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"La Françafrique, c’est comme un iceberg. Vous avez la face du dessus, la partie émergée de l’iceberg : la France meilleure amie de l’Afrique, patrie des droits de l’homme, etc. Et puis ensuite, vous avez 90% de la relation qui est immergée : l’ensemble des mécanismes de maintien de la domination française en Afrique avec des alliés africains…"

François-Xavier Verschave

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Burkina Faso : Head of state Blaise Campaoré invited to the Elysée

Burkina Faso - Survie - 17 November 2008

A host of civic associations and indignant Parisians condemn Nicolas Sarkozy’s preferred treatment for African dictators. We will act up on the symbolic Eifel Tower Square to protest the Elyséen mantel extended to the 21 year old dictatorship of Blaise Campaoré. Demonstration call up for November 17, 2008 6 PM on the Trocadero square of Human (...)

The battle against global pirate banking has just begun

Pirate banking - Plate Forme Paradis Fiscaux et Judiciaires - 22 October 2008

Report from the French Platform “Paradis Fiscaux et Judiciaires” which investigates Tax Shelters and Tax Evasion: The battle against global pirate banking has just begun After the October 21conference of the OECD on tax shelters NGOs welcome the strong political commitment to end tax haven abuses and demand concrete measures. The NGO members of (...)

Angolagate: Political pressures to protect French Economic interests must not obstruct justice

Angola - Survie - 6 October 2008

Survie denounces the political manoeuvring surrounding the opening of the Angolagate trial whose only objective can be to bury this affair. For Survie justice and legality override the economic ambitions in Angola of any French business enterprise whatsoever. Angolagate-one of the biggest presumed arms traffics to have taken place in Angola (...)

Survie’s position on Immigration and Migration

Françafrica - Survie - 4 October 2008

Our focus on questions of migration is mainly on the immigration from African countries historically colonized by France whose political and social economies are still largely dependent on French policies. Immigration from those West African countries in the CFA monetary zone are particularly affected by the present government’s policy of (...)