After the Second World War, with the development of the wave of nationalism in theworld, the Africain countries launched a movement of independence and broke away from theformer colonial countries, such as France. While France has experienced a major blow duringthe Second World War. Therefore, after the World War II, the restoration of the status of theworld’s greatest country has become the main objective for France, and the prime task is tocontinue to maintain the relationship between France and the Africain colonial countries. So,in the reign of Charles de Gaulle, he adopted a policy of cooperation to replace the traditionalcolonialist policies, through the bilateral and multilateral foreign development aid to Africa.All the presidents, after Charles de Gaulle, basically maintained the foreign aid to Africa inthe form of cooperation. Although the policy of foreign aid has been reformed for severaltimes, the ultimate goal is to safeguard the national interests and economic interests in Africaby the foreign aid. |