Let the old saying "I fear the Greeks, even if they bring gifts" (Latin: Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes) be a warning to every patriotic African leader if the US or Western European governments come to them with so-called "good will " .
"....As the BBC unwittingly explains, such antipathy towards Traoré stems from establishing himself “as a standard-bearer in resisting ‘imperialism’ and ‘neocolonialism’.”.."
The imperial stenographers of the BBC of course declined to mention that the leading supposedly liberal democratic nations is attempting to declare such socio-economic choices to be "terrorism".
But then again the BBC represents the nation that itself at one point subjected like half of the planet to the terror, murder and exploitation of naked colonial rule...
This is even more uplifting for me seeing as I live in France and somewhat obviously and understandably have no love whatsoever for Le Regime fasciste du Macron. The man is nothing but a prize twat. All these victories of la resistance must be rather galling (see what I did there) for him...
Typical US hypocrisy, when it suits them democracy is all important, when it doesn't it's also A-Okay.
The US seeks to drive a wedge into region and divide and factionalise African countries just as they have always done, to suit themselves, whilst gaining what they can, urrespective of how much harm it does to the population of African countries, this has always been the US "Nodus Operandi", divide and conquer.
When it suits the US their friends suddenly become their enemies, with Iraq being a prime example.
It's time for people and countries to realise that any association with the US is dangerous.
I believe the US put sanctions on these countries preventing their citizens from travelling to the US. The very next day these countries returned the favour and put sanctions on the US preventing US citizens from travelling to them. Now diplomacy starts!
Don't fall for this Atlantist deception. On going assassination attempts, "decapitations", "Francafric" more virulent than ever through its pocket dictators, Talon in Benin, le talon d'Achille, Ouattara in Ivory Coast and Doumbouya in Guinea, while Chad is now back in the fold. The Sionists are all over the place. I won't mention the Congo, Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia...without counting the new players, Turkey, UAE, Saudis...The Scramble for Africa is more alive ´ than ever and our Bolivarian trio is under enormous pressure. Since when are you taking the BBC as a source of info?
Nigeria, despite being the continents' largest nation and most likely superpower, is deep under the soell of the neoliberal empire. Their political and business elite are blindly, shortsighted greedy and in bed with the so called west, which exploits their nation and people.
While China is innovating, educating its people and uplifting them, Nigeria's "leaders" have their people in horrific schools, swimming in garbage, and in major cities that even feature many unpaved major roads with potholes nearly a metre deep. While China has a derp domestic tech industry, in Nigeria there is hadly any decent internet access in many places, and they commmunicate on...Whatsapp. This is a nation that will NEVER lead Africa anywhere. Don't wait for that cavalry - it aint coming.
Africa's indepence will only be achieved despite Nigeria, never because of it.
That's what the AES has to cope with: sabotage from fellow Africans nearby. Same as the previous era of "scramble for Africa".
It is very sad to see people in Nigeria in bitter poverty. It took some time to understand that Africa in general is not underdeveloped, but rather overexpoilted. Colonialism is just more covert.
- A key control mechanism is to install presidents that are pro-West which ensures policies and running the country in ways that meets Western interests. Most notably by a rich/corr*pt ruling class in African countries.
- Also IMF / WorldBank's loans with unfavourable conditions for the people. Buying crops from US companies, selling African/Latin-American products at dumping prices (cheap imports to the US/Europe).
- I looked into RFK Jr's work on (vaccination) experiements on Africans. Blatant disregard for human life. Gates Foundation's "Institute for Population Control" - renamed after unfavourable attention.
- The 4 African presidents who wouldn't play along with the p(l)andemic, lockdowns etc all suddenly died, replaced by US-loyal puppets.
@JennyStokes: We would hope that Africa will stop being exploited.
The US empire collapsing / losing their grip with an iron fist may be the light at the end of a tunnel? Kit Klarenberg indicates that the emporer's new clothes are being seen and nations become reluctant to play to their tunes...
It's going a bigger battle than you think. For example read or listen to David Hundeyin's reporting on the amount of money that US "NGO's" and investors have pumped into Nigeria's media sector, which conveniently was opened up for foreign ownership via "reforms" required to get IMF funding and Wall Street funding. The result is a very huge sector of their population is brainwashed and very receptive to the propaganda of the imperial masters.
