June 24, 2026
The ongoing imposed terrorism war in
the Sahel region explains the European Union’s one and
half decade-longstanding efforts to vilify and isolate the
Sahel states, for standing firmly in defending national
sovereignty. Thus the EU has deliberately failed to address
a number of challenges emanating from activities of
extremist groups and the ongoing imposed terrorism war
against Africans in the Sahel. These pertained to the EU’s
adopted policies that seek to keep the Sahel region
subservient to Western neo-colonial dictatorship.
In
its resolution adopted on 18th June, 2026 the European
Union’s Parliament opted to peddle baseless and untenable
allegations against Burkina Faso. The contents of this
Resolution raised various alarming claims relating to the
political situation in Burkina Faso, including the
dissolution of political parties, alleged suspension of
activities of civil society organisations, and the lack of
freedom of association, assembly and expression in the Sahel
nation. Among other things, the Resolution accuses Burkina
Faso of imposing restrictions on the media, and allegations
of crimes and human rights violations and intimidation,
unlawful conscription, harassment, arbitrary detention and
enforced disappearance in the country. The EU Parliament
also commented on the sovereign decision of Burkina Faso to
withdraw from the so-called International Criminal Court
(ICC), which in actual fact is an instrument used by
imperialist powers to muzzle weaker states.
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No one
should confuse here or allow being lulled into joining a
neo-colonial forum that is largely anti-African, anti-Sahel,
anti-AES. It is common knowledge that the European Union has
a history of unwarranted hostility against the Sahel states.
Yet, the latest EU Parliament’s Resolution indicates that
European leaders are not bothered with the ongoing terrorism
war against the Sahel states, but seek to impose a
neo-colonial agenda in an attempt to shape domestic matters
that suit their western designs and tastes. This meddling
mentality constitutes dangerous threat to national
independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Sahel
nations and other African states.
By attacking the
competent authorities in Ouagadougou with a well-designed
and fabricated Resolution based on biased, unwarranted and
libellous actions that are far away from the truth, the EU
Parliament has crossed a red line. Nothing in the latest EU
Parliament’s Resolution reflects the reality on the soil,
in Burkina Faso.
To the Sahel Solidarity Campaign
Network (SaS-CaN), attempts by any foreign powers to
interfere in matters that concern the future of Africa
should be condemned and rejected. Burkina Faso is not a
member of the European Union and does not share common
cultural values, and deserves respect and honour. SaS-CaN
does not subscribe to argument that places lies, denial, and
disinformation as the norm.
The tools employed by EU
leaders to demonise Africa are human rights, liberal
democracy, and freedom. Those leaders believe they are above
international rule of law, and so they hide behind
international instruments, such as aid organizations, media,
right organizations and UN agencies to promote anti-African
malicious propaganda campaigns. It is through these
international institutions that foreign powers perpetuate
conflict, hatreds, famines, poverty so that they can have a
grip over a whole people, whole country or whole region, and
they can even ignite the demise of a sovereign
nation.
The EU hatreds for Burkina Faso stem out of a
desire to punish the Sahel state for rejecting neo-colonial
agendas. The EU Parliament’s Resolution is a well-wrapped
France’s package imposed on the Pan-European body to
subdue Burkina Faso. The allegations made in the Resolution
also are clear indications of the underlying desire by
France to undermine the Sahel states and to facilitate
unwarranted interