Escobar: No Respite For France As A 'New Africa' Rises Escobar: No Respite For France As A ‘New Africa’ Rises Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Cradle, Like dominos, African states are one by one falling outside the shackles of neocolonialism. Chad, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and now Gabon are saying ‘non’ to France’s longtime …