Its machinations are one of the main contributing factors in a barbaric civil war in which it is implicated directly, by its diplomacy and by the naval pressure it is exerting, and indirectly by the behaviour on the ground of the troops of its former African colonies, which is just as dreadful as that of the armed gangs.
Ses manœuvres constituent un des facteurs majeurs d'une guerre civile barbare dans laquelle elle est partie prenante, directement, par sa diplomatie, par la pression de sa flotte, et, indirectement, par l'intermédiaire des troupes de ses ex-colonies africaines dont le comportement sur le terrain est aussi atroce que celui des bandes armées.