Exposing The Anti-AES Slander Campaign

Africa is rising… and the West is not happy. Since the founding of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) on 6 July 2024, the Western media machine has been working overtime to paint the sovereign member states of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso in a negative light. Is this simply out of spite? Or could the AES represent an existential threat to the imperial enterprise?
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SOURCES

https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/violent-extremism-sahel

https://blackpast.org/global-african-history/congo-civil-war-1960-1964/

https://aes.ml/a-propos-de-laes/

https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/monthly-forecast/2025-04/west-africa-and-the-sahel-14.php

https://thetricontinental.org/dossier-sahel-alliance-sovereignty

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/world/africa/niger-war-coup.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/15/malis-military-arrests-generals-suspected-french-agent-in-overthrow-plot

https://westafricaweekly.com/burkina-faso-slams-africom-commander-for-regrettable-and-frivolous-claims-about-burkinabe-cooperation-with-china/

https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4276326/us-africa-command-gets-new-leader/

https://www.dw.com/en/rising-discontent-with-military-juntas-in-the-sahel-region/a-70514414
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