Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Le Monde on French role in Africa

From Eric: "In this eight-paragraph summary in Le Monde of recent events in the Central African Republic, we find out only in the third paragraph that the French state has asserted its sovereignty over the country by taking military control over Bangui M'Poko International Airport, and it is only in the fourth paragraph that any mention is made of the airport incident in which French troops opened fire on several cars carrying Indian and Chadian nationals, killing two and wounding nine: "Lundi soir, le ministère de la défense a précisé que les forces françaises chargées de la protection de l'aéroport de Bangui avaient fait feu lundi sur des véhicules qui tentaient d'y pénétrer, tuant deux ressortissants indiens et blessant plusieurs personnes, indiennes et tchadiennes. "Regrettant profondément ce drame", le ministre Jean-Yves Le Drian a demandé une enquête visant à en déterminer les circonstances exactes, a précisé le ministère.""