In fact, during the last 50 years, a total of 67 coups happened in 26 countries in Africa, 16 of those countries are french ex-colonies, which means 61% of the coups happened in Francophone Africa.
Number of Coups in Africa by country
| Ex French colonies | Other African countries | ||
| Country | Number of coup | Country | number of coup |
| Togo | 1 | Egypte | 1 |
| Tunisia | 1 | Libye | 1 |
| Cote d’Ivoire | 1 | Equatorial Guinea | 1 |
| Madagascar | 1 | Guinea Bissau | 2 |
| Rwanda | 1 | Liberia | 2 |
| Algeria | 2 | Nigeria | 3 |
| Congo – RDC | 2 | Ethiopia | 3 |
| Mali | 2 | Ouganda | 4 |
| Guinea Conakry | 2 | Soudan | 5 |
| SUB-TOTAL 1 | 13 | ||
| Congo | 3 | ||
| Tchad | 3 | ||
| Burundi | 4 | ||
| Central Africa | 4 | ||
| Niger | 4 | ||
| Mauritania | 4 | ||
| Burkina Faso | 5 | ||
| Comores | 5 | ||
| SUB-TOTAL 2 | 32 | ||
| TOTAL (1 + 2) | 45 | TOTAL | 22 |
As these numbers demonstrate, France is quite desperate but active to keep a strong hold on his colonies what ever the cost, no matter what.
In March 2008, former French President Jacques Chirac said:
“Without Africa, France will slide down into the rank of a third [world] power”
Chirac’s predecessor François Mitterand already prophesied in 1957 that:
“Without Africa, France will have no history in the 21st century”
At this very moment I’m writing this article, 14 african countries are obliged by France, trough a colonial pact, to put 85% of their foreign reserve into France central bank under French minister of Finance control. Until now, 2014, Togo and about 13 other african countries still have to pay colonial debt to France. African leaders who refuse are killed or victim of coup. Those who obey are supported and rewarded by France with lavish lifestyle while their people endure extreme poverty, and desperation.
It’s such an evil system even denounced by the European Union, but France is not ready to move from that colonial system which puts about 500 billions dollars from Africa to its treasury year in year out.
We often accuse African leaders of corruption and serving western nations interests instead, but there is a clear explanation for that behavior. They behave so because they are afraid the be killed or victim of a coup. They want a powerful nation to back them in case of aggression or trouble. But, contrary to a friendly nation protection, the western protection is often offered in exchange of these leaders renouncing to serve their own people or nations’ interests.
African leaders would work in the interest of their people if they were not constantly stalked and bullied by colonial countries.
In 1958, scared about the consequence of choosing independence from France, Leopold Sédar Senghor declared: “The choice of the Senegalese people is independence; they want it to take place only in friendship with France, not in dispute.”
From then on France accepted only an “independence on paper” for his colonies, but signed binding “Cooperation Accords”, detailing the nature of their relations with France, in particular ties to France colonial currency (the Franc), France educational system, military and commercial preferences.
Below are the 11 main components of the Colonisation continuation pact since 1950s:
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