a major hole in the French pocket. Their tame African partners, the presidents of francophone African states, are complicit in this plan for devaluation and continue to follow the lead of their protectors, the French Army, in whatever they suggest. This relationship is long-standing and a paradigm of neo-colonial enterprise.

What is the CFA Franc?

There are two separate CFA francs in circulation. The first is that of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), which comprises eight countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo). The second is that of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), which comprises six countries (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon). This division corresponds to the pre-colonial French West Africa (AOF) and French Equatorial Africa (AEF), with the exception of Guinea-Bissau, formerly a Portuguese colony, and Equatorial Guinea, formerly Spanish.

Each of these two groups issues its own CFA franc. The WAEMU CFA franc is issued by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) and the CEMAC CFA franc is issued by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC). Since 1994, both currencies were pegged at 100 CFA to the French franc but, after France joined the Euro at a fixed rate of 6.65957 French francs to one Euro, the CFA rate to the Euro was fixed at CFA 665.957 to the Euro. The current plan is to peg the rate at CFA 1,000 to 1 Euro – a devaluation of about 35%.

Who is responsible for the CFA Franc?

The monetary policy governing such a diverse aggregation of countries is uncomplicated because it is, in fact, operated by the French Treasury, without reference to the central fiscal authorities of any of the WAEMU or the CEMAC states. Under the terms of the agreement which set up these banks and the CFA, the Central Bank of each African country is obliged to keep at least 65% of its foreign exchange reserves in an “operations account” held at the French Treasury, as well as another 20% to cover financial liabilities.

The CFA central banks also impose a cap on credit extended to each member country equivalent to 20% of that country’s public revenue in the preceding year. Even though the BEAC and the BCEAO have an overdraft facility with the French Treasury, the drawdowns on those overdraft facilities are subject to the consent of the French Treasury. The final say is that of the French Treasury which has invested the foreign reserves of the African countries in its own name on the Paris Bourse.

In short, more than 85% of the foreign reserves of these African countries are deposited in the “operations accounts” controlled by the French Treasury. The two CFA banks are African in name, but have no monetary policies of their own. The countries themselves do not know, nor are they told, how much of the pool of foreign reserves held by the French Treasury belongs to them as a group or individually. The earnings of the investment of these funds in the French Treasury pool are supposed to be added to the pool but no accounting is given to either the banks or the countries of the details of any such changes. The limited group of high officials in the French Treasury who know the amounts in the “operations accounts”, where these funds are invested and whether there is a profit on these investments are prohibited from disclosing any of this information to the CFA banks or the central banks of the African states.

This makes it impossible for African members to regulate their own monetary policies.

Three basic mechanisms have traditionally been used to control monetary growth in the CFA Franc Zone by the two banks operating under the instructions of the French Treasury:

·        In the central banks’ operations accounts, interest is charged on overdrafts, and conversely, interest is paid on credit balances.

·         When the balance in a central bank’s operations account falls below an agreed target level, it is required to restrict credit expansion, generally by increasing the cost to member countries of rediscounting paper with the central bank or by restricting member-countries’ access to rediscounting facilities.

·        Credit provided by the central banks to the government sector of each of their member countries can be no larger than 20% of its fiscal revenue in the previous year.

However, this tight control by France of the cash and reserves of the francophone African states is only one aspect of the problem. The creation and maintenance of the French domination of the francophone African economies is the product of a long period of French colonialism and learned dependence by African states. For most of francophone Africa, central banks are given limited power. These are economies whose vulnerability to an increasingly globalised economy is increasing daily. There can be no trade policy without reference to currency; there can be no investment without reference to reserves. The politicians and parties elected to promote growth, reform, changes in trade and fiscal policies are made irrelevant except with the consent of the French Treasury which rations their funds. There are many who object to the continuation of this system. President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal has stated very clearly: “The African people’s money stacked in France must be returned to Africa in order to benefit the economies of the BCEAO member states. One cannot have billions and billions placed on foreign stock markets and at the same time say that one is poor, and then go beg for money.”

Why devalue the CFA Franc?

France has run out of money. It has massive public and bank debt. It has the largest exposure to both Greek and Italian debt (among others) and has embarked upon yet another austerity plan. Its credit rating is on the brink of losing its AAA status and the private banks are going to have to take a major haircut on its intra-European debts. Part of the reason it has been able to sustain itself so far is because it has had the cushion of the cash deposited with the French Treasury by the African states since 1960. Much of this is held in both stocks in the name of the French Treasury and in bonds which have offset and collateralised a substantial amount of French gilts.

