{UAH} SO WHY IS THIS NOT TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS?*

*SO WHY IS THIS NOT TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS?*

*WHY IS IT A SECRET?*

_*It is worse than apartheid*_🤔

About the presidency of Joaquim Chissano (Mozambique) at the head of the OAU in 2003

 At the end of his speech, during the question-and-answer session, a French journalist asked him what his position was on the Mugabe dictatorship and how dictators like Mugabe are a major threat to African integration. And here is President Joaquim Chissano's response:

 *One of the greatest threats to African integration is foreign control*.

 *I took my round of presidency of the OAU in July 2003 (just after that of Thabo Mbeki), in the middle of one night, I received an urgent call from the President of the Republic of Benin telling me that he was in an emergency situation*.

 I immediately thought it was a military coup, because Benin had experienced many military coups. He replied: *No, it's worse than a military coup*.

 *The President of France has just sent a special envoy to warn me that if we don't immediately pay our 10% to France, we will have serious consequences*.

 *The 10% is one of 3 agreements that all French-speaking countries signed with France as conditions for France to grant us independence in 1960*.

 *The 3 agreements were that*:

 (1) Each of us will adopt the CFA as our common currency and will be 100% controlled by France,

 (2) Each of us will pay France 10% of our export earnings in return for France guaranteeing our sovereignty and security,

 and (3) Each of us will keep our national reserves in France, and if we draw from them without France's consent, it will be considered a loan that we will repay to France with interest.

 *Now, due to a serious financial crisis that Benin is currently facing, my Cabinet and I have decided to suspend all payments to foreign governments until we return to normal*. The Special Envoy refuses to accept our explanation!

 *So could you please help us mobilize African Union Member States to support us in this fight with France*? Please ?"

 Chissano said he couldn't believe his ears. He was shocked. He then replied to the President of Benin: "My Comrade Brother President, please remain very firm.

 I will take care of this matter very quickly. *I'm not sure the President of France (Jacques Chirac) will listen to me, so I'm going to call former President Nelson Mandela whom they revere to intervene, then I'll get back to you*.

 Chissano added that when he called and told the story to Nelson Mandela, the latter was even more shocked than he (Chissano). He was flabbergasted. *He immediately called President Jacques Chirac and told him it was worse than apartheid*!

 *In short, France eventually waived Benin's payment for that year, but said that if Benin refused to pay for the following year and beyond, it would be responsible, as it is a binding treaty that he has signed*.

 So goes FranceAfrica! These chords are incredible. But why don't we teach that at school and at university, why are they not popularized. I am sure that among us there are people who will not be able to believe that such one-of-a-kind agreements exist and are still in force.

🥷🏿🥷🏿🥷🏿🥷🏿

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