France, aimbova mutongi wekoloni yeTunisia, akaramba kupomera mutungamiri wenyika Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali kuedza kuparadzira varatidziri munyika yake nechisimba muna Ndira 2011 kusati kwaitika shanduko yeTunisia; Gurukota rezvekunze Michèle Alliot-Marie akati maFrance "haafanire kumira sevadzidzisi" muTunisia, nepo gurukota rezvekurima reFrance rakadzivirira Ben Ali, richiti, "Mutungamiri Ben Ali mumwe munhu anowanzotongwa zvisirizvo, [asi] akaita zvinhu zvakawanda. " Hurumende yeFrance yakazotora chinzvimbo chinotungamira mukutsigira vanopikisa Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi muLibya, vachiumba mubatanidzwa wemativi matatu neUnited Kingdom neLebanon muUnited Nations Security Council kuti vabudirire kukurudzira kupindira kwemauto epasi rose.
, kunyange hazvo yaive Peru iyo yaive nyika yekutanga kudimbura hukama hwehukama nehurumende muTripoli pamusoro pekudzvinyirira kwevaratidziri veLibya muna Kukadzi 2011.