AFRICANS EXPOSE FRENCH IMPERIALISM IN SAHEL

Black activists ( @activiste.homme.21es /Tik Tok) in a Paris metro took a bold stand against French imperialism, directly challenging Western media narratives about Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.

As French outlets paint Mali as a collapsing state—“losing ground to extremists,” “facing imminent government failure”—these activists argue the storyline serves a different agenda: manufacturing fear, manipulating public perception, and legitimising foreign interference.

Their message echoes a rising revolutionary wave across the African continent. In Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré stepped forward at 35 to confront a system exploiting his people. In Niger, Abdourahamane Tchiani moved against a president seen as serving Paris over Niamey—while the nation’s uranium lit French homes and left Nigeriens in darkness. And in Mali, the people rejected a leader they viewed as installed to secure France’s interests, not their own.

For these activists, the pattern is clear: destabilise, smear, intervene. They accuse French media of pushing a coordinated campaign against Mali, repeating claims that the government is near collapse and using “jihadists” as a convenient label—covering, they say, for armed groups backed by foreign powers.