{"id":2047,"date":"2018-11-05T10:24:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T10:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=2047"},"modified":"2018-11-05T10:24:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T10:24:37","slug":"au-cameroun-la-diplomatie-francaise-defend-les-interets-dune-elite-predatrice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=2047","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab Au Cameroun, la diplomatie fran\u00e7aise d\u00e9fend les int\u00e9r\u00eats d\u2019une \u00e9lite pr\u00e9datrice \u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-node=\"paragraph\" data-qa=\"paragraph\"><em>La chercheuse Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle r\u00e9agit apr\u00e8s que le Quai d\u2019Orsay a adress\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0ses v\u0153ux de r\u00e9ussite\u00a0\u00bb \u00e0 Paul Biya, r\u00e9\u00e9lu \u00e0 la t\u00eate du pays.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"node-attr \" data-node=\"paragraph\" data-qa=\"paragraph\">Emmanuel Macron se targuerait de ne pas serrer la main aux chefs d\u2019Etat \u00e0 la r\u00e9putation \u00e9lectorale douteuse en Afrique centrale. Il laisse \u00e0 la man\u0153uvre la bureaucratie diplomatique, qui n\u2019h\u00e9site pas \u00e0 adresser\u00a0<em>\u00ab\u00a0ses v\u0153ux de r\u00e9ussite\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>\u00a0au pr\u00e9sident camerounais, Paul Biya, pour son nouveau mandat, le septi\u00e8me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"node-attr \" data-node=\"paragraph\" data-qa=\"paragraph\">Au nom d\u2019une politique africaine r\u00e9nov\u00e9e, la France n\u2019aurait pas de le\u00e7on \u00e0 donner \u00e0 ses partenaires africains. Certes, mais elle pourrait avoir un minimum de respect pour les citoyens de ce continent. Car derri\u00e8re l\u2019affichage, les pratiques diplomatiques et leurs effets restent identiques\u00a0: le message envoy\u00e9 au pr\u00e9sident Biya est un mod\u00e8le du genre. Quand le d\u00e9partement d\u2019Etat am\u00e9ricain dit avoir\u00a0<em>\u00ab\u00a0constat\u00e9 un certain nombre d\u2019irr\u00e9gularit\u00e9s\u00a0avant, pendant et apr\u00e8s les \u00e9lections du 7\u00a0octobre\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>, le Quai d\u2019Orsay omet de mentionner l\u2019\u00e9tendue in\u00e9dite des contestations l\u00e9gales des r\u00e9sultats du scrutin.<\/p>\n<p data-node=\"paragraph\" data-qa=\"paragraph\">Tout en<em>\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0regrettant que de nombreux Camerounais n\u2019aient pu exprimer leur choix\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>, il ose \u00e9voquer un\u00a0<em>\u00ab\u00a0climat apais\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>\u00a0et\u00a0<em>\u00ab\u00a0calme\u00a0\u00bb,<\/em>\u00a0alors que deux r\u00e9gions sur dix sont ravag\u00e9es par un affrontement arm\u00e9 entre des milices s\u00e9cessionnistes anglophones et l\u2019arm\u00e9e camerounaise depuis pr\u00e8s d\u2019un an. Et sa r\u00e9it\u00e9ration de l\u2019attachement de la France \u00e0 la stabilit\u00e9 du pays est une vieille antienne qui a justifi\u00e9 le soutien de l\u2019ancienne tutelle coloniale aux deux seuls pr\u00e9sidents qu\u2019a connus le pays depuis son ind\u00e9pendance.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"ca-heading-sub node-attr \" data-node=\"heading\" data-qa=\"heading\">Vieux r\u00e9flexes de la Fran\u00e7afrique<\/h4>\n<p class=\"node-attr \" data-node=\"paragraph\" data-qa=\"paragraph\">Car la politique africaine de la France a beau se moderniser, l\u2019histoire de la France en Afrique centrale, et au Cameroun en particulier, continue de hanter les relations entre ces deux pays et leurs citoyens. La r\u00e9pression du mouvement nationaliste \u2013 dont la m\u00e9moire n\u2019a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 sold\u00e9e \u2013, le soutien au r\u00e9gime alors qu\u2019il \u00e9tait menac\u00e9 par l\u2019opposition en\u00a01992, le silence face aux divers \u00e9pisodes de r\u00e9pression (en\u00a02008, par exemple, mais aussi vis-\u00e0-vis des leaders anglophones enferm\u00e9s depuis dix mois sans avoir vu leurs avocats) attestent aupr\u00e8s de nombreux Camerounais du soutien jamais d\u00e9menti de la France \u00e0 un r\u00e9gime d\u00e9sormais honni par beaucoup. Les vieux r\u00e9flexes de la Fran\u00e7afrique se transmettraient-ils donc de g\u00e9n\u00e9ration de diplomates en g\u00e9n\u00e9ration de diplomates?<\/p>\n<p data-node=\"paragraph\" data-qa=\"paragraph\">Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.lemonde.fr\/afrique\/article\/2018\/10\/24\/au-cameroun-la-diplomatie-francaise-defend-les-interets-d-une-elite-predatrice_5374018_3212.html\"><strong>Le Monde<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La chercheuse Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle r\u00e9agit apr\u00e8s que le Quai d\u2019Orsay a adress\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0ses v\u0153ux de r\u00e9ussite\u00a0\u00bb \u00e0 Paul Biya, r\u00e9\u00e9lu \u00e0 la t\u00eate du pays. 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