Exclusive/Security: Leaked documents reveal covert Western plot to destabilize Burkina Faso and AES

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) – Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger – faces an unprecedented shadow war, with leaked intelligence documents exposing a coordinated Western campaign to undermine their sovereignty. At the center of the storm: U.S. AFRICOM commander General Michael Langley’s recent visit to Côte d’Ivoire, now revealed as part of a $112 million destabilization plot against Burkina Faso’s revolutionary government.

The Abidjan connection

Multiple high-level sources within Ivorian security circles confirm that Langley’s April “diplomatic visit” masked secret negotiations with President Alassane Ouattara’s administration.

The alleged objective? To orchestrate regime change against Burkina Faso’s Captain Ibrahim Traoré, whose anti-imperialist policies have upended traditional power dynamics in the region.

Key revelations from classified documents:

Ivorian Defense Minister Téné Birahima Ouattara (the president’s brother) personally lobbied AFRICOM, framing Traoré as a “hostage-taking dictator”
A failed $112 million coup attempt was allegedly planned from an Abidjan-based terror cell
Langley reportedly received luxury inducements including a seaside villa, gold bars, and multimillion-dollar “security cooperation” funds

The smoking gun document

An explosive leaked memo – verified by three independent intelligence analysts – outlines a multi-pronged strategy to:

Sabotage Burkina Faso’s agricultural revolution (including the critical Diarradougou Dam project)
Fund opposition groups through NGO fronts
Orchestrate false-flag terrorist attacks to justify foreign intervention

French DGSE operatives were reportedly blindsided by the document’s leak, which has circulated among AES intelligence services.

The New Sahelian cold war

The AES nations are engaged not in counterterrorism operations, but in an existential struggle against neo-colonial containment. Their bold experiment in self-determination demonstrates a dangerous truth to Western powers: that African resources can and should benefit African people first.

This revolutionary model poses such a threat to entrenched interests that external actors would rather see the Sahel destabilized than allow its success to inspire continental transformation.