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#BurkinaFaso, #Niger, #Mali : des #dictatures dans la plus pure tradition https://afriquexxi.info/Burkina-Faso-Niger-Mali-Le-retour-des-bonnes-vieilles-methodes

#IbrahimTraoré https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Traor%C3%A9

#AbdourahamaneTiani https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdourahamane_Tiani

#AssimiGoïta https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assimi_Go%C3%AFta

3 pays au bord du gouffre https://unric.org/fr/sahel-central-mali-burkina-faso-et-niger-trois-pays-au-bord-du-gouffre/

#dictature #afrique #politique #societe #actu #info #actualite #information

#BurkinaFaso, #Niger, #Mali : des #dictatures dans la plus pure tradition https://afriquexxi.info/Burkina-Faso-Niger-Mali-Le-retour-des-bonnes-vieilles-methodes

#IbrahimTraoré https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Traor%C3%A9

#AbdourahamaneTiani https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdourahamane_Tiani

#AssimiGoïta https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assimi_Go%C3%AFta

3 pays au bord du gouffre https://unric.org/fr/sahel-central-mali-burkina-faso-et-niger-trois-pays-au-bord-du-gouffre/

#dictature #afrique #politique #societe #actu #info #actualite #information

#BurkinaFaso, #Niger, #Mali : des #dictatures dans la plus pure tradition https://afriquexxi.info/Burkina-Faso-Niger-Mali-Le-retour-des-bonnes-vieilles-methodes

#IbrahimTraoré https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Traor%C3%A9

#AbdourahamaneTiani https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdourahamane_Tiani

#AssimiGoïta https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assimi_Go%C3%AFta

3 pays au bord du gouffre https://unric.org/fr/sahel-central-mali-burkina-faso-et-niger-trois-pays-au-bord-du-gouffre/

#dictature #afrique #politique #societe #actu #info #actualite #information

#BurkinaFaso, #Niger, #Mali : des #dictatures dans la plus pure tradition https://afriquexxi.info/Burkina-Faso-Niger-Mali-Le-retour-des-bonnes-vieilles-methodes

#IbrahimTraoré https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Traor%C3%A9

#AbdourahamaneTiani https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdourahamane_Tiani

#AssimiGoïta https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assimi_Go%C3%AFta

3 pays au bord du gouffre https://unric.org/fr/sahel-central-mali-burkina-faso-et-niger-trois-pays-au-bord-du-gouffre/

#dictature #afrique #politique #societe #actu #info #actualite #information

#BurkinaFaso, #Niger, #Mali : des #dictatures dans la plus pure tradition https://afriquexxi.info/Burkina-Faso-Niger-Mali-Le-retour-des-bonnes-vieilles-methodes

#IbrahimTraoré https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Traor%C3%A9

#AbdourahamaneTiani https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdourahamane_Tiani

#AssimiGoïta https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assimi_Go%C3%AFta

3 pays au bord du gouffre https://unric.org/fr/sahel-central-mali-burkina-faso-et-niger-trois-pays-au-bord-du-gouffre/

#dictature #afrique #politique #societe #actu #info #actualite #information

Ibrahim Traoré: We Do Not Want a Democracy That Kills

The recent interview by Ibrahim Traoré, president of Burkina Faso, has caused widespread debate after going viral across global media platforms. Headlines, particularly from mainstream outlets, quickly framed his remarks as a wholesale rejection of democracy, some even suggesting an intention to entrench permanent military rule.

But this interpretation, while sensational, is deeply misleading. It strips Traoré’s statements of their political, historical, and material context that is essential to understanding both his words and the broader trajectory of the Sahel region.

Democracy, but which democracy?

The remarks emerged not from an abstract discussion, but from a grounded conversation about security, sovereignty, and survival. For nearly half an hour, the interview focused on the ongoing insurgencies in the Sahel, particularly the threat posed by jihadist groups linked to al Qaeda and the broader crisis of state stability.

It was only when Traoré was asked about elections, specifically whether a newly adopted revolutionary charter could allow him to extend his rule, that the issue of democracy arose.

His response; elections, he argued, were not the immediate concern. Burkina Faso faces existential challenges, and the priority is confronting those threats and rebuilding the state. It is within this framework that his now widely quoted statement, “people need to forget about democracy” must be understood.

Saying, “we must tell the truth. Democracy is not for us, this kind of democracy that these people show us. That’s not what interests us.”

When Traoré states that “democracy is not for us,” he is not speaking in a vacuum. His critique is directed at a specific model; Western liberal democracy was historically exported to Africa through intervention, coercion, and conditional aid.

He gave the example of Libya, whose destruction following the NATO intervention in Libya remains as an example across the continent. For Traoré, Libya represents a warning; a state that, whatever its internal contradictions, was dismantled in the name of “democracy”, leaving behind chaos, displacement, and humanitarian catastrophe.

“We came to completely change the way things work, but above all to change mindsets so that people open their eyes, see the world, and so that we never fall into that trap again. People are here; democracy is slavery. There is no democracy in this world. They pretend there is. They do as they please. And to establish it, they kill. Democracy that kills. We do not want democracy. May God spare us from that kind of democracy. We are focused on our conquest, on our rebuilding, and on the revolution. It is the only path to development.”

Thus, when he says “democracy kills,” it can also be interpreted that he is condemning a geopolitical process whereby “democracy” becomes a justification for regime change, foreign domination, and violent restructuring. These narratives have been used recently in both Venezuela and Iran, where actions against leaders are framed as justified interventions.

Traoré’s position must be situated within the crisis of sovereignty in the Sahel. Countries like Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have experienced repeated cycles of instability, foreign military presence, and economic dependency.

The rise of military-led governments in the region, notwithstanding the challenges, has been tied to a popular rejection of neocolonial arrangements, particularly those associated with former colonial powers like France.

This is the political terrain from which Traoré speaks. His insistence on “revolution,” “rebuilding,” and “changing mindsets” reflects an attempt, however contested, to break from a model of governance seen as externally imposed and internally hollow.

Misreading the Sahel

Many liberal democratic commentators have approached Traoré’s statements through a narrow, textbook definition of democracy. This framework struggles to account for situations where the state itself is under threat, where territorial control is fragmented, and where external actors play a decisive role in shaping internal politics.

The result is a recurring pattern of misinterpretation, complex political statements are reduced to authoritarian impulses, and debates about sovereignty are dismissed as anti-democratic rhetoric.

Interestingly, similar questions arise elsewhere. In Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has postponed elections, arguing that national survival in the face of war must take precedence.

