"France will renegotiate all its defence accords with African countries, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday in a move that could scale back France's military support for some of its closest allies. France has defence cooperation agreements with several former colonies under which its forces provide varying degrees of military assistance, but Sarkozy has set out to reshape the country's relationship with Africa. "France has no call to maintain armed forces in Africa indefinitely," Sarkozy [said]." (Quoted from article)