On the future of Africa.
" I have been teaching the strategy for over 25 years now. In my career, I've dealt with dozens of officers and
Senior African officials. I am obliged to confess that the misery of Africa, and of several prosperous nations in the world, is from its meeting with the west.
Africa was in full construction in the 15th century, with cities that had nothing to envy western cities. There were great military men and great strategists. But all this has been deliberately erased from the memory of Africans.
But today, at an extraordinary pace, Africa is rebuilding. The problem is, people don't know. An example, the African population, which had fallen below 100 million people to the 2th half of the 19th century, is becoming the world's greatest. Other peoples who have suffered less than Africans have completely disappeared.
I'll explain.
Why Africa scares the world. As I speak, the world faces three main issues: Energy,
Strategic Defence and globalization.
Africa is at the crossroads of all this!
Let's start with energy:
All the world's most scarce strategic energy resources are in Africa. Even if our western countries have been vulgairement, no one can talk about the extinction of the reserves because every day we discover new ones. You'll see that the media never talks about it. We prefer to divert attention from Africans and from the world to wars and poverty. It's a scam for the one who's awake. Have you ever heard of the extraordinary resource of the vast desert of the Sahara? Have you ever heard of the immensity of the freshwater resources of the African basement?
It is aware of the phenomenal wealth of Africa that countries like the us, France, China, the United Kingdom, etc. Are determined to maintain it in a reservoir position and global overflow.
Today, there are task forces, which are responsible for studying and proposing solutions that will enable these nations to take on the world's resources, to ensure that whatever happens, their supplies will be assured.
What Can Africa do? Africa is 54 tiny states torn between the world bank, the IMF, the Paris Club, the London Club, Arms Dealers, Mercenaries, Western Media, etc. These states have not even had time to reconstitute their history, that they fall into globalization. What can the presidents of these states do? Either they obey or they are dismissed. There is room for manoeuvre, but very weak. The West has been able to set up a vast system to govern the world. And so far no country has been able to hold, except China. Look at Latin America and tell me which country is coming? None. What do you think of Arab countries? None is truly independent, even Saudi Arabia.
Secondly, strategic defence: the state of collapse of armies is organized deliberately. We don't colonize a region with a strong army. The African armies have therefore been transformed into domestic repression as well as war or intelligent defence.
Why? Because our nations need your armies to turn against your people to guarantee us access to riches. States cannot have access to military financing. Heads of state are afraid to finance the army because it can be returned at any time and overthrow them.
Take for example the case of the anti -
Aerial. There are virtually no countries with a system of
Defense equipped with modern anti-aircraft missiles. Access has been extremely locked. That leaves the field free to western reconnaissance planes to penetrate the African territories in peace. And no country has access to satellites capable of providing information on movements of persons or aircraft
Suspects in his airspace without the help of foreign forces. All this is done on purpose to create dependency and to have docile heads of state.
Today, countries like the United States, France or the United Kingdom can destroy, in one day, all
Structures of an African army without sending a single soldier to the ground... just using satellites, cruise missiles and strategic bombers. A
My opinion will not last long. Africans are beginning to understand the stakes.
If African countries get together, and everyone agrees to give only 10 % of their military budget to a centre
Continental research and application
In Defense, the continent can take a giant step. There are
Russia, Ukraine, China, India, hundreds of
Very High-level scientists who would agree to work for 3000 us dollars a month to deliver sophisticated weapons manufactured on the continent and used for your defence. Don't think I'm kidding. You must never be naive. If the west's survival is through a re-colonization of Africa and the control over its vital natural resources, it will be without a soul. Don't think too much
International law and the principles of peace are always the weak who cling to these chimères.
I think it's time to turn your officers into scientists capable of doing research and development. Your small states do not have the resources for that. You've been at war since you met the west.
Finally, globalisation: if you understand that you are at war, you have understood everything. Don't pay attention to anything in western media. To know, aid to underdeveloped countries, helping poor countries to cope with globalization, etc. What interest do our countries have to see you developed? None.
You know, in my office, there are realities that I can't say, but I
Tell you what.
Globalization is just the form
Modern, perpetuating economic inequality. For
To be clear, I will tell you that this concept has a purpose: to keep some countries as sources of supply in goods and resources that would allow others to maintain their standard of living. The very concepts of poor and rich countries are biased. In other words, hard, painful, low-value and impractical work in the west will be done in the third world. Thus, the
Electronics that cost us $ 300 in 1980 always return to the same price in 2006.
Some small countries are kept to be a fuel tank in which all products manufactured in the world will be dumped. And it's not africa alone.
For me, independence means a certain degree of autonomy. But when I see that countries like Senegal,
Mali, Niger, Chad or the central African Republic Import Almost 45 % of their own food from abroad, you will understand that a mere military embargo on goods and services would be enough to destroy them. Not to mention military and monetary independence. But it doesn't get any sudden.
In conclusion, I am going to tell you an anecdote: I was speaking with a senegalese colonel who came to work with us a few months ago. We were watching TV
Images Of Millions of Lebanese who marched on the streets to claim the withdrawal of Syrian soldiers from their country. I asked him what he thought.
He just said, "geopolitics". which is right! Everything is geopolitical and géostratégie. In these demonstrations, Israel is eager to tangle with Hezbollah and since Tel Aviv cannot make war at the same time for Palestinians, Hezbollah and Syria, its wish is that Damascus Withdraws. Once Lebanon is discovered, Israel will have carte blanche to invade and do whatever it wants.
All conflicts in the world are the expression of games and struggle for a specific resource.
What is certain, Africa has made progress and the Africans are increasingly aware of the need for the union, the analysis and the
Anticipation.
Among peoples has always been and will always be a
Strength. The day you have your nuclear weapon like China and India, you can devote yourself to your development.
I'm optimistic. If tomorrow the African Union or ecowas decides to establish an African Institute for credible and reliable strategic studies, it will not necessarily take off immediately, but it will mark the end of an era.
Africa must first unite. Then you will need to develop your way of seeing the world, an African way that takes into account the interests of Africa. Then the officials who will be there will have to stop copying and pasting. They will have to create tools and strategies for Africa. Before Your Ministries of foreign affairs do analyses on the world market, they better do it first for your own "interest".
O.S. (journalist, Montreal)
Please send this message to African friends and acquaintances and to everyone who cares.
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