journalist Vincent Hugeux analyzes the military coup that took place

Independent journalist, essayist and teacher at Sciences-Po, Vincent Hugeux signs the book “Tyrants of Africa: the mysteries of postcolonial despotism” published by Perrin. Invited on the set of 23 hours of Franceinfo, he returns to the military coup that there was in Burkina Faso and in particular on the mistrust between the deposed president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, and the soldiers. “The young officers, those who were the central actors in this coup, considered that it was not up to its mission, that the governance of the country was failing, that they were badly equipped, badly supported, that their families were not supported in the event of a tragedy”, he explains.

The French soldiers present in the Sahel face many disputes. For Vincent Hugeux, “the expression of this resentment, which can sometimes appear rather aggressive towards France, is above all the reflection of the intense frustration felt by these African populations who do not understand that the fourth or fifth army of the world does not is not capable of annihilating jihadist bands. It would be necessary to qualify the statement since the jihadist bands in this case are seasoned, equipped, combative, pugnacious. And then it is an adversity which is quite new basically “, he says.