While the contexts are vastly different, the underlying principle is comparable, the sequencing of political processes in times of crisis. But global reactions to these decisions are far from consistent.

None of this is to suggest that the Sahel’s current trajectory is without challenges. The region faces immense challenges; political, economic, and social.  However, reducing Traoré’s position to a rejection of democracy misses the point entirely. What is at stake is not simply “democracy versus authoritarianism”, but a deeper struggle over sovereignty, development, and the right of societies to define their own political paths.

Whether one agrees with his conclusions or not, the historical realities shaping the Sahel must be taken into context.

Nicholas Mwangi

And when Trump says it?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/people-burkina-faso-should-forget-about-democracy-military-ruler-ibrahim-traore

#BurkinaFaso #Democracy #Fascism #IbrahimTraore #Politics

And when Trump says it?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/people-burkina-faso-should-forget-about-democracy-military-ruler-ibrahim-traore

#BurkinaFaso #Democracy #Fascism #IbrahimTraore #Politics

💼 EMPLOI : 15 512 recrutements annoncés !
C'est officiel ! Le gouvernement a validé le recrutement de "15 512 agents" pour l'année 2026 — concours directs et professionnels confondus. Une opportunité en or pour les jeunes Burkinabè en quête d'un avenir stable dans la fonction publique. 🎯
Abonnez-vous
#BurkinaFaso #BlogDuFaso #ConseilDesMinistres #IbrahimTraore #ActuBurkina #BurkinaActualite #BurkinaEmploi #PolitiqueBurkina #OuagadougouInfos #FasoInfos

Burkina Faso issues first sentence for 'homosexuality and related practices'

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/world/burkina-faso-homosexuality-conviction-africa

Burkina Faso issues first sentence for 'homosexuality and related practices'

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/world/burkina-faso-homosexuality-conviction-africa

Captain Ibrahim Traoré’s new law makes thieves work and repay victims below Read our report for details #ValidUpdates #BurkinaFaso #IbrahimTraore #law #justice #communityservice #crime #WestAfrica

https://validupdates.com/2025/12/burkina-faso-leader-changes-theft-law-to-force-repayment/

NEL SAHEL, L’EREDITÀ DI THOMAS SANKARA È VIVA https://poterealpopolo.org/burkina-faso-neocolonialismo/ #Tricontinental:InstituteforSocialResearch #AssembleaInternazionaledeiPopoli(AIP) #NewsletterTricontinental #IbrahimTraoré #thomassankara #colonialismo #BurkinaFaso #Estero #africa #News

Africa, remember who you are.

https://youtu.be/PVwmBhYIQ8A?si=nfJTK29aLiaYKdK0

Quite the speech.

#Africa #IbrahimTraore

https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1707147/politique/le-burkina-faso-sapprete-a-dissoudre-sa-commission-electorale
Le gouvernement du régime militaire du #BurkinaFaso a adopté mercredi 16 juillet un projet de loi visant à dissoudre la Commission électorale nationale indépendante #Ceni « budgétivore » et sujette aux « influences étrangères » Créée en 1998 la Ceni se revendique comme une structure « indépendante » chargée d’organiser les élections depuis le retour au multipartisme en 1991 composée de 15 commissaires issus des partis politiques et de la société civile #ibrahimtraore

https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1707164/politique/des-videos-de-beyonce-et-du-pape-detournees-pour-nourrir-le-culte-de-la-personnalite-dibrahim-traore
Vidéos #IA #Beyoncé le pape #LéonXIV #RKelly & le chef de la junte du #BurkinaFaso #IbrahimTraoré des images détournées pour une campagne de désinformation menée par la junte burkinabè #propagande cf 2M de vues avec R. Kelly qui chante depuis sa prison pour trafic sexuel les larmes aux yeux une ode en anglais au capitaine Traoré qui « se bat pour la paix dans sa terre natale », entre deux images de synthèse du leader burkinabè menant ses troupes au combat #africa

Why the West Is Obsessed with Africa

…and why Burkina Faso is at the center of it all

If Africa reclaims what’s rightfully hers, the global balance of power shifts. Permanently.

The West knows this. That’s why it’s obsessed, not with Africa’s people, but with its resources. From gold and cobalt to solar real estate and shipping corridors, Africa holds the raw materials of the 21st-century economy. And the more African nations like Burkina Faso reject the old model of extraction and control, the more uncomfortable Western powers become.

This isn’t just about Burkina Faso nationalizing a few mines. It’s about the potential collapse of a global system where the Global South produces and the Global North profits.

Let’s get a reality check with numbers…

Africa holds:

• 30% of the world’s mineral reserves
• 60% of global cobalt supply (mostly from the DRC)
• Over 40% of global gold reserves
• The largest reserves of platinum, chromium, and diamonds

In 2023 alone:

• Burkina Faso exported over 60,000 kg of gold, mostly to Switzerland and Canada.
• The Democratic Republic of Congo supplied over 70% of the world’s cobalt, much of it mined under dangerous, exploitative conditions.

While African nations sit atop immense value, the real profits flow outward, into the coffers of foreign mining firms, Western stock exchanges, and offshore tax havens. Countries like Burkina Faso get left with environmental destruction, low-paying jobs, and compromised sovereignty.

If the status quo breaks, if more African nations follow Burkina Faso’s lead here’s what’s at risk for the West:

• Access to over 60% of the world’s Cobalt (for EV batteries), Lithium (for grid storage), and Rare earth metals (for AI chips, military tech, solar panels).
• Cheap gold and untaxed mineral flows, often processed in Europe.
• Military and diplomatic leverage over African governments through aid, loans, and bases.
• Control over shipping, data cables, and green energy corridors running through the continent.

What’s happening in Ouagadougou today could rewrite the rules in Washington, Paris, and London tomorrow. That’s why the West isn’t just watching, it’s squirming.

If it’s all of Africa, then why is just Burkina Faso scaring the West? 

It’s not Burkina Faso, but its military President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, that the West is scared of. Traoré has made the once-dismissed, forgotten outpost the center of a continental reckoning.

Captain Traore did many of the right things, which were not in accordance with the Western script and SOP. He rejected IMF loans, calling them “modern-day slavery,” expelled French troops, saying their presence worsened insecurity, demanded factories, not foreign-funded mosques, and prioritized agriculture, solar power, and manufacturing over extraction-for-export.

His model is simple: resource sovereignty, community ownership, and national dignity.

It’s spreading. Niger, Mali, Guinea, and others are taking notes. The Alliance of Sahel States is emerging as a bloc that no longer asks permission to act in its people’s interests.

