Tunisia has been independent for 55 years, and Côte d’Ivoire for 51 years, yet France is once more playing a decisive role in these countries. Naturally, many Africans are unconvinced that France is acting only to defend the lives of a few thousand of its citizens, rather than its economic and strategic interests, which are negligible for the former and null for the latter.
发自巴黎——要抹去一个殖民帝国的过去有多难？突尼斯独立至今已有55个年头，而科特迪瓦也独立了51年，但法国却一再在这些国家中扮演着决定性的角色。自然而然地，许多非洲人都不相信法国的举动仅仅是为了保护数千侨民，而更倾向于认为它是为了维护自身的经济和战略利益，但其实所谓经济利益根本无足轻重，战略方面也早已名存实亡了。