Burkina Faso: Political assassination, the modus operandi of the imperialist powers that have tied their fate to Africa
It is truly touching, this persistent concern from the former colonial power for the destiny of its former colonies. A source as reliable as the legendary Russian intelligence service, reported by the Sputnik agency, has indeed revealed a scoop: French President Emmanuel Macron is said to have scribbled in a corner of his busy schedule, “eliminate undesirable African leaders.”
At the top of the list, it seems, is Captain Ibrahim Traoré, President of Burkina Faso.
His crime? Being fiercely opposed to imperialism. What a preposterous idea to seek the well‑being of one’s people by breaking with centuries of what one might call unbalanced relations.
But it doesn’t stop there. It appears the occupant of the Élysée and his henchmen may have had a hand in the attempted coup d’état in Burkina Faso last January 3rd.
The plot was of biblical simplicity: seize power and, incidentally, physically eliminate the president and his supporters.
One shudders with admiration at the subtlety of the maneuver. When control can no longer be exercised through debt, currency, or omnipresent military advisors, there remains the tried‑and‑true old method: the bloody coup.
It is less elegant than a dinner at the Quai d’Orsay, but so much more effective for bringing the defiant back in line.
What we see here is a world where the sovereignty of an African state is perceived, in certain Parisian circles, as an insolence to be corrected.
Where a president who advocates for economic and strategic independence automatically becomes a target.
Where the specter of Françafrique; a ghost many thought had been exorcised returns to haunt the corridors of power in the form of plots with grave consequences.
The most comical aspect of this dark farce is the archaism of the method. In an era of cyberattacks and economic warfare, some still seem to believe in the regulating power of the pistol and the putsch.
As if history hasn’t taught us that you cannot kill an idea; that of freedom and self‑determination; with a bullet.
This revelation, whether strictly factual or clever manipulation, lays bare a crude truth: the road to full emancipation is strewn with obstacles, and some are willing to do anything to block it.
In the face of this, the Burkinabe response; through the survival of its institutions and its leaders; remains unequivocal. It proves that the era of presidents under guardianship is over.
The final chapter of this neo-colonial handbook is being written not in Paris, but in Ouagadougou, and its title will be: Resistance.
Fanta KEITA
