This past Monday saw a military coup in Burkina Faso, with President Kaboré removed from power. It’s another sign of how the position of French imperialism in West Africa is being destabilized — and the French are worried.

A week after the death of the dictator Idriss Déby, Chad’s military junta and France are confronted with massive mobilizations of the toiling masses.

Algeria’s Army chief has tried to find an “institutional” way out of the crisis caused by mobilizations against the government: minimal changes to maintain the political regime.