The West doesn’t fear Traoré because he’s radical. They fear him because he’s right. And because others might follow.

This is not just about gold. Or oil. Or cobalt. It’s about control.

From the Berlin Conference to today’s “development partnerships,” the West’s obsession with Africa has never been about philanthropy. It’s been about economic extraction, strategic leverage, and resource dominance. And now, as the continent begins to resist, Burkina Faso has become ground zero in the next chapter of this fight.

As the global demand for critical minerals grows, the choices made by African countries like Burkina Faso will shape not only their futures but also the geopolitical landscape. The West’s response to these shifts will determine whether it can adapt to a world where former colonies demand equitable partnerships over exploitative arrangements.

#africa #AfricaEnergyTransition #AfricaGeopoliticalShift #AfricaMineralWealth #AfricaResources #AfricaSelfReliance #AfricanIndependence #antiColonialLeadership #BurkinaFaso #BurkinaFasoGold #cobaltMiningAfrica #FranceInAfrica #goldMiningAfrica #IbrahimTraoré #IMFLoansAfrica #news #politics #postColonialAfrica #resourceSovereignty #SahelAlliance #WesternExploitation #WesternNeocolonialism

Why the West Is Obsessed with Africa

…and why Burkina Faso is at the center of it all

If Africa reclaims what’s rightfully hers, the global balance of power shifts. Permanently.

The West knows this. That’s why it’s obsessed, not with Africa’s people, but with its resources. From gold and cobalt to solar real estate and shipping corridors, Africa holds the raw materials of the 21st-century economy. And the more African nations like Burkina Faso reject the old model of extraction and control, the more uncomfortable Western powers become.

This isn’t just about Burkina Faso nationalizing a few mines. It’s about the potential collapse of a global system where the Global South produces and the Global North profits.

Let’s get a reality check with numbers…

Africa holds:

• 30% of the world’s mineral reserves
• 60% of global cobalt supply (mostly from the DRC)
• Over 40% of global gold reserves
• The largest reserves of platinum, chromium, and diamonds

In 2023 alone:

• Burkina Faso exported over 60,000 kg of gold, mostly to Switzerland and Canada.
• The Democratic Republic of Congo supplied over 70% of the world’s cobalt, much of it mined under dangerous, exploitative conditions.

While African nations sit atop immense value, the real profits flow outward, into the coffers of foreign mining firms, Western stock exchanges, and offshore tax havens. Countries like Burkina Faso get left with environmental destruction, low-paying jobs, and compromised sovereignty.

If the status quo breaks, if more African nations follow Burkina Faso’s lead here’s what’s at risk for the West:

• Access to over 60% of the world’s Cobalt (for EV batteries), Lithium (for grid storage), and Rare earth metals (for AI chips, military tech, solar panels).
• Cheap gold and untaxed mineral flows, often processed in Europe.
• Military and diplomatic leverage over African governments through aid, loans, and bases.
• Control over shipping, data cables, and green energy corridors running through the continent.

What’s happening in Ouagadougou today could rewrite the rules in Washington, Paris, and London tomorrow. That’s why the West isn’t just watching, it’s squirming.

If it’s all of Africa, then why is just Burkina Faso scaring the West? 

It’s not Burkina Faso, but its military President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, that the West is scared of. Traoré has made the once-dismissed, forgotten outpost the center of a continental reckoning.

Captain Traore did many of the right things, which were not in accordance with the Western script and SOP. He rejected IMF loans, calling them “modern-day slavery,” expelled French troops, saying their presence worsened insecurity, demanded factories, not foreign-funded mosques, and prioritized agriculture, solar power, and manufacturing over extraction-for-export.

His model is simple: resource sovereignty, community ownership, and national dignity.

It’s spreading. Niger, Mali, Guinea, and others are taking notes. The Alliance of Sahel States is emerging as a bloc that no longer asks permission to act in its people’s interests.

The West doesn’t fear Traoré because he’s radical. They fear him because he’s right. And because others might follow.

This is not just about gold. Or oil. Or cobalt. It’s about control.

From the Berlin Conference to today’s “development partnerships,” the West’s obsession with Africa has never been about philanthropy. It’s been about economic extraction, strategic leverage, and resource dominance. And now, as the continent begins to resist, Burkina Faso has become ground zero in the next chapter of this fight.

As the global demand for critical minerals grows, the choices made by African countries like Burkina Faso will shape not only their futures but also the geopolitical landscape. The West’s response to these shifts will determine whether it can adapt to a world where former colonies demand equitable partnerships over exploitative arrangements.

#africa #AfricaEnergyTransition #AfricaGeopoliticalShift #AfricaMineralWealth #AfricaResources #AfricaSelfReliance #AfricanIndependence #antiColonialLeadership #BurkinaFaso #BurkinaFasoGold #cobaltMiningAfrica #FranceInAfrica #goldMiningAfrica #IbrahimTraoré #IMFLoansAfrica #news #politics #postColonialAfrica #resourceSovereignty #SahelAlliance #WesternExploitation #WesternNeocolonialism

Burkina Faso: The Rise of a Nation That Said No to the West

In a world shaped by quiet subjugation and subtle control, Burkina Faso is roaring back, loud, unapologetic, and uncompromising.

This small West African nation, once dismissed as a “failed state,” is flipping the imperial script with surgical precision. In under five years, it has expelled French troops, rejected IMF loans, nationalized foreign-owned mines, powered cities with solar energy, and rolled out its own line of electric vehicles.

How?

At the center of this transformation is 37-year-old Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Africa’s youngest head of state and arguably the West’s newest geopolitical headache. Once a dusty pawn in France’s post-colonial chessboard, Burkina Faso is today a defiant voice in global geopolitics. And it’s not just about one man, it’s about what he represents: a continent done with dependency.

And it’s not just about one man, it’s about what he represents: a continent done with dependency.

The man who makes the West squirm

Since taking power in September 2022, Traoré has reportedly survived at least 19 assassination attempts. The targets were real. The message was clear.

Why? Because he’s dangerous, to the status quo.

He is young, military-trained, and ideologically focused. He speaks not in diplomatic pleasantries, but in the language of sovereignty, dignity, and pride. Through social media and grassroots broadcasts, his words reach far beyond his borders, inspiring a new generation of African youth. He has no interest in being legitimized by Paris or Washington.

Instead, he’s forging new alliances, with Mali, Niger, Guinea, and Russia, under the Alliance of Sahel States, a regional bloc anchored in self-defense, resource control, and African-led governance.

The threat is so real that Traoré has publicly said: “They want me dead, not because I failed, but because I refused to kneel.”

