By Malundo Kudiqueba
There is a dangerous and intellectually dishonest narrative circulating in the corridors of power and the media stages of the West: that Russia and China are just as harmful — or even more — to Africa as France and the United States of America. The raw and brutal truth is that this comparison is an insult to any African who knows even a fraction of their own history. It’s like comparing the thief who robs us to the assassin who eliminates us.
France and the United States are not just economic partners of Africa — they are, above all, architects of chaos and death. When an African president dares to lift his head, think for himself, or — even worse — tries to harness his country’s resources for the benefit of his people, he is quickly labelled “authoritarian,” “unstable,” or a “regional security threat.” The sentence is already written. The CIA executes. France ratifies. And the African people bury yet another one of their brave sons.
Thomas Sankara was assassinated for thinking differently. Patrice Lumumba was sacrificed for loving his people. Muammar Gaddafi was torn apart for wanting to create an African currency. This is not conspiracy: it is history. And history has corpses.
Meanwhile, Russia and China — with all their geopolitical interests, which no one denies — have never invaded an African country to impose “democracy” by force. They have never sent drones to assassinate African leaders from afar. They have never sponsored coups to protect the interests of multinational corporations. They may have their sins, but they do not carry on their record the presidential corpses of Africa.
Some say China’s presence is a new form of colonisation. But let’s be honest: it is preferable to negotiate with those who build hospitals, roads, and factories than with those who only know how to build cemeteries and sell coffins in the name of human rights.
Africans are not stupid. They’ve simply been silenced for far too long.
Western hypocrisy is documented, photographed, and filmed. The speech about freedom is beautiful, but the smell of oil speaks louder. And in Africa, wherever there is oil, gold, or coltan, there will always be a “dictator” to be removed, a “spring” to be financed, or a “tribal conflict” to be manipulated. Their democracy comes with missiles and ends with exploitation contracts.
France and the United States do not help Africa. They control it. They kill it. They dominate it. And then they send NGOs with rice and vaccines to pretend they are angels.
The time has come to stop being naïve. Africa needs partners, not colonial masters dressed in modern clothes. We need strategic allies, not murderers disguised as defenders of freedom.
France and the USA don’t want Africa to rise — they want Africa to crawl.
And when an entire continent crawls, it’s because its leaders have been overthrown, bought, or murdered. The question remains: how long will we accept that our dreams must die with every president who dares to be free?
Malundo Kudiqueba
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