MOSCOW, February 2. /TASS/. Paris is preparing neo-colonial coups d’etat on the African continent and seeking opportunities for "political revenge" in Africa, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service’s (SVR) press bureau reported.
"France is preparing neo-colonial coups in Africa," the statement said. According to information received by the SVR, "Emmanuel Macron's administration is feverishly seeking opportunities for 'political revenge' in Africa."
According to the press bureau, Paris has recently suffered significant "losses" on the continent due to patriotic forces prioritizing the interests of the people and "refusing to serve as puppets of the financial and political oligarchy of French globalists" coming to power in a number of former French colonies in Africa. "Whether inspired by the American operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro or imagining himself as the arbiter of the fate of African peoples, Macron has authorized his special services to launch a plan to eliminate 'undesirable leaders' in Africa," the press bureau pointed out.
The SVR also noted that France's involvement in the January 3 attempted coup in Burkina Faso, which was successfully thwarted, has already been established. "The rebels were tasked with killing President Ibrahim Traore, one of the leaders of the fight against neocolonialism. According to Paris' calculations, this would not only bring pro-French forces to power in Ouagadougou but also deal a blow to all supporters of sovereignty and Pan-African ideology on the continent," the statement said.
