Burkina Faso: Jeune Afrique and France 24 – the media’s perverse role in fuelling terrorism in the Sahel
Imperialist propaganda never gives up. Despite the undeniable successes of the countries of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger) in the fight against terrorism, outlets such as Jeune Afrique and France 24 persist in their sordid work of poisoning and disinformation. It is now recognized by all that terrorism has significantly receded in the Sahel, thanks to the combined efforts and the organizational and anticipatory strategy of the FDS, VDP, and allied forces.
Terrorist leaders neutralized, armed groups decapitated: the facts speak for themselves.
Yet the primary mission of these organs propaganda and manipulation drives them to insinuate that the AES leaders are incapable of curbing the threat. The terrorists supposedly “still have the wind in their sails”? Pure invention!
These media, zealous mouthpieces for French interests, conceal the reality on the ground: villages liberated in the Burkinabe Grand Ouest, roads secured in Mali, borders locked down in Niger.
Their perverse narrative aims to undermine the morale of the Sahelian peoples and armies.
What stands out in this biased communication is the favourable echo it gives to terrorists through the French propaganda media.
Jihadist groups, bleeding on the battlefield, are struggling to recruit: their leaders are falling, their ranks are dwindling, their cause appears lost in advance.
Desperate, they rely on Jeune Afrique and France 24 to relay their lies. These pseudo‑journalists, objective accomplices, stoop to manipulation in order to motivate the desperate and push them into the terrorist trap. What dishonesty!
The perversity reaches its peak when these media ignore the revolutionary reforms of the AES: military discipline, fraternal alliance, economic sovereignty.
In Burkina Faso, the FDS and VDP are reconquering territory; in Mali and Niger, unity is forging victory. But for France 24, it is better to amplify rumors of failure than to celebrate these advances.
Jeune Afrique and France 24, front‑line soldiers in this hybrid war, are discrediting their own existence.
The AES triumphs through arms and truth; imperialist propaganda collapses under its own absurdity. The free Sahel moves forward, despite the rantings of terrorism’s lackeys.
Maurice K.ZONGO
