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== Neocolonialism == | == Neocolonialism == | ||
France controls the national reserves of 14 African countries, including several of its former colonies. These countries only have access to 15% of their money and have to borrow from France with interest if they need more. France does not let them borrow amounts of money greater than 20% of their national revenue in the previous year. These countries cannot make military alliances with any countries except France and must have French as their official language. France claims the right to deploy troops in its former colonial territory in Africa.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|newspaper=[[The Burning Spear]]|title=France still robbing and stealing from its "former" African colonies|date=2015-08-12|url=http://www.theburningspear.com/2015/08/France-still-robbing-and-stealing-from-it-s-former-African-colonies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108183847/http://www.theburningspear.com/2015/08/France-still-robbing-and-stealing-from-it-s-former-African-colonies|archive-date=2020-11-08|retrieved=2022-08-13}}</ref> | France controls the national reserves of 14 African countries, including several of its former colonies. These countries only have access to 15% of their money and have to borrow from France with interest if they need more. France does not let them borrow amounts of money greater than 20% of their national revenue in the previous year. These countries cannot make military alliances with any countries except France and must have French as their official language. France claims the right to deploy troops in its former colonial territory in Africa.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|newspaper=[[The Burning Spear]]|title=France still robbing and stealing from its "former" African colonies|date=2015-08-12|url=http://www.theburningspear.com/2015/08/France-still-robbing-and-stealing-from-it-s-former-African-colonies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108183847/http://www.theburningspear.com/2015/08/France-still-robbing-and-stealing-from-it-s-former-African-colonies|archive-date=2020-11-08|retrieved=2022-08-13}}</ref> | ||
== Politics == | == Politics == |