The francophone African states have gradually been able to recognise that they may never see their accumulated assets again as these have been pledged by the French Treasury against the French contribution to the several European bailouts. Wade of Senegal has again been asking for accounting. None has been forthcoming. Ouattara of the Ivory Coast and Denis Sassou-Nguesso of the Republic of Congo have been told that it will be necessary to devalue the CFA francs and they have been delegated the role of informing their African presidential colleagues. Devaluation will release funds and extend a lifeline to the French Treasury, which may be called upon to bail out French banks exposed to the european debt crisis.

However, it will have a devastating effect on Africa. The last time there was such a devaluation most of French Africa  suffered badly (except for the Presidents and their friends). Devaluation is useful if you have things to export which are made relatively cheaper. However, for most of francophone Africa the goods they have for export are raw materials and petroleum. Much of their manufactured goods, their services, their invisibles come from or through France. |Large amounts of food is imported from outside Africa and is growing daily in price as is transport. There were signs of price inflation earlier this year. West African monetary zone inflation accelerated to 4.1 per cent in January from 3.9 per cent the month before.  Inflation in the eight-nation economic zone, which uses the euro-pegged West African CFA franc, was mainly due to rising food, transport, housing and communication costs. Price-growth averaged 1.4 per cent in 2010, up from 0.4 per cent the previous year. Higher prices for petrol and food drove that increase.

One of the countries which was hardest hit by the previous devaluation was the Ivory Coast. That devaluation entailed the signature between the IMF and the World Bank for an Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF) (1994-1996), that imposed drastic measures on the government to make  budgetary restrictions destined to straighten up the national economy – this, to no avail.

Furthermore, the “raining billions” (an exceptional, unprecedented volume of credits) encouraged bad governance in the country. The man then in charge was Deputy Managing Director of the IMF and now Ivorian president, Alassane Ouattara. He has been accused of being at the heart of deterring international financing whilst letting the Ivorians sink deeper and deeper into poverty. It was the carrying out of projects financed by the European Union, and the massive deterring of credits linked to postponing debt contracted on behalf of international institutions, that brought these same institutions to break off with the Ivory Coast in 1998. The country then sank into a depression and the growth rate reached a record low. In the year 2000, the figure was negative for the first time in the country’s history: -2.3%.

The price African states will pay for devaluation will be poverty, stagnation and increased unemployment. This unemployment and underemployment will place a crucial role in domestic stability and growth. While it is easy to see that people without jobs and hope are more willing to take more extreme positions, the economic consequences are also clear. In economics, Okun’s law refers to an empirically observed relationship relating unemployment to losses in a country’s production first quantified by Arthur M. Okun. This ‘law’ states that for every 1% increase in the unemployment rate, a country’s GDP will be at an additional roughly 2% lower than its potential GDP. Fragile African economies will find it hard to develop policies to compensate for these losses.

Although the problem is most acute in the Ivory Coast, which represented at the last devaluation 60% of the assets of the West African Pool, it is no less serious for the other states. Despite this, and the poverty it will bring to the region, there are few African presidents who are willing to renounce the Pacte Coloniale and end the terrible toll of French neo-colonialism in the region. France may have overspent its funds and bitten off more than it could chew in European debt and now foreign interventions. Surely it isn’t the job of West Africans to pay for this aberrant behaviour.

Source: http://thinkafricapress.com/economy/consensual-rape-francafrique-currency-markets
PoliticsRe: Why Are African Leaders So Easy To Influence? by Makbo: 6:50pm On Oct 09, 2011
Igbo2011, if I show you some videos of what's going on on the ground in Cote d'Ivoire, as African, you will cry  abonduntly and endlessly. As an exemple, Nigeria is sitting beside Cote d'Ivoire, but nigerians don't know about the truth on the ivorian crisis. The only sound you hear comes from western media.

In November 2004, France attempted a Coup d'Etat to otherthrow Laurent Gbagbo from power. At that time the election was over 2 years ago, so we di not have any elections issue.  The Ivorian Young Patriots with naked hands  stood before the french army's tanks to prevent them from reaching the presidential palace. The french militaries litteraly shot them with their  heavy war weaponeries. The AU shamefully and officially condemned the Ivorian people and did not utter any disapproval of french barbaric massacres. This story is very telling about the so called AU organization !!!!

