{"id":47194,"date":"2023-08-10T11:29:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T11:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/african-nations-to-shake-off-neo-colonialism"},"modified":"2023-08-10T11:48:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T11:48:25","slug":"african-nations-to-shake-off-neo-colonialism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/african-nations-to-shake-off-neo-colonialism","title":{"rendered":"African nations to shake off neo-colonialism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>The coup in the West African state of Niger on July 26 and the Russia-Africa Summit the next day in St. Petersburg are playing out in the backdrop of multipolarity in the world order.<\/p>\n

Seemingly independent events, they capture nonetheless the zeitgeist of our transformative era, writes M.<\/a>
\nK. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer.<\/p>\n

First, the big picture \u2014 the Africa summit hosted by Russia on July 27-28 poses a big challenge to the West, which instinctively sought to downplay the event after having failed to lobby against sovereign African nations meeting the Russian leadership. 49 African countries sent their delegations to St.<\/p>\n

Petersburg, with seventeen heads of states traveling in person to Russia to discuss political, humanitarian and economic issues. For the host country, which is in the middle of a war, this was a remarkable diplomatic success.<\/p>\n

While every now and then skeletons from the colonial era keep rolling out of the Western closet, dating back to the unlamented African slave trade, Russia taps into the Soviet legacy of being on the \u2018right side of history\u2019 \u2014 even resurrecting the full name of Patrice Lumumba Peoples\u2019 Friendship University of Russia in Moscow. Yet, it wasn\u2019t all politics.<\/p>\n

The summit deliberations on Russia-Africa partnership helping the continent achieve \u2018\u2018food sovereignty,\u2019\u2019 alternatives to the grain deal, new logistics corridors for Russian food and fertilisers; enhancement of trade, economic, cultural, educational, scientific, and security cooperation; Africa potentially joining the International North\u2013South Transport Corridor; Russia\u2019s participation in African infrastructure projects; Russia-Africa Partnership Forum Action Plan<\/a> to 2026 \u2014 these testify to the quantifiable outcome.<\/p>\n

Enter Niger. The most recent developments in Niger underscore the leitmotif of the Russia-Africa summit. Russia\u2019s prognosis of the African crisis stands vindicated \u2014 the continuing ravages of Western imperialism.<\/p>\n

This is evident from the reports of Russian flags seen at demonstrations in Niamey, Niger\u2019s capital. The mother of all surprises is that the military coup enjoys a groundswell of popular support.<\/p>\n

Under the circumstances, the strong likelihood is that the French troops may be forced to leave Niger, its former colony. Niger is a victim of neo-colonial exploitation.<\/p>\n

Under the guise of fighting terrorism, which is, ironically, a spillover from the NATO intervention in Libya in 2011 spearheaded by none other than France into the Sahel region, France ruthlessly exploited Niger\u2019s mineral resources.<\/p>\n

A noted Nigerian poet and literary critic Prof. Osundare wrote last week, \u2018\u2018Probe the cause, course, and symptoms of the present resurgence of military coups in West Africa.<\/p>\n

Find a cure for this pandemic. More important, find a cure for the plague of political and socio-economic injustices responsible for the inevitability of its recurrence.<\/p>\n

Remember the present brutish anarchy in Libya and the countless repercussions of the destabilisation of that once blooming country for the West African region.<\/p>\n

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\nInterestingly, Washington has been relatively restrained.<\/p>\n

President Biden\u2019s espousal of \u2018\u2019values\u2019\u2019 fell far short of the diktat on \u2018\u2018rules-based order\u2019\u2019 \u2014 although America reportedly has 3 military bases in Niger.<\/p>\n

American exceptionalism is not a universal panacea for existing ills. The Pentagon helped train at least one of the coup leaders in Niger \u2014 and those in Mali and Burkina Faso, which have promised to come to Niger\u2019s defence.<\/p>\n

Yet, speaking from Niamey on Monday, the visiting US acting deputy secretary of state Victoria Nuland lamented that the coup leaders refused to allow her to meet with the ousted president Mohamed Bazoum and were unreceptive to US calls to return the country to civilian rule.<\/p>\n

Nuland\u2019s mission aimed at dissuading the coup leaders from engaging with the Wagner group but she was unsure of success. Nuland was not granted a meeting with General Tchiani.<\/p>\n

At its core, without doubt, the coup in Niger Republic narrows down to a struggle between Nigeriens and the colonial powers. To be sure, the growing trend of multipolarity in the world order emboldens African nations to shake off neo-colonialism. This is one thing. On the other hand, the big powers are being compelled to negotiate rather than dictate, M. K. Bhadrakumar concludes.<\/p>\n

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