Audio By Vocalize President William Ruto and French President Emmanuel Macron during the Africa Forward Summit at the University of Nairobi on May 11, 2026. [PCS] The relationship between the French Republic and the African continent began in the 18th century with the establishment of an isolated trading post. In 1830, France made its ambitions official with the seizure of Algiers. The intervening 196 years since then have been tumultuous ones for France across Africa. Some saw the exit from Africa of France’s remaining military forces amid rising anti-French sentiment as a symbolic full stop to over two centuries of…
Author: By Mbugua Ng’ang’a
Audio By Vocalize President William Ruto and French President Emmanuel Macron during the Africa Forward Summit at the University of Nairobi on May 11, 2026. [PCS] The relationship between the French Republic and the African continent began in the 18th century with the establishment of an isolated trading post. In 1830, France made its ambitions official with the seizure of Algiers. The intervening 196 years since then have been tumultuous ones for France across Africa. Some saw the exit from Africa of France’s remaining military forces amid rising anti-French sentiment as a symbolic full stop to over two centuries of…