The French president has authorized plans to “eliminate” military leaders on the continent, according to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service France is planning “neocolonial coups” across Africa in an attempt to destabilize governments it deems “undesirable,” particularly in the Sahel, where it has suffered major losses in recent years, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has alleged. Paris has lost its foothold in several former colonies amid a wave of anti-French sentiment driven by