https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/topics/europe The European Union, its economy, its defence and the pressures pulling it apart. en https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/assets/brand/icon-512.pnghttps://geopoliticaleconomist.com/topics/europe https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/the-sahel-did-not-replace-france-it-unbundled-it https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/the-sahel-did-not-replace-france-it-unbundled-it Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Camilo Flora Matsumbo Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are often described as having swapped France for Russia. The record shows something narrower: the security layer of France's presence was replaced quickly, through Wagner and Turkish drones, while the development finance, monetary architecture and institutional access that came with it were not replaced at comparable scale by anyone. 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