From French Colony to IMF Laboratory

France colonized Burkina Faso, then Upper Volta, in 1896. It extracted gold, cotton, and labor, and left behind a hollowed state by 1960. But even after independence, France’s grip never loosened. It continued to dominate the economy through control of the CFA franc, foreign mining contracts, and military presence under the guise of “counterterrorism.”
For decades, Burkina Faso lived in a loop: coups, Western aid, IMF austerity, repeat. Structural adjustment programs slashed health and education spending while protecting elite interests. Meanwhile, French and Canadian companies extracted over 60,000 kilograms of gold annually by 2024, while most Burkinabè remained in poverty.

The Black President the West can’t control

When Traoré, a little-known military captain, ousted the French-aligned regime in September 2022, it wasn’t just a change of leadership; it was a rupture. Traoré didn’t just challenge the West rhetorically. He has done it operationally.

But Traoré didn’t stop at regime change. He launched a revolution, not with slogans, but with blueprints.

• He expelled French troops.
  He rejected IMF loans, calling them “modern-day slavery.”
  He told foreign donors to stop building mosques and start building factories.

As he bluntly put it in a widely circulated interview, “Don’t bring us aid. Bring us ownership. We’ll run the manufacturing facilities ourselves.”

The revolution was basic, but radical

Captain Ibrahim Traoré didn’t arrive with billion-dollar bailouts or corporate mega-deals.
He did the basics. Just the basics. But in a region sabotaged by centuries of extraction and dependency, doing the basics was revolutionary.

He focused on nation-building, community-building, and economic development. He prioritized education over military spending, science over religion, manufacturing over dependency, and agriculture over mining. He focused on food security, community empowerment through small businesses, and natural resources conservation through sustainable agriculture practices, mining with a plan, and self-sustenance through local production of goods. He beefed up government services to provide basic needs such as healthcare, education, and electricity. He ripped the governance of corruption and financial misappropriation.

• Education over war: In 2023, after cutting defense ties with France, Burkina Faso expanded investments in education. The government launched school meal programs, restored rural classrooms with solar power, and increased funding for universities and technical institutes by over 40%. The goal: produce engineers, not aid recipients.
• Science over religion: When Gulf donors offered to build 200 mosques, Traoré refused. “We don’t need more mosques. We need factories,” he said. In 2024 alone, more than 500 local technicians were trained in solar energy and electric vehicle manufacturing. New training centers in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso are preparing youth for careers in electric vehicle production, renewable energy, and light manufacturing.
  • Solar power and electricity: In 2021, only 19% of Burkina Faso had access to electricity. By 2025, solar plants like Zagtouli (33 MW), Kodeni (38 MW), and Zina (26.6 MW) added over 150 MW of clean energy capacity. Off-grid solar microgrids began powering rural health clinics, schools, and small businesses.
  • Homegrown EVs: In 2025, Burkina Faso launched the ITAOUA, a 100% solar-powered electric car designed and built locally. With a range of 330 km, it’s a symbol of national pride and proof that the country doesn’t need to import the future, it can build it.
• Agriculture over mining: Traoré didn’t abandon mining, but he demanded it work for the people. From 2023 to 2025, food production increased by 30%, driven by subsidies for seeds, solar irrigation, and rural cooperatives. Over 200,000 smallholders received access to off-grid storage and market access. New mining licenses now require community benefit clauses and environmental accountability.
• Governance: In just two years, over 900 government officials were investigated for corruption. A special audit unit was established to oversee public procurement and natural resource management. Government presence in rural areas increased by over 40%, restoring trust in basic public services like healthcare, water, and education.
• Gold and sovereignty: A national gold refinery, opened in 2024, now allows Burkina Faso to process its own mineral wealth for the first time. Traoré is also moving to nationalize foreign-run mines, ensuring profits stay within the country instead of being siphoned off.
• Healthcare: Under Traoré, the government launched solar-powered mobile clinics offering maternal care, HIV testing, and cancer screenings, especially in areas where health services were once only available through foreign NGOs.

Traoré’s genius wasn’t in declaring independence. It was in making it visible, through food on tables, light in homes, teachers in classrooms, and factories run by Burkinabè hands.

In a world where many leaders chase headlines and foreign handshakes, Traoré chose something rare: he governed, he turned sovereignty from an abstract concept into a lived experience.

And that, more than anything, is what shook the West: a leader who didn’t beg for recognition but built a system that couldn’t be ignored.

Contrast this with Pakistan, where the state has long been held hostage by a toxic mix of religious extremism, foreign debt, and military-first governance. Decades of IMF bailouts, military compromise, and external dependencies have left the nation politically unstable, economically shackled, and branded as an eternal beggar.

Wise Traoré saw that trap, and refused to walk into it. Instead, he turned down aid with strings. He demanded partnerships with ownership. And, he rebuilt his nation by starting where others wouldn’t, at the roots.

The voice the West can’t silence

Burkina Faso’s revolution isn’t just political. It’s cultural. It’s generational. It’s viral.

Across Africa and the Global South, Traoré is no longer just a president. He’s become a symbol of what’s possible when sovereignty is not for sale.

The age of silence is over. The Global South is speaking. And Ibrahim Traoré is the voice the West can’t shut down.

#africa #AfricaDevelopment #AfricaRising #AfricanLeadership #AfricanSovereignty #antiColonialism #BurkinaFaso #BurkinaFasoEV #decolonization #goldNationalization #IbrahimTraoré #IMFRejection #militaryLeadership #news #PanAfricanism #politics #postColonialAfrica #SahelStates #selfReliantAfrica #solarPowerAfrica #SymbolOfResistance #TraoreRevolution #WestAfrica #youthInPower

Burkina Faso: The Rise of a Nation That Said No to the West

In a world shaped by quiet subjugation and subtle control, Burkina Faso is roaring back, loud, unapologetic, and uncompromising.

This small West African nation, once dismissed as a “failed state,” is flipping the imperial script with surgical precision. In under five years, it has expelled French troops, rejected IMF loans, nationalized foreign-owned mines, powered cities with solar energy, and rolled out its own line of electric vehicles.

How?

At the center of this transformation is 37-year-old Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Africa’s youngest head of state and arguably the West’s newest geopolitical headache. Once a dusty pawn in France’s post-colonial chessboard, Burkina Faso is today a defiant voice in global geopolitics. And it’s not just about one man, it’s about what he represents: a continent done with dependency.

And it’s not just about one man, it’s about what he represents: a continent done with dependency.

The man who makes the West squirm

Since taking power in September 2022, Traoré has reportedly survived at least 19 assassination attempts. The targets were real. The message was clear.

