AFRICA STRIKES BACK

On the YouTube program, "Trump SMASHES EU, Threatens Ibrahim Traoré, Putin & BRICS w/ David Hundeyin, Ajamu Baraka, Margaret K", hosted by journalist Danny Haiphong, Nigerian author and investigative reporter David Hundeyin lays bare how France’s rolling blackouts are tied to a collapsing colonial energy order.

For decades, French nuclear power—and much of its economy—ran on cheap uranium from Africa. Niger, one of the world’s largest suppliers, once earned just cents on the euro for every kilo mined, while Paris reaped the rewards. That era is ending. Across the Sahel, governments are nationalising resources, rewriting contracts, and forcing France to pay real prices—sending shockwaves through its energy grid and political system.

Hundeyin argues this crisis has driven France to seek a tighter alliance with Washington, likely trading concessions for U.S. backing in military ventures aimed at reclaiming lost influence in Africa. However, after the recent row with NATO countries over Greenland, in addition to the existing Ukraine conundrum, it seems like the West’s joint re-conquest of Africa is dead in the water.

He points to Macron’s open frustration after a 2023 plan to retake Niger via Nigeria collapsed. With West and Central Africa slipping away and the Global South—led by Russia, China, and BRICS—breaking free from its “assigned” role in the global economy, France faces a future where the old rules no longer apply.

This isn’t speculation—it’s happening now, and it’s rewriting the global balance of power.