Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has announced plans for Nigeria to join its peers Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in the Alliance of Sahel States.
April Fools!
Alas, we can only wish that our most populous African country finally had some real leadership!
It is, of course, extremely unlikely that this Western puppet would ever go against the interests of its masters in Paris and Washington.
In fact, it was under Nigeria’s chairmanship of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that the body threatened an invasion of Niger – to reinstall the West’s preferred marionette, Mohammed Bazoum, who was overthrown in a popular coup. Solidarity from Mali and Burkina Faso played a role in preventing the invasion. Bazoum, like others before him, had overseen the continued plunder of Niger by France, which was put a stop to by the military government of General Abdourahamane Tchiani, who kicked out the French and took control of Nigerien resources, such as uranium.
One can hope, however, that – one day – Nigeria stops playing the fool and really does join the project of building an Africa for Africans. Do you think we’ll see that day?
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