Why? Because he’s dangerous, to the status quo.

He is young, military-trained, and ideologically focused. He speaks not in diplomatic pleasantries, but in the language of sovereignty, dignity, and pride. Through social media and grassroots broadcasts, his words reach far beyond his borders, inspiring a new generation of African youth. He has no interest in being legitimized by Paris or Washington.

Instead, he’s forging new alliances, with Mali, Niger, Guinea, and Russia, under the Alliance of Sahel States, a regional bloc anchored in self-defense, resource control, and African-led governance.

The threat is so real that Traoré has publicly said: “They want me dead, not because I failed, but because I refused to kneel.”

From French Colony to IMF Laboratory

France colonized Burkina Faso, then Upper Volta, in 1896. It extracted gold, cotton, and labor, and left behind a hollowed state by 1960. But even after independence, France’s grip never loosened. It continued to dominate the economy through control of the CFA franc, foreign mining contracts, and military presence under the guise of “counterterrorism.”
For decades, Burkina Faso lived in a loop: coups, Western aid, IMF austerity, repeat. Structural adjustment programs slashed health and education spending while protecting elite interests. Meanwhile, French and Canadian companies extracted over 60,000 kilograms of gold annually by 2024, while most Burkinabè remained in poverty.

The Black President the West can’t control

When Traoré, a little-known military captain, ousted the French-aligned regime in September 2022, it wasn’t just a change of leadership; it was a rupture. Traoré didn’t just challenge the West rhetorically. He has done it operationally.

But Traoré didn’t stop at regime change. He launched a revolution, not with slogans, but with blueprints.

• He expelled French troops.
  He rejected IMF loans, calling them “modern-day slavery.”
  He told foreign donors to stop building mosques and start building factories.

As he bluntly put it in a widely circulated interview, “Don’t bring us aid. Bring us ownership. We’ll run the manufacturing facilities ourselves.”

The revolution was basic, but radical

Captain Ibrahim Traoré didn’t arrive with billion-dollar bailouts or corporate mega-deals.
He did the basics. Just the basics. But in a region sabotaged by centuries of extraction and dependency, doing the basics was revolutionary.

He focused on nation-building, community-building, and economic development. He prioritized education over military spending, science over religion, manufacturing over dependency, and agriculture over mining. He focused on food security, community empowerment through small businesses, and natural resources conservation through sustainable agriculture practices, mining with a plan, and self-sustenance through local production of goods. He beefed up government services to provide basic needs such as healthcare, education, and electricity. He ripped the governance of corruption and financial misappropriation.

• Education over war: In 2023, after cutting defense ties with France, Burkina Faso expanded investments in education. The government launched school meal programs, restored rural classrooms with solar power, and increased funding for universities and technical institutes by over 40%. The goal: produce engineers, not aid recipients.
• Science over religion: When Gulf donors offered to build 200 mosques, Traoré refused. “We don’t need more mosques. We need factories,” he said. In 2024 alone, more than 500 local technicians were trained in solar energy and electric vehicle manufacturing. New training centers in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso are preparing youth for careers in electric vehicle production, renewable energy, and light manufacturing.
  • Solar power and electricity: In 2021, only 19% of Burkina Faso had access to electricity. By 2025, solar plants like Zagtouli (33 MW), Kodeni (38 MW), and Zina (26.6 MW) added over 150 MW of clean energy capacity. Off-grid solar microgrids began powering rural health clinics, schools, and small businesses.
  • Homegrown EVs: In 2025, Burkina Faso launched the ITAOUA, a 100% solar-powered electric car designed and built locally. With a range of 330 km, it’s a symbol of national pride and proof that the country doesn’t need to import the future, it can build it.
• Agriculture over mining: Traoré didn’t abandon mining, but he demanded it work for the people. From 2023 to 2025, food production increased by 30%, driven by subsidies for seeds, solar irrigation, and rural cooperatives. Over 200,000 smallholders received access to off-grid storage and market access. New mining licenses now require community benefit clauses and environmental accountability.
• Governance: In just two years, over 900 government officials were investigated for corruption. A special audit unit was established to oversee public procurement and natural resource management. Government presence in rural areas increased by over 40%, restoring trust in basic public services like healthcare, water, and education.
• Gold and sovereignty: A national gold refinery, opened in 2024, now allows Burkina Faso to process its own mineral wealth for the first time. Traoré is also moving to nationalize foreign-run mines, ensuring profits stay within the country instead of being siphoned off.
• Healthcare: Under Traoré, the government launched solar-powered mobile clinics offering maternal care, HIV testing, and cancer screenings, especially in areas where health services were once only available through foreign NGOs.

Traoré’s genius wasn’t in declaring independence. It was in making it visible, through food on tables, light in homes, teachers in classrooms, and factories run by Burkinabè hands.

In a world where many leaders chase headlines and foreign handshakes, Traoré chose something rare: he governed, he turned sovereignty from an abstract concept into a lived experience.

And that, more than anything, is what shook the West: a leader who didn’t beg for recognition but built a system that couldn’t be ignored.

Contrast this with Pakistan, where the state has long been held hostage by a toxic mix of religious extremism, foreign debt, and military-first governance. Decades of IMF bailouts, military compromise, and external dependencies have left the nation politically unstable, economically shackled, and branded as an eternal beggar.

Wise Traoré saw that trap, and refused to walk into it. Instead, he turned down aid with strings. He demanded partnerships with ownership. And, he rebuilt his nation by starting where others wouldn’t, at the roots.

The voice the West can’t silence

Burkina Faso’s revolution isn’t just political. It’s cultural. It’s generational. It’s viral.

Across Africa and the Global South, Traoré is no longer just a president. He’s become a symbol of what’s possible when sovereignty is not for sale.

The age of silence is over. The Global South is speaking. And Ibrahim Traoré is the voice the West can’t shut down.

#africa #AfricaDevelopment #AfricaRising #AfricanLeadership #AfricanSovereignty #antiColonialism #BurkinaFaso #BurkinaFasoEV #decolonization #goldNationalization #IbrahimTraoré #IMFRejection #militaryLeadership #news #PanAfricanism #politics #postColonialAfrica #SahelStates #selfReliantAfrica #solarPowerAfrica #SymbolOfResistance #TraoreRevolution #WestAfrica #youthInPower

Burkina Faso: The Rise of a Nation That Said No to the West

In a world shaped by quiet subjugation and subtle control, Burkina Faso is roaring back, loud, unapologetic, and uncompromising.

