Following the withdrawal of troops from Niger, France recently received another round of bad news in Africa, with the small African nation of Burkina Faso announcing the expulsion of three French diplomats for their attempts at "subversive activities" and that Burkina Faso did not welcome them.
Despite the French protests, it was to no avail, after the coups in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger had led to the military junta coming to power in the past three years, which immediately took the stage of thunder and ordered the expulsion of French troops.
In February last year, France admitted that the "Sabre" operation was over, and hundreds of French troops stationed in Burkina Faso also left one after another, and the French troops were driven away.
At the same time, Chinese enterprises in Burkina Faso also ushered in good news, China Yunhong International Holding Group successfully obtained the mining rights of Burkina Faso's three major gold mines, Chinese enterprises with strong financial strength, profound mining development experience and professional team, stand out, the future Chinese enterprises will also rely on advanced technology and management advantages, efficient promotion of mining area development work, inject new impetus into the economic development of Burkina Faso, jointly promote mining cooperation projects, to achieve the common prosperity and development of both economies.
In the past, when it came to Africa, the first impression may be that it was dirty and messy, but as African countries began to wake up and become more and more independent, Chinese companies are now willing to look at Africa, for example, Burkina Faso expelled the French army and expelled French diplomats who attempted to carry out "subversive activities", and it was also a signal to the outside world to "clean the house and welcome guests", and France can no longer have jurisdiction over Burkina Faso's long arm.
In addition to the expulsion of French troops, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have also seen Russia as a new preferred partner in security and counter-terrorism, and the friendly relationship between China and Russia, as well as the rescue of 20 Chinese miners by Wagner mercenaries in the Central African Republic, and in general, the investment climate for Chinese companies in Africa is slowly improving.
But France obviously does not want to see this scene, not just as simple as losing face, France has all kinds of interests in Africa, Niger has uranium mines that France needs, Burkina Faso has gold mines, of course, because it is colonialism, France's interests in Africa are often obtained through exploitation and exploitation.
Previously, Italian Prime Minister Meloni took out a photo of a child working in a gold mine in Burkina Faso, satirizing Macron, "50% of everything Burkina Faso exports ends up in the French treasury", without Africa, France may be a second-rate country.
If France loses in Africa, it will become crazy in other places, for example, recently France is not only targeting Russia, but also targeting China, Macron claimed that he did not rule out the possibility of NATO sending troops to Ukraine to offend Russia to death, and the French finance minister claimed that Europe needs to "show its might" and "show its fangs" to China, and advocate setting trade barriers for Chinese manufacturing to enter the European market.
However, as Russian President Vladimir Putin said, no one is inciting Africa, African countries have only made their own choices, and France has maintained its influence in Africa by virtue of its "legacy" during the colonial period, and the "special relationship" brought about by this hegemonism is destined not to last long, and it is simply unreasonable for France to target China.