The French are hated because they've forced the democratically elected government of the Ivory Coast to accept a "Unity Government" with a rebel group that has ties to international terrorism.
As if that explains rape and luting.
You sound here almost like the mainstream media: hatred is caused by actions. Sort of like, "What did we, Americans, do to deserve the hatred of Muslims?" This is garbage that goes all the way to Marx.
The fact is, social groups are hated not for what they do but for who they are. The French and the British in Africa are a convenient minority on which to vent frustrations. They are identifiable by the color of their skin ("they are not like us"), which is racism. The same occurred for centuries in Europe with respect to Jews and Roma (Gypsies): when times are good, nobody really cared about their presence ("They are nice people; some of my friends are Jews"), but at the slightest upheaval, whether economic or political, they because the scapegoats. We call that by its name: religious bigotry.
Well, the same is happening with the French and Brits in Africa. And we should call it by its name: racism. These people are chosen as victims because they are white. And please forget that Leftist garbage about colonies: two generations have grown up since then, and these whites and blacks played with each other as children.
This not really hard to see. But the victims happen to be French, and so this forum is enjoying that fact. Nice and moral. Very pleasant to see on a conservative forum: shadenfreude is exactly the value that these people are trying to preserve in America.