Something terrible is happening in France

Get started with Odoo for free today: https://www.odoo.com/r/2rxN When France dismantled its colonial empire in the 1960s, it retained outsized influence in West Africa through military bases, political alliances, and economic ties. This set the stage for a fragile post-colonial relationship. Over the decades, France intervened repeatedly in the Sahel, managed migration flows, and hosted workers from its former colonies—many settling in suburban estates that later became socially and economically isolated. Today’s crisis is the convergence of two fronts: a collapsing sphere of influence abroad and political strain at home. Coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, alongside periodic unrest in French banlieues, reveal how these worlds now overlap. France’s post-colonial story didn’t end—it simply migrated.