• Kinaya Hassane

The legacy of France’s colonial violence in the Indian Ocean is one stone that contemporary mainstream media tends to leave unturned.

• Deborah Ndjerareou

Breaking from ECOWAS and Western influence, the Alliance of Sahel States signals a geopolitical shift — but can it deliver real stability?

• Faisal Ali

France’s president can’t stop talking, but his condescending remarks on Africa are only accelerating the collapse of French influence on the continent.

• Mathijs Cazemier

For French President, Emmanuel Macron, recruiting various African intellectuals turned out to be a key asset in trying to shift the Françafrique narrative, while simultaneously protecting French interests on the continent.

• Ndongo Samba Sylla

For France's former colonies in Africa to enjoy true independence, they need to control over their own money and budgets.

• Brett L. Carter

Denis Sassou Nguesso's embarrassing attempt to ingratiate himself to Donald Trump.

• Oumar Ba

Do we still need an organization of France's former colonies? Whose interests does it actually serve?

• Dan Moshenberg

We must stop thinking that 'Africa’ must either progress together or stagnate. Each country has its own story, its own sovereignty.

• Jacques Enaudeau

Who would guess that a little over a decade ago Africa was mostly described as "the hopeless continent"?

• Shamira Muhammad

The American artist says he wants to tackle Françafrique; to turn it on its head. But in the process, he can't help repeat stereotypes and artificial divisions.

• Aaron Leaf

The Danish filmmaker believes his work contains qualities missing from most conventional journalism. Especially journalism dealing with Africa

• Gregory Mann

Francois Hollande want French-African relations to be transparent. Is this a new African policy or the old FrançAfrique?

• Tom Devriendt

Is it France's interests to reform its unequal, exploitative relationship with Africans?

• Gregory Mann

Both of the front-runners, incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist François Hollande, have run against FrançAfrique. Easier said than done.