I would imagine the situation is very similar in CIV and Ghana - huge amounts of money pumped into brainwashing the population.
In the same vein the "military support" and training that Wash DC and Paris provide to these countries is designed to - and has succesfully - created a huge client class among their military that is receptive whatever the empire wants. Because this "military support" is not just weapons - it is salaries and bonuses pumped into their pockets.
So if you are looking for popular uprising in support of AES countries, you wont see it in West Africa's biggest countries. If you are looking for any kind of military uprising, well the setup is really all you would see is civil war and the fracturing of these places - like Congo.
Regardless of whether some people can see the emperor's new clothes, many others cannot. And yet many others - who are armed - and heavily paid by the emperor to see something else.
Is the faction that sees "something else" gaining or losing momentum?
I share your concerns.
I learned from Ernst Wolff (2014): "Tnternational Monetary Funds"
- Blackmailing countries and pillaging whole continents for almost seven decades, a modern-day crusade against the working people on five continents.
- the IMF's practice of loan sharking and neoliberal austerity measures.
- exacerbating poverty, increasing hunger, furthering the spread of diseases and fuelling armed conflicts
- while IMF's policies help a tiny group of ultra-rich profiteers increase their vast fortunes to immeasurable dimensions -
allegedly in the name of ensuring the stability of the global financial system.
.
The emperor winning or losing?
+ The oligarchs are not going anywhere, well established mechanisms, blatant disregard of any moral boundaries, deep capture of powerful institutions (CIA, military, media..)
- Prominent representatives start to speak the quiet part out loud, eg,:
DNI Tulsi Gabbert:
"The military-industrial complex is addicted to forever wars."
Rep Nancy Mace (following file release):
"The system is broken"
even DoJ Pam Bondi:
"If we prosecute everyone in the Epstein files, the whole system collapses."
- Kit Klarenbrg & team keep track of the chronicles...
Despite the orange one claiming he would shut down these regime change operations....this brand new retooling actually indicates that the empire is planning to DOUBLE DOWN on its efforts to brainwash and propagandize the developing world, and to whip up regime change propaganda on their heads.
The AES and others around Africa who are aiming for freedom, will have all this to contend with. The empire is not accepting their jailbreak.
Things are changing..........how many of these African Nation have had "Rainbow Revolutions" from the West.
I am in France: Watching this with happiness....where is your Uraniam coming from France for your Nuclear Power Stations. You now do not own African lands.
Man Russia is in control of everything - Epstein files and African Juntas! Excellent reporting as always Kit - can't wait for the article you discussed on The Grayzone livestream!
Saw you on grayzone and it was hard to hear you half the time. Can you please get a cheap normal microphone instead of using the built in one that picks up echo/reverb?
Let the old saying "I fear the Greeks, even if they bring gifts" (Latin: Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes) be a warning to every patriotic African leader if the US or Western European governments come to them with so-called "good will " .
Africa should be very wary of the intentions of the US. 'Negotiations' will most likely be a cover for decapitation strikes!
Yes just taking part in negotiations opens a slew of OPSEC problems, as Iranian and Palestinian negotiators have discovered the hard way.
https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/spies-of-empire-beware-un-affiliated?utm_source=publication-search
This is an incredible essay. Thank you for writing it. I gained much perspective.
Thank you, dear Joshua!
"....As the BBC unwittingly explains, such antipathy towards Traoré stems from establishing himself “as a standard-bearer in resisting ‘imperialism’ and ‘neocolonialism’.”.."
The imperial stenographers of the BBC of course declined to mention that the leading supposedly liberal democratic nations is attempting to declare such socio-economic choices to be "terrorism".
But then again the BBC represents the nation that itself at one point subjected like half of the planet to the terror, murder and exploitation of naked colonial rule...
Some good news! Thanks Kit!
This is even more uplifting for me seeing as I live in France and somewhat obviously and understandably have no love whatsoever for Le Regime fasciste du Macron. The man is nothing but a prize twat. All these victories of la resistance must be rather galling (see what I did there) for him...
Typical US hypocrisy, when it suits them democracy is all important, when it doesn't it's also A-Okay.