This small West African nation, once dismissed as a “failed state,” is flipping the imperial script with surgical precision. In under five years, it has expelled French troops, rejected IMF loans, nationalized foreign-owned mines, powered cities with solar energy, and rolled out its own line of electric vehicles.

How?

At the center of this transformation is 37-year-old Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Africa’s youngest head of state and arguably the West’s newest geopolitical headache. Once a dusty pawn in France’s post-colonial chessboard, Burkina Faso is today a defiant voice in global geopolitics. And it’s not just about one man, it’s about what he represents: a continent done with dependency.

And it’s not just about one man, it’s about what he represents: a continent done with dependency.

The man who makes the West squirm

Since taking power in September 2022, Traoré has reportedly survived at least 19 assassination attempts. The targets were real. The message was clear.

Why? Because he’s dangerous, to the status quo.

He is young, military-trained, and ideologically focused. He speaks not in diplomatic pleasantries, but in the language of sovereignty, dignity, and pride. Through social media and grassroots broadcasts, his words reach far beyond his borders, inspiring a new generation of African youth. He has no interest in being legitimized by Paris or Washington.

Instead, he’s forging new alliances, with Mali, Niger, Guinea, and Russia, under the Alliance of Sahel States, a regional bloc anchored in self-defense, resource control, and African-led governance.

The threat is so real that Traoré has publicly said: “They want me dead, not because I failed, but because I refused to kneel.”

From French Colony to IMF Laboratory

France colonized Burkina Faso, then Upper Volta, in 1896. It extracted gold, cotton, and labor, and left behind a hollowed state by 1960. But even after independence, France’s grip never loosened. It continued to dominate the economy through control of the CFA franc, foreign mining contracts, and military presence under the guise of “counterterrorism.”
For decades, Burkina Faso lived in a loop: coups, Western aid, IMF austerity, repeat. Structural adjustment programs slashed health and education spending while protecting elite interests. Meanwhile, French and Canadian companies extracted over 60,000 kilograms of gold annually by 2024, while most Burkinabè remained in poverty.

The Black President the West can’t control

When Traoré, a little-known military captain, ousted the French-aligned regime in September 2022, it wasn’t just a change of leadership; it was a rupture. Traoré didn’t just challenge the West rhetorically. He has done it operationally.

But Traoré didn’t stop at regime change. He launched a revolution, not with slogans, but with blueprints.

• He expelled French troops.
  He rejected IMF loans, calling them “modern-day slavery.”
  He told foreign donors to stop building mosques and start building factories.

As he bluntly put it in a widely circulated interview, “Don’t bring us aid. Bring us ownership. We’ll run the manufacturing facilities ourselves.”

The revolution was basic, but radical

Captain Ibrahim Traoré didn’t arrive with billion-dollar bailouts or corporate mega-deals.
He did the basics. Just the basics. But in a region sabotaged by centuries of extraction and dependency, doing the basics was revolutionary.

He focused on nation-building, community-building, and economic development. He prioritized education over military spending, science over religion, manufacturing over dependency, and agriculture over mining. He focused on food security, community empowerment through small businesses, and natural resources conservation through sustainable agriculture practices, mining with a plan, and self-sustenance through local production of goods. He beefed up government services to provide basic needs such as healthcare, education, and electricity. He ripped the governance of corruption and financial misappropriation.

• Education over war: In 2023, after cutting defense ties with France, Burkina Faso expanded investments in education. The government launched school meal programs, restored rural classrooms with solar power, and increased funding for universities and technical institutes by over 40%. The goal: produce engineers, not aid recipients.
• Science over religion: When Gulf donors offered to build 200 mosques, Traoré refused. “We don’t need more mosques. We need factories,” he said. In 2024 alone, more than 500 local technicians were trained in solar energy and electric vehicle manufacturing. New training centers in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso are preparing youth for careers in electric vehicle production, renewable energy, and light manufacturing.
  • Solar power and electricity: In 2021, only 19% of Burkina Faso had access to electricity. By 2025, solar plants like Zagtouli (33 MW), Kodeni (38 MW), and Zina (26.6 MW) added over 150 MW of clean energy capacity. Off-grid solar microgrids began powering rural health clinics, schools, and small businesses.
  • Homegrown EVs: In 2025, Burkina Faso launched the ITAOUA, a 100% solar-powered electric car designed and built locally. With a range of 330 km, it’s a symbol of national pride and proof that the country doesn’t need to import the future, it can build it.
• Agriculture over mining: Traoré didn’t abandon mining, but he demanded it work for the people. From 2023 to 2025, food production increased by 30%, driven by subsidies for seeds, solar irrigation, and rural cooperatives. Over 200,000 smallholders received access to off-grid storage and market access. New mining licenses now require community benefit clauses and environmental accountability.
• Governance: In just two years, over 900 government officials were investigated for corruption. A special audit unit was established to oversee public procurement and natural resource management. Government presence in rural areas increased by over 40%, restoring trust in basic public services like healthcare, water, and education.
• Gold and sovereignty: A national gold refinery, opened in 2024, now allows Burkina Faso to process its own mineral wealth for the first time. Traoré is also moving to nationalize foreign-run mines, ensuring profits stay within the country instead of being siphoned off.
• Healthcare: Under Traoré, the government launched solar-powered mobile clinics offering maternal care, HIV testing, and cancer screenings, especially in areas where health services were once only available through foreign NGOs.

Traoré’s genius wasn’t in declaring independence. It was in making it visible, through food on tables, light in homes, teachers in classrooms, and factories run by Burkinabè hands.

In a world where many leaders chase headlines and foreign handshakes, Traoré chose something rare: he governed, he turned sovereignty from an abstract concept into a lived experience.

And that, more than anything, is what shook the West: a leader who didn’t beg for recognition but built a system that couldn’t be ignored.

Contrast this with Pakistan, where the state has long been held hostage by a toxic mix of religious extremism, foreign debt, and military-first governance. Decades of IMF bailouts, military compromise, and external dependencies have left the nation politically unstable, economically shackled, and branded as an eternal beggar.

Wise Traoré saw that trap, and refused to walk into it. Instead, he turned down aid with strings. He demanded partnerships with ownership. And, he rebuilt his nation by starting where others wouldn’t, at the roots.

The voice the West can’t silence

Burkina Faso’s revolution isn’t just political. It’s cultural. It’s generational. It’s viral.

Across Africa and the Global South, Traoré is no longer just a president. He’s become a symbol of what’s possible when sovereignty is not for sale.

The age of silence is over. The Global South is speaking. And Ibrahim Traoré is the voice the West can’t shut down.

