I think you're mistaken about the Africa situation. France participated in the NATO Libya operations to preserve the dominance of the CFA Franc in Africa. http

I think you're mistaken about the Africa situation. France participated in the NATO Libya operations to preserve the dominance of the CFA Franc in Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20190410234309/https://www.foia.state.gov/Search/results.aspx?searchText=C05779612&beginDate=&endDate=&publishedBeginDate=&publishedEndDate=&caseNumber= https://web.archive.org/web/20190410234309/https://www.foia.... It's a shit fest up and down. The CFA Franc is effectively economic imperialism. This is something Qaddafi wanted to get rid of in Africa.