The US seeks to drive a wedge into region and divide and factionalise African countries just as they have always done, to suit themselves, whilst gaining what they can, urrespective of how much harm it does to the population of African countries, this has always been the US "Nodus Operandi", divide and conquer.
When it suits the US their friends suddenly become their enemies, with Iraq being a prime example.
It's time for people and countries to realise that any association with the US is dangerous.
The same for Europe and Britain but they will keep fiddling in African affairs.
I have been waiting my whole 76yrs for this to happen.
Brilliant, thank you!
Great article, thank You!
I believe the US put sanctions on these countries preventing their citizens from travelling to the US. The very next day these countries returned the favour and put sanctions on the US preventing US citizens from travelling to them. Now diplomacy starts!
Great article, thanks.
What a wonderful burst of sunshine on an otherwise dark and cloudy horizon, long live the AES and good riddance to colonial France.
Don't fall for this Atlantist deception. On going assassination attempts, "decapitations", "Francafric" more virulent than ever through its pocket dictators, Talon in Benin, le talon d'Achille, Ouattara in Ivory Coast and Doumbouya in Guinea, while Chad is now back in the fold. The Sionists are all over the place. I won't mention the Congo, Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia...without counting the new players, Turkey, UAE, Saudis...The Scramble for Africa is more alive ´ than ever and our Bolivarian trio is under enormous pressure. Since when are you taking the BBC as a source of info?
Love to see Nigerians demand US forces leave their country (April 2024).
The people looking through all the virtue signalling reagrdless....
Great article exposing the empire
(some weird distraction in the Comment columns?)
Good morning, the emprire is not not not R*ssia ;)
Nigeria, despite being the continents' largest nation and most likely superpower, is deep under the soell of the neoliberal empire. Their political and business elite are blindly, shortsighted greedy and in bed with the so called west, which exploits their nation and people.
While China is innovating, educating its people and uplifting them, Nigeria's "leaders" have their people in horrific schools, swimming in garbage, and in major cities that even feature many unpaved major roads with potholes nearly a metre deep. While China has a derp domestic tech industry, in Nigeria there is hadly any decent internet access in many places, and they commmunicate on...Whatsapp. This is a nation that will NEVER lead Africa anywhere. Don't wait for that cavalry - it aint coming.
Africa's indepence will only be achieved despite Nigeria, never because of it.
That's what the AES has to cope with: sabotage from fellow Africans nearby. Same as the previous era of "scramble for Africa".
It is very sad to see people in Nigeria in bitter poverty. It took some time to understand that Africa in general is not underdeveloped, but rather overexpoilted. Colonialism is just more covert.
- A key control mechanism is to install presidents that are pro-West which ensures policies and running the country in ways that meets Western interests. Most notably by a rich/corr*pt ruling class in African countries.
- Also IMF / WorldBank's loans with unfavourable conditions for the people. Buying crops from US companies, selling African/Latin-American products at dumping prices (cheap imports to the US/Europe).
- I looked into RFK Jr's work on (vaccination) experiements on Africans. Blatant disregard for human life. Gates Foundation's "Institute for Population Control" - renamed after unfavourable attention.
https://x.com/its_The_Dr/status/2020372734681682277
- The 4 African presidents who wouldn't play along with the p(l)andemic, lockdowns etc all suddenly died, replaced by US-loyal puppets.
@JennyStokes: We would hope that Africa will stop being exploited.
The US empire collapsing / losing their grip with an iron fist may be the light at the end of a tunnel? Kit Klarenberg indicates that the emporer's new clothes are being seen and nations become reluctant to play to their tunes...
It's going a bigger battle than you think. For example read or listen to David Hundeyin's reporting on the amount of money that US "NGO's" and investors have pumped into Nigeria's media sector, which conveniently was opened up for foreign ownership via "reforms" required to get IMF funding and Wall Street funding. The result is a very huge sector of their population is brainwashed and very receptive to the propaganda of the imperial masters.
I would imagine the situation is very similar in CIV and Ghana - huge amounts of money pumped into brainwashing the population.
In the same vein the "military support" and training that Wash DC and Paris provide to these countries is designed to - and has succesfully - created a huge client class among their military that is receptive whatever the empire wants. Because this "military support" is not just weapons - it is salaries and bonuses pumped into their pockets.
