NammyFit<p><strong>Why the West Is Obsessed with Africa</strong></p><p><strong>…and why Burkina Faso is at the center of it all</strong></p><p>If Africa reclaims what’s rightfully hers, the global balance of power shifts. Permanently.</p><p>The West knows this. That’s why it’s obsessed, not with Africa’s people, but with its resources. From gold and cobalt to solar real estate and shipping corridors, Africa holds the raw materials of the 21st-century economy. And the more African nations like Burkina Faso reject the old model of extraction and control, the more uncomfortable Western powers become.</p><p>This isn’t just about Burkina Faso nationalizing a few mines. It’s about the potential collapse of a global system where the Global South produces and the Global North profits.</p><p>Let’s get a reality check with numbers…</p><p>Africa holds:</p><ul><li>30% of the <a href="https://odi.org/en/insights/the-strategic-mirage-of-africas-green-minerals-wealth/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">world’s mineral reserves</a></li><li>60% of <a href="https://theconversation.com/drc-is-the-worlds-largest-producer-of-cobalt-how-control-by-local-elites-can-shape-the-global-battery-industry-236205" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">global cobalt supply </a>(mostly from the DRC)</li><li>Over 40% of <a href="https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/burkina-faso/gold-production" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">global gold reserves</a></li><li>The largest reserves of <a href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1294/e/OF05-1294-E.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">platinum, chromium, and diamonds</a></li></ul><p>In 2023 alone:</p><ul><li>Burkina Faso exported over 60,000 kg of gold, mostly to Switzerland and Canada.</li><li>The Democratic Republic of Congo supplied over 70% of the world’s<strong> cobalt</strong>, much of it mined under dangerous, exploitative conditions.</li></ul><p>While African nations sit atop immense value, the real profits flow outward, into the coffers of foreign mining firms, Western stock exchanges, and offshore tax havens. Countries like Burkina Faso get left with environmental destruction, low-paying jobs, and compromised sovereignty.</p><p>If the status quo breaks, if more African nations follow Burkina Faso’s lead here’s what’s at risk for the West:</p><ul><li>Access to over 60% of the world’s C<strong>obalt</strong> (for EV batteries), <strong>Lithium</strong> (for grid storage), and <strong>Rare earth metals</strong> (for AI chips, military tech, solar panels).</li><li>Cheap gold and untaxed mineral flows, often processed in Europe.</li><li>Military and diplomatic leverage over African governments through aid, loans, and bases.</li><li>Control over shipping, data cables, and green energy corridors running through the continent.</li></ul><p>What’s happening in Ouagadougou today could rewrite the rules in Washington, Paris, and London tomorrow. That’s why the West isn’t just watching, it’s squirming.</p><p>If it’s all of Africa, then <a href="http://once%20dismissed%20forgotten%20outpost,%20the%20center%20of%20a%20continental%20reckoning.%20Related%20blog:%20https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/2025/05/24/burkina-faso-rising-ibrahim-traore-vs-the-west/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">why is just Burkina Faso scaring the West</a>? </p><p>It’s not Burkina Faso, but its military President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, that the West is scared of. Traoré has made the once-dismissed, forgotten outpost the center of a continental reckoning. </p><p>Captain Traore did many of the right things, which were not in accordance with the Western script and SOP. He rejected IMF loans, calling them “modern-day slavery,” expelled French troops, saying their presence worsened insecurity, demanded factories, not foreign-funded mosques, and prioritized agriculture, solar power, and manufacturing over extraction-for-export.</p><p>His model is simple: <strong>resource sovereignty, community ownership, and national dignity</strong>.</p><p>It’s spreading. Niger, Mali, Guinea, and others are taking notes. The <a href="http://Alliance%20of%20Sahel%20States" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Alliance of Sahel States</a> is emerging as a bloc that no longer asks permission to act in its people’s interests.</p><p>The West doesn’t fear Traoré because he’s radical. They fear him because he’s right.<strong></strong> And because others might follow.</p><p><strong>This is not just about gold. Or oil. Or cobalt. It’s about control.</strong></p><p>From the Berlin Conference to today’s “development partnerships,” the West’s obsession with Africa has never been about philanthropy. It’s been about economic extraction, strategic leverage, and resource dominance. And now, as the continent begins to resist, Burkina Faso has become ground zero in the next chapter of this fight.</p><p>As the global demand for critical minerals grows, the choices made by African countries like Burkina Faso will shape not only their futures but also the geopolitical landscape. The West’s response to these shifts will determine whether it can adapt to a world where former colonies demand equitable partnerships over exploitative arrangements.</p><p></p><p><span></span></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/africa/" target="_blank">#africa</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/africa-energy-transition/" target="_blank">#AfricaEnergyTransition</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/africa-geopolitical-shift/" target="_blank">#AfricaGeopoliticalShift</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/africa-mineral-wealth/" target="_blank">#AfricaMineralWealth</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/africa-resources/" target="_blank">#AfricaResources</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/africa-self-reliance/" target="_blank">#AfricaSelfReliance</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/african-independence/" target="_blank">#AfricanIndependence</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/anti-colonial-leadership/" target="_blank">#antiColonialLeadership</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/burkina-faso/" target="_blank">#BurkinaFaso</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/burkina-faso-gold/" target="_blank">#BurkinaFasoGold</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/cobalt-mining-africa/" target="_blank">#cobaltMiningAfrica</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/france-in-africa/" target="_blank">#FranceInAfrica</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/gold-mining-africa/" target="_blank">#goldMiningAfrica</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/ibrahim-traore/" target="_blank">#IbrahimTraoré</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/imf-loans-africa/" target="_blank">#IMFLoansAfrica</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/news/" target="_blank">#news</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/politics/" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/post-colonial-africa/" target="_blank">#postColonialAfrica</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/resource-sovereignty/" target="_blank">#resourceSovereignty</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/sahel-alliance/" target="_blank">#SahelAlliance</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/western-exploitation/" target="_blank">#WesternExploitation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://thewildtulip.wordpress.com/tag/western-neocolonialism/" target="_blank">#WesternNeocolonialism</a></p>
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