#africa #AfricaDevelopment #AfricaRising #AfricanLeadership #AfricanSovereignty #antiColonialism #BurkinaFaso #BurkinaFasoEV #decolonization #goldNationalization #IbrahimTraoré #IMFRejection #militaryLeadership #news #PanAfricanism #politics #postColonialAfrica #SahelStates #selfReliantAfrica #solarPowerAfrica #SymbolOfResistance #TraoreRevolution #WestAfrica #youthInPower

Burkina Faso: The Rise of a Nation That Said No to the West

In a world shaped by quiet subjugation and subtle control, Burkina Faso is roaring back, loud, unapologetic, and uncompromising.

This small West African nation, once dismissed as a “failed state,” is flipping the imperial script with surgical precision. In under five years, it has expelled French troops, rejected IMF loans, nationalized foreign-owned mines, powered cities with solar energy, and rolled out its own line of electric vehicles.

How?

At the center of this transformation is 37-year-old Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Africa’s youngest head of state and arguably the West’s newest geopolitical headache. Once a dusty pawn in France’s post-colonial chessboard, Burkina Faso is today a defiant voice in global geopolitics. And it’s not just about one man, it’s about what he represents: a continent done with dependency.

And it’s not just about one man, it’s about what he represents: a continent done with dependency.

The man who makes the West squirm

Since taking power in September 2022, Traoré has reportedly survived at least 19 assassination attempts. The targets were real. The message was clear.

Why? Because he’s dangerous, to the status quo.

He is young, military-trained, and ideologically focused. He speaks not in diplomatic pleasantries, but in the language of sovereignty, dignity, and pride. Through social media and grassroots broadcasts, his words reach far beyond his borders, inspiring a new generation of African youth. He has no interest in being legitimized by Paris or Washington.

Instead, he’s forging new alliances, with Mali, Niger, Guinea, and Russia, under the Alliance of Sahel States, a regional bloc anchored in self-defense, resource control, and African-led governance.

The threat is so real that Traoré has publicly said: “They want me dead, not because I failed, but because I refused to kneel.”

From French Colony to IMF Laboratory

France colonized Burkina Faso, then Upper Volta, in 1896. It extracted gold, cotton, and labor, and left behind a hollowed state by 1960. But even after independence, France’s grip never loosened. It continued to dominate the economy through control of the CFA franc, foreign mining contracts, and military presence under the guise of “counterterrorism.”
For decades, Burkina Faso lived in a loop: coups, Western aid, IMF austerity, repeat. Structural adjustment programs slashed health and education spending while protecting elite interests. Meanwhile, French and Canadian companies extracted over 60,000 kilograms of gold annually by 2024, while most Burkinabè remained in poverty.

The Black President the West can’t control

When Traoré, a little-known military captain, ousted the French-aligned regime in September 2022, it wasn’t just a change of leadership; it was a rupture. Traoré didn’t just challenge the West rhetorically. He has done it operationally.

But Traoré didn’t stop at regime change. He launched a revolution, not with slogans, but with blueprints.

• He expelled French troops.
  He rejected IMF loans, calling them “modern-day slavery.”
  He told foreign donors to stop building mosques and start building factories.

As he bluntly put it in a widely circulated interview, “Don’t bring us aid. Bring us ownership. We’ll run the manufacturing facilities ourselves.”

The revolution was basic, but radical

Captain Ibrahim Traoré didn’t arrive with billion-dollar bailouts or corporate mega-deals.
He did the basics. Just the basics. But in a region sabotaged by centuries of extraction and dependency, doing the basics was revolutionary.

He focused on nation-building, community-building, and economic development. He prioritized education over military spending, science over religion, manufacturing over dependency, and agriculture over mining. He focused on food security, community empowerment through small businesses, and natural resources conservation through sustainable agriculture practices, mining with a plan, and self-sustenance through local production of goods. He beefed up government services to provide basic needs such as healthcare, education, and electricity. He ripped the governance of corruption and financial misappropriation.

• Education over war: In 2023, after cutting defense ties with France, Burkina Faso expanded investments in education. The government launched school meal programs, restored rural classrooms with solar power, and increased funding for universities and technical institutes by over 40%. The goal: produce engineers, not aid recipients.
• Science over religion: When Gulf donors offered to build 200 mosques, Traoré refused. “We don’t need more mosques. We need factories,” he said. In 2024 alone, more than 500 local technicians were trained in solar energy and electric vehicle manufacturing. New training centers in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso are preparing youth for careers in electric vehicle production, renewable energy, and light manufacturing.
  • Solar power and electricity: In 2021, only 19% of Burkina Faso had access to electricity. By 2025, solar plants like Zagtouli (33 MW), Kodeni (38 MW), and Zina (26.6 MW) added over 150 MW of clean energy capacity. Off-grid solar microgrids began powering rural health clinics, schools, and small businesses.
  • Homegrown EVs: In 2025, Burkina Faso launched the ITAOUA, a 100% solar-powered electric car designed and built locally. With a range of 330 km, it’s a symbol of national pride and proof that the country doesn’t need to import the future, it can build it.
• Agriculture over mining: Traoré didn’t abandon mining, but he demanded it work for the people. From 2023 to 2025, food production increased by 30%, driven by subsidies for seeds, solar irrigation, and rural cooperatives. Over 200,000 smallholders received access to off-grid storage and market access. New mining licenses now require community benefit clauses and environmental accountability.
• Governance: In just two years, over 900 government officials were investigated for corruption. A special audit unit was established to oversee public procurement and natural resource management. Government presence in rural areas increased by over 40%, restoring trust in basic public services like healthcare, water, and education.
• Gold and sovereignty: A national gold refinery, opened in 2024, now allows Burkina Faso to process its own mineral wealth for the first time. Traoré is also moving to nationalize foreign-run mines, ensuring profits stay within the country instead of being siphoned off.
• Healthcare: Under Traoré, the government launched solar-powered mobile clinics offering maternal care, HIV testing, and cancer screenings, especially in areas where health services were once only available through foreign NGOs.

Traoré’s genius wasn’t in declaring independence. It was in making it visible, through food on tables, light in homes, teachers in classrooms, and factories run by Burkinabè hands.

In a world where many leaders chase headlines and foreign handshakes, Traoré chose something rare: he governed, he turned sovereignty from an abstract concept into a lived experience.

And that, more than anything, is what shook the West: a leader who didn’t beg for recognition but built a system that couldn’t be ignored.

Contrast this with Pakistan, where the state has long been held hostage by a toxic mix of religious extremism, foreign debt, and military-first governance. Decades of IMF bailouts, military compromise, and external dependencies have left the nation politically unstable, economically shackled, and branded as an eternal beggar.

Wise Traoré saw that trap, and refused to walk into it. Instead, he turned down aid with strings. He demanded partnerships with ownership. And, he rebuilt his nation by starting where others wouldn’t, at the roots.

The voice the West can’t silence

Burkina Faso’s revolution isn’t just political. It’s cultural. It’s generational. It’s viral.

Across Africa and the Global South, Traoré is no longer just a president. He’s become a symbol of what’s possible when sovereignty is not for sale.

The age of silence is over. The Global South is speaking. And Ibrahim Traoré is the voice the West can’t shut down.

#africa #AfricaDevelopment #AfricaRising #AfricanLeadership #AfricanSovereignty #antiColonialism #BurkinaFaso #BurkinaFasoEV #decolonization #goldNationalization #IbrahimTraoré #IMFRejection #militaryLeadership #news #PanAfricanism #politics #postColonialAfrica #SahelStates #selfReliantAfrica #solarPowerAfrica #SymbolOfResistance #TraoreRevolution #WestAfrica #youthInPower

Risen #Africa YT: Why #IbrahimTraoré Is a #Threat (to #imperialism)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbTkVPaSeio

Risen #Africa YT: Why #IbrahimTraoré Is a #Threat (to #imperialism)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbTkVPaSeio

Captain Ibrahim #Traoré - letter to the New #Pope

#PopeLeo #IbrahimTraoré #Africa

https://youtu.be/twqatArjV1M

Captain Ibrahim #Traoré - letter to the New #Pope

#PopeLeo #IbrahimTraoré #Africa

https://youtu.be/twqatArjV1M

Fransa'yı kovan ülkede darbe girişimi!: Haber7

Fransız askerlerini ülkeden kovan Burkina Faso'da askeri yönetim, geçici Devlet Başkanı Yüzbaşı İbrahim Traore’yi devirmeye yönelik büyük bir darbe girişiminin engellendiğini duyurdu. Güvenlik Bakanı Mahamadou Sana'nın devlet televizyonunda yaptığı açıklamaya göre, darbe planı komşu ülke Fildişi Sahili’nden organize edildi.

ÜLKEYİ… https://www.eshahaber.com.tr/haber/fransa-yi-kovan-ulkede-darbe-girisimi-220208.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon EshaHaber.com.tr #BurkinaFaso #DarbeGirişimi #AskeriYönetim #IbrahimTraore #Haber

#IbrahimTraoré proudly follows the path that Fidel blazed.
The white colonialists - obviously French, let's not fool ourselves - have already made 18 attempts on his life.
It will be a while before he reaches the +600 failed #CIA attempts against #Fidel, but he's already well on his way.
#BurkinaFaso

Here is a good #speech from #IbrahimTraoré

#video #africa #classwar #antinazi #antizionist #ausgov #politas

News Haber EshaHaber Macron'un skandal sözlerine okkalı cevap: Fransa bize dua etsin...: Burkina Faso Cumhurbaşkanı İbrahim Traore, Fransa Cumhurbaşkanı Emmanuel Macron'un Afrikalı liderler hakkındaki ifadelerinin "aşağılayıcı" olduğunu söyledi.

Cumhurbaşkanı Traore, yeni yıl vesilesiyle yaptığı konuşmada, Macron'un "Afrikalı liderlerin, Fransa'ya teşekkür etmeyi unuttukları" yönündeki… https://www.eshahaber.com.tr/haber/macron-un-skandal-sozlerine-okkali-cevap-fransa-bize-dua-etsin-197339.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon EshaHaber.com.tr #Macron #Fransa #Afrika #İbrahimTraore #Sömürgecilik

Ivory Coast: The Latest African Country to Ask French Troops to Leave

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Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong military presence, the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former colonial power.

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara said the pullout would begin in January 2025. France has had up to 600 troops in Ivory Coast.

“We have decided on the concerted and organized withdrawal of French forces in Ivory Coast,” he said, adding that the military infantry battalion of Port Bouét that is run by the French army will be handed over to Ivorian troops.

Outtara’s announcement follows that of other leaders across West Africa, including Chad, Niger and Burkina Faso, where France’s militaries are being asked to leave. Analysts have described the requests for French troops to leave Africa as part of the wider structural transformation in the region’s engagement with Paris. The announcement comes as a triumphant against the Neo-Colonial intentions of France.

Several West African nations — including Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger — have recently asked the French to leave. Among them are also most recently Senegal, and Chad, once considered France’s most stable and loyal partner in Africa.

The downscaling of military ties comes as France has been making efforts to revive its waning political and military influence on the continent by devising a new military strategy that would sharply reduce its permanent troop presence in Africa.

France has now been kicked out of more than 70% of African countries where it had a troop presence since ending its colonial rule. The French remain only in Djibouti, with 1,500 soldiers, and Gabon, with 350 troops.

The developments are part of a wider structural transformation in the region amid growing local sentiments against France.

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=13524

#antiColonialism #burkinaFaso #France #FrenchTroops #IbrahimTraore #ivoryCoast #sahel

"Da quando il capitano #IbrahimTraoré ha preso il potere con un colpo di stato nel 2022, la guerra contro gli insorti islamici ha causato decine di migliaia di morti e costretto quasi 3 milioni di persone ad abbandonare le proprie case."

#BurkinaFaso #19dicembre

https://diogeneonline.info/milizie-fuori-controllo-devastano-il-burkina-faso-seminando-morte/

Burkina Faso'da sürpriz karar! Hükümet görevden alındı: Cumhurbaşkanlığı tarafından yayımlanan kararnamede, Cumhurbaşkanı İbrahim Traore'nin hükümeti feshettiği ve Başbakan Tambela'yı görevden aldığı kaydedildi.

Kararnamede, Tambela'nın neden görevden alındığı belirtilmezken, kabinenin, yeni hükümet kurulana kadar görevine devam edeceği vurgulandı.

Tambela, Traore'nin Eylül… https://www.eshahaber.com.tr/haber/burkina-faso-da-surpriz-karar-hukumet-gorevden-alindi-189929.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon EshaHaber.com.tr #BurkinaFaso #HükümetKrizi #Başbakan #İbrahimTraore #SiyasiGelişmeler

Western-sponsored terrorists threaten #IbrahimTraore of #BurkinaFaso.

On February 21, 2024, a live video appeared in which all Burkinabe and Captain Ibrahim Traore are threatened.

Why did it take the West so long to organize a #counterrevolution?
I wonder.

The Burkina Faso army has already started clearing operations.