Mixed feelings in Africa as Queen Elizabeth II dies
By France24
11 September 2022 |
1:05 pm
Welcome to a special edition on Queen Elizabeth II and Africa. All praise for some and criticism from others, from brutal repression in Kenya to open support for the end of apartheid, across the continent Elizabeth the Second leaves a mixed legacy and mixed feelings behind her.
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