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Burkina Faso is Fighting Against 'Machiavellian System' Created by West, Burkinabe Activist Says

© Photo The Presidency of Burkina FasoBurkina Faso's leader Ibrahim Traore in the Barsalogho city. December 10, 2024
Burkina Faso's leader Ibrahim Traore in the Barsalogho city. December 10, 2024 - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 12.12.2024
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Burkina Faso must advance education, innovation and sustainable development to attain full independence. Strengthening institutions and fighting corruption are crucial, as true independence involves economic self-sufficiency, social justice and the ability to make sovereign decisions without external interference, according to a Burkinabe activist.
Burkina Faso is currently waging a war of national liberation against a "Machiavellian system" created by the West, the Black African Defense League Coordinator in Burkina Faso, Abdoul Sawadogo, told Sputnik Africa.

"Our enemy here [in Africa], we don't hide it; it's France; it's NATO. Our enemies are those who created international terrorism by destroying Libya and executing its leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi," Sawadogo said.

On the occasion of the 64th anniversary of Burkina Faso's independence, which was celebrated on December 11, Ibrahim Traore denounced in his address to the nation the "imperialists" who seek to keep the people of Burkina Faso "in slavery."
"We are victims of our wealth, the wealth that imperialists want to seize at all costs, aiming to keep us in slavery. We will secure it," Traore declared from the Barsalogho town hall.
This is an important statement because it reaffirms Burkina Faso's determination to remain a sovereign and independent country in the face of external pressures, Sawadogo emphasized.
"President Traore is basically addressing the former colonial powers and any entities that may try to interfere in Burkina Faso's internal affairs," the activist concluded.
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