By Suliman Umaru
Between May 19, 2025, and now, Alassane Quatara, President of the French speaking country of Cote de Ivoire, and political ally of Emmanuel Macron of France had faced major political crisis.
The military had struck , took firm control strategic government facilities inc closed the airport, seaport, and all roads operation leading Abidjan and other major cities in the country , suspended the Constitution with immediate effect but was how far the dissident soldiers could go.
The Ivorian President may have played into the hands of the country’s military to strike because of the country’s military ties with the US which are out to remove Capt. Ibrahim Traore of Burkina Faso from office for dare threading where other past African Presidents could not thread upon, let alone challenge the Western powers exploiting the vast mineral resources of the colonized countries in the West and Central African sub-regions.
The large scale of civil unrest uprising in the country particular, Abidjan, the Capital, Abidjan, and other major cities in the country became more pronounced following the expansion of US Africa Command, AFRICOM, under the Leadership of Gen. Michael Langley, presence in the French speaking country, ostensibly to destabilize the Sahel region countries of Burkina Faso, Niger Republic and Mali.
Note that AFRICOM, is which is headquarted in SStuttgart, Germany, has a mandate to address regional challenges like terrorisms, , armed conflict and humanitarian abuses in countries colonized by it in the two regions. The argument in several quarters wasthe AFRICOM, Commander, Gen Langley had deviated from the assignment to act out a scrpt of US Government and France to overthrow unfriendly governments in Africa or terrorists’ operations in such countries as obtained in the Shel region countries.
Many believes that the people’s dissatisfaction with President Quatara’s government was informed by the severe human rights abuses, increasing poverty in the country, and maintaining deep ties with the US and France which had been criticized severally over the years but the Ivorian Leader had his way.Aware that his position as the President of Cote de’ Ivoire is shaky following the withdrawal of the French troops from its sole military base in the country may have expose him to the country’s military as the French troops are no longer there to protect him.
Although the French military personnel who had been giving security over the years may have withdrawn from the country to avoid being kicked out as obtained in the Sahel region countries like Burkina Faso, Niger Republic and Mali had , security experts , this may have given the Ivorian soldiers the opportunity to plot the overthrow of President Quatara .
There are indications that he military growing disloyalty to President Quatara had started when information filtered out that he had masterminded the assassination of Gen. Lassina Doumbia, the country’s Chief of Army Staff over his consistent refusal to cooperate with the US AFRICOM operations in Cote de’Ivoire to facilitate the overthrow of the Burkinabe Leader, who has become a thorn in the flesh of the Western Powers. The Army General, who was not ready to play to the gallery was said to have to have stood his ground as the protesting youths had insisted the he must go to give the country a breather piled up pressure on President to resign avoid setting the country on fire, which he.
The sacked President Quatara may have known that the international Community are watching the unfolding drama in the French speaking country and the activities of the protesting youths on the streets in support of Capt. Traore of Burkina Traore, described as God sent by Vladimir Putin to liberate Africa from the Westen oppressors and refocus the Continent on the path of development, had disabled the internet connection of the country to control the type of information going out from the country to other parts of the world that would make mockery of the country.
It would be recalled that he had given a blank cheque tother US Government, which is increasing its military Cooperation with the country to establish its strategic presence in the West African country to counter the growing influence from other global powers like Russia and the Asian country of China in the Sahel region.
GEN. largely, who the Ivorian sacked President had invited to reorganize the country’s Army were said to have initiated talks regarding the potential establishment of a drone base at the border with Burkina Faso, which security experts had said is basically to check mate the activities of the Burkinababe interim President.
The former Ivorian Leader would want people to believe that that the US, under the Leadership of Trump is moving ‘’to solidify its ties in the West African sub-region with a drone Base in Abidjan in response to the growing instability in the Sahel region countries.
He had given the impression with this growing military collaboration between the US, Cote de’Ivoire will play an increasingly vital role this time around in countering Jihadist threats in the West Africa subregion, maritime piracy, sea robbery and cross-border smuggling activities across the Sahel region and the Gulf of Guinea.
As a prelude to ensuring the realization of theDrone Base Project in the French speaking country Gen. Langley, of the US, Marine Corps and Commander of AFRICOM, had visited Cote de’Ivoire on April 24, 2025, to attend the inauguration of Flintlock 2025, the Command’s annual Multinational special operations exercise, that was said to have been held in Jacqueville.
The AFRICOM, organized event was said to have attracted 500 elite troops from 38 countries, excluding the military elites from the Sahel region countries of Burkina Faso, Niger Republic and Mali.
Only recently the military in Burkina Faso who are on the red alert at the border with Cote de’Ivoire were said to have intercepted a convoy of Trucks loaded with 900 motorcycles and 164 Tricycles, with weapons concealed in the Trucks valued at about the United States, US, $1.2 million, which the arrested driver had volunteered information that the Truck was dispatched from Cote de’ Ivoire for distribution to the terrorists. The question on the lips of most people was: who is financing these instruments of terror?
if the US , AFRICOM, Chief , had no ulterior motive of removing the innovate Capt.Traore of Burkina Faso from office, why are the western powers still accommodating the likes of the sit-tight Ugandan President , Yoweri Museveni, who is over 80 years and Paul Biya of the Central African country of Cameroun, believed to be over 90 years, as the duo have nothing to offer their people but stale ideas that would interest the Western Powers.