So if you are looking for popular uprising in support of AES countries, you wont see it in West Africa's biggest countries. If you are looking for any kind of military uprising, well the setup is really all you would see is civil war and the fracturing of these places - like Congo.
Regardless of whether some people can see the emperor's new clothes, many others cannot. And yet many others - who are armed - and heavily paid by the emperor to see something else.
Very well said, Kojo.
Is the faction that sees "something else" gaining or losing momentum?
I share your concerns.
I learned from Ernst Wolff (2014): "Tnternational Monetary Funds"
- Blackmailing countries and pillaging whole continents for almost seven decades, a modern-day crusade against the working people on five continents.
- the IMF's practice of loan sharking and neoliberal austerity measures.
- exacerbating poverty, increasing hunger, furthering the spread of diseases and fuelling armed conflicts
- while IMF's policies help a tiny group of ultra-rich profiteers increase their vast fortunes to immeasurable dimensions -
allegedly in the name of ensuring the stability of the global financial system.
.
The emperor winning or losing?
+ The oligarchs are not going anywhere, well established mechanisms, blatant disregard of any moral boundaries, deep capture of powerful institutions (CIA, military, media..)
- Prominent representatives start to speak the quiet part out loud, eg,:
DNI Tulsi Gabbert:
"The military-industrial complex is addicted to forever wars."
Rep Nancy Mace (following file release):
"The system is broken"
even DoJ Pam Bondi:
"If we prosecute everyone in the Epstein files, the whole system collapses."
- Kit Klarenbrg & team keep track of the chronicles...
.
Withholding/conditioning taxes may be effective?
https://notaxforwar.com
The swamp in the empire is not getting drained, it is getting restocked with alligators:
January 26, 2026:
National Endowment for Democracy (NED) appoints established human rights hypocrisy mouthpieces to its board:
https://www.ned.org/ned-welcomes-ambassador-sam-brownback-and-carrie-filipetti-to-its-board-of-directors/
Feb 2nd, 2026:
Freedom House appoints Palantir exec, a supposed "democracy and national security expert", as its new CEO:
https://freedomhouse.org/article/freedom-house-appoints-jamie-fly-chief-executive-officer
Despite the orange one claiming he would shut down these regime change operations....this brand new retooling actually indicates that the empire is planning to DOUBLE DOWN on its efforts to brainwash and propagandize the developing world, and to whip up regime change propaganda on their heads.
The AES and others around Africa who are aiming for freedom, will have all this to contend with. The empire is not accepting their jailbreak.
The ongoing inversion and confidence with which they push/rationalise/claim
"advancing democratic values, defending fundamental freedoms, and strengthening U.S. leadership in the face of authoritarian repression",
"to demand freedom and accountability",
"NED’s ability to support courageous partners working on the frontlines of freedom.”
is absolutely sickening, when the imperialism is all BUT freedom and people representation.
.
What made you see?
When was it?
Any thoughts on the tax initiative? (https://notaxforwar.com / https://substack.com/home/post/p-185522317 )
Providing the funding for our own demise is at the heart of the problem.
Kit's article concludes (and he is well read!):
"the region’s new power dynamic."
"The anti-imperialist struggle continues apace in Africa. For now, revolutionaries are winning."
We keep exposing the alligators / slave masters, obsessed with controlling and dominating entire continents..
OH my word............you must be a white person.
Things are changing..........how many of these African Nation have had "Rainbow Revolutions" from the West.
I am in France: Watching this with happiness....where is your Uraniam coming from France for your Nuclear Power Stations. You now do not own African lands.
Man Russia is in control of everything - Epstein files and African Juntas! Excellent reporting as always Kit - can't wait for the article you discussed on The Grayzone livestream!
Lecointre clearly living in the past ….possibly dreaming of the foreign legion with laurel and hardy….
Well. If the BBC said it, it must be true.
:)
DO you understand irony?
😉
Haha of course 🤣 but in reality we all know it’s RIP to the Beeb after their performance …we see them
Saw you on grayzone and it was hard to hear you half the time. Can you please get a cheap normal microphone instead of using the built in one that picks up echo/reverb?
Thanks for all your work!
Agreed. I want to hear every word but Kit, you’re sometimes garbled because no proper mic. I’ve sent you some $ before and will again.