In this video you can see Young Patriots  blocking  the way to french army.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6g03HItPQc&feature=related
PoliticsRe: Why Are African Leaders So Easy To Influence? by Makbo: 6:00pm On Oct 09, 2011
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With the ongoing civil war in Ivory Coast seemingly close to an end it is appropriate to tell the REAL untold story of the crisis in Ivory Coast and inform our readers of the REAL issue(s) behind the situation in the country.

I have heard many commentators on this subject and the bulk of them rant about the fact that the situation in the Ivory Coast is about elections that were supposedly won by Alassane Ouattara and that he is “the internationally recognized president of Ivory Coast” and that Laurent Gbagbo refuses to stand down because he thinks he won the elections – this in itself is flawed because according to a report from a US senate committee that went to Ivory Coast to monitor the elections complained of voter irregularities in areas that were pro-Ouattara

However the deception about the elections is the line that the western media is peddling and experience informs us that when it comes to the western media and Afrika we must be very circumspect of the agenda of the western media who have nothing but disdain for Afrikan people.

That said it is very simplistic to say that the situation in Ivory Coast is solely as a result of undisputed elections and is giving the public a much skewed view of the actual situation.

The REAL issue behind the current impasse in the Ivory Coast is a battle relating to French imperialism and control of the Ivory Coast. What this actually means in reality is that on one hand you have Gbagbo who is against French imperialism in Ivory Coast and championing the cause of Pan-Afrikanism and on the other hand you have Ouattara who one could say is very accommodating to safeguarding French interests in Ivory Coast.

This history lesson dates back to the late 1950's when the winds of change were beginning to sweep across the Afrikan continent as a result of Ghana gaining independence and the momentum of the Afrikan liberation movement.

Charles De Gaulle who was French president at the time knew that the winds of change sweeping across Afrika would also strike those countries that were under French colonial/imperial rule.

Therefore recognizing this De Gaulle made an insidious move by insisting that he would only grant Francophone countries their independence from France if they ceded up to 90% of ALL their revenue to the French Treasury in Paris and also that the CFA Franc must be fixed to the French currency, the French Franc making it easier for French companies to conduct business in Francophone Afrika.

The readership must be reminded that the Francophone countries in Afrika have huge mineral resources like enriched uranium, gold, diamonds, bauxite, chrome, oil and gas that are crucial for French industry.

Since the Francophone countries were eager for their political independence from Paris, some of their leaders naively signed up to this draconian measure and others who knew of the consequences of this reluctantly signed up to this measure.

Therefore once they had put their signature to it the newly “independent” Francophone states in Afrika were forever enslaved to French economic interests.

These interests meant that French companies operating in Francophone states had free access to these markets, had easy access to government contracts and perhaps more shrewdly these French companies did not pay any taxation to the respective francophone states and repatriated their vast earnings back to Paris.

Those Francophone states like Burkina Faso's Thomas Sankara who resisted this draconian legislation were severely dealt with in the form of economic sanctions and/or military coups d'état.

Gbagbo who is a student of history knows of this diabolical arrangement that has had an adverse effect on the economic emancipation and development of Francophone states and vowed to reverse this arrangement – he also wanted to nationalize key industries free from French control.

It is also important to recognize that Ivory Coast is THE world's biggest producer of cocoa which is the main ingredient for confectionery goods like chocolate and pastries and the French confectionery industry is worth billions of Euro's a year – making control of the cocoa industry a key target of French imperialism.

The French political elite knows of Gbagbo's agenda and has used any means at its disposal including influencing national elections to deny Gbagbo from implementing his agenda which if he had succeeded would have a catastrophic effect on the French economy.

This would manifest itself in that other Francophone states in Afrika would follow Gbagbo's lead and demand economic emancipation which would send the French economy into permanent recession since the massive revenue that Paris receives to fund its social and economic programmes would no longer be available and that is why the French and their western allies are supporting Ouattara.

Proof of this French support for Ouattara manifests itself with French helicopters bombing Gbagbo's forces (circa France TV 24hour news cable channel) and more blatantly that the so-called rebels that are attacking the presidential palace are in fact White French mercenaries (circa you-tube video footage).

The question one must ask is why are the French supporting Ouattara.

Well, Ouattara is a former employee of the IMF/World Bank, is western educated and trained and therefore is seen as a safe pair of hands by the French and their western cousins'.

When as it appears that Mr. Ouattara assumes overall control of the country it will mean that French and western imperialism has won the day and Ivorian and Afrikan economic emancipation been dealt a severe blow.
 

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So now, what does he think about that Nigeria whose president GEJ publicly approuved the Nato's massacres in Lybia?
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Have you ever seen africans expressing their anger without insults? Tell me !

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