Macron Gets Kicked Out Of The Sahel. Ruto Is Helping Him To Back-Door His Way Back Into Africa

Kenyan President William Ruto stood beside Emmanuel Macron and praised France’s renewed push into Africa as “inclusive” and “mutually beneficial.”

But let’s call it what it is.

France has not suddenly discovered equality. It has been pushed out of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, and now it is looking for a new route back into Africa through leaders willing to help rebrand its influence.

From the CFA franc to Niger’s fight over its own minerals, France’s record on the continent is not a partnership. It is extraction, control, and colonial power dressed up in diplomatic language.

Kenya should know better than to help France launder its image in Africa.