Burkina Faso: Sovereignty or servitude? The choice in the face of destabilising ambitions
Burkina Faso, the land of honest people, once again stands at a decisive crossroads in its history. While the nation faces complex security and governance challenges, a more insidious threat erodes its foundations: destabilization efforts orchestrated by imperialist powers and carried out by their local proxies, whose horizons extend no further than their personal interests and thirst for power.
Behind soothing discourses on “cooperation” and “stability” often lie the calculated strategies of former colonial masters and eager new powers. Their objective?
To maintain an economic grip on the subsoil wealth of Burkina Faso, exercise geopolitical control over the region, and stifle any aspiration for true sovereignty.
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These external forces thrive only in instability a fertile ground for imposing conditionalities, unequal agreements, and perpetual dependency.
But this neocolonial project could not succeed without an active fifth column within.
A category of political, economic, and sometimes media actors, ready to sell the nation’s soul for a few privileges, a title, or a position of power.
These local proxies, draped in the national flag but serving foreign masters, fuel community divisions, instrumentalize frustrations, and sabotage national cohesion initiatives.
Their creed is simple: “When we’re gone, let happen what mayAfter me, the deluge.” They speculate on their people’s misfortune to cement their influence and fill their bank accounts.
The consequences of this toxic alliance are palpable: weakened institutions, erosion of public trust, and diversion from the real battles against insecurity and poverty. Each artificially sustained crisis pushes the country further away from its vital priorities: education, healthcare, food self-sufficiency, and the security of all its citizens.
Yet, the history of Burkina teaches that resilience and dignity are in its DNA. Exposing these shadow games is the first step toward countering them.
It falls to the Burkinabe people, in their collective wisdom, to unmask these networks of influence, demand absolute transparency in international partnerships, and maintain citizen vigilance against those who collude with the enemies of national progress.
Sovereignty is not a slogan; it is a constant struggle. It is built by strengthening strong and upright institutions, an economy focused on the national interest, and a youth aware of the traps of dependency.
Burkina Faso deserves leaders who look toward their own people, not toward distant capitals.
In this grave hour, unity and clarity are the most formidable weapons against the designs of those who wish to see the country brought to its knees. Homeland or death, the people will overcome.
Titi KEITA
