Mapping the World
Season 36 Episode 16 - Africa: France at half mast
In recent years, the French army has no longer been welcome in several African countries. From Mali to Niger, from Burkina Faso to the Central African Republic, French troops are now asked to leave. What place can France still hope to hold on this strategic continent? And what future for the links forged over the decades?
Episodes in Season 36
From the Bering Strait to the Arctic: Russian ambitions
12 min
Sea of Japan: sensitive area
12 min
The Dnieper: a river in the Russia–Ukraine war
12 min
Sinai: a desert between Egypt and Gaza
12 min
When the sea rises: a global issue
12 min
The Vatican: what diplomatic role?
12 min
Russia–North Korea: a long history
35 min
China: power of war or peace?
12 min
United Arab Emirates: understanding the new Middle East
12 min
Smartphones: a power issue
12 min
France and its Overseas Territories: complex territories
12 min
Germany: change of era
12 min
Poland: new European leader?
12 min
Russian economy: resilient or declining?
12 min
The Gulf of Guinea: a strategic and threatened crossroads
12 min
Africa: France at half mast
12 min
Biodiversity: SOS animals
12 min
China: the big breakdown
12 min
Space: in the process of privatization?
12 min
At the borders of Russia: fear of war
12 min
European defense: the great rearmament
12 min
Syria: what future after the Assad dictatorship?
12 min
Azerbaijan: hydrocarbons and dictatorship
12 min
Sudan: forgotten war
12 min
Artificial intelligence: a global competition
12 min
Europeans and British: what reunion?
13 min
Morocco: between Europe and Africa
12 min
Norway: Russia's worrying neighbor
12 min
Saudi Arabia: MBS places itself in the center
12 min