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How France Fumbled Its Africa Ties and Fueled a Geopolitical Crisis – The Wall Street Journal

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Shortly after a

military coup in the West African country of Mali, senior U.S. officials traveled to Paris for a discreet meeting with French counterparts, who presented them with a list of names.
In an ornate office in the Élysée Palace, President Emmanuel Macron’s top Africa diplomats proposed four prominent Malian politicians as potential successors to the country’s ousted pro-French leader, a person familiar with the meeting said.
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