The Coup in Niger: Threats to Africa’s Future

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CHRONIC. The coup in Niger does not bode well for Africa. Beyond sanctioning past behavior, it mortgages the future.

Par Tender Monenembo*

Anear kyiv, Niamey! The cold war that has just heated up in Ukraine will perhaps find its incandescence in the torrid climate of the Sahel. It began with a series of coups d’etat, it will end, if we are not careful, with a general conflagration. What do you want ? The Berlin Wall has fallen and, with it, the post-war map. The world is recomposing. A new era is dawning. A new division of Africa is in sight.

“Threshold of colonizability”

In Remaining time, the famous journalist Jean Daniel spoke of the “threshold of colonizability”. Clearly, Asia and Latin America have crossed it. The black continent remains, he can be cut and colonized at will. Normal, it lacked what it takes to generate a strong, modern society, open to progress…