The Berlin Conference of 1884 divided Africa between the European empires, green-lighting rampant imperialism and genocide. As popular military rebellions devastate France’s neo-colonial grip on Africa, a reminder of how African resources were divided among colonial powers to build up the capitals of Europe, while Africa was kept in poverty, depravation and colonial domination.
One out of three lightbulbs in France is powered by uranium from Niger, where 90% of the people lack electricity. The Nigerien people are rising against neo-colonialism. Africa is progressing, and the era of European parasitism is fading...
Africa is embracing revolutions against neo-colonialism. That’s a good start, but…
What happens next is critical. The military power that freed the country needs economic smartness.
How to create jobs, grow the economy, boost trade, educate people, provide healthcare, build infrastructure etc. require very different types of skills and human resources.
Hopefully, China and Russia can guide them in these transformations.
The revolutionary belt over the last few years — Mali, Chad, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Niger…
France: Genocides, erases as much of African culture as it can, imposes the French language, and robs the resources of African countries to build France during the colonial period.
Continues robbing African countries in the neo-colonial period, keeping African countries poor and overthrowing any leader which dares to oppose France.
Forces African countries to pay a colonial tax and use the CFA Franc
Discriminates against Africans who leave former French colonies to come to France to escape poverty and depravation
Also France: …"Why would Africans hate us now?"
“My generation does not understand this: how can Africa, which has so much wealth, become the poorest continent in the world today?” - Ibrahim Traore, President of Burkina Faso
This is why Western thieves seek to maintain their control over resource-rich Africa
Most people in the West don't know about the Algerian War of Independance (1954 to 1962).
One million Algerians gave their lives in the war to kick the French out. During the war, various war crimes were perpetrated, such as the massacre of civilians, instances of rape, and torture. Additionally, the French forces were responsible for demolishing more than 8,000 villages and forcibly relocating over 2 million Algerians to concentration camps.
