YOUTH CALL ON TRAORÉ TO BAN THE WEST

Around the world, Pan-Africanists and anti-imperialists have been on high alert about the safety of Burkina Faso's 37-year-old president, Ibrahim Traoré. On 30 April 2025, worldwide mobilisations broke out, calling for the protection of Traoré and Burkina Faso's revolutionary process. These solidarity actions came following disparaging comments that US Africa Command (AFRICOM) head General Michael Langley made on 3 April that Traoré was using reclaimed gold to protect a ‘junta regime.’ 

Many on the continent and in the diaspora are worried that Traoré is being targeted for regime change, especially after the government foiled a destabilisation attempt planned for 16 April. 

More recently, on 28 May, a US delegation arrived in Burkina Faso to meet Traoré. However, they only got to meet with Minister of Foreign Affairs Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré as they attempted to turn a new page with the West African country.

Many Africans worldwide remain on high alert and do not buy the sincerity of what appears to be a US apology tour. In this video, TikTok user The Best Copywriter (@eminadoe_666 on TikTok) urges Traoré and the other Sahelian leaders to permanently ban Western officials from entering their countries and to sever all trade ties and collaboration with France and the United States.

Video credit: @eminadoe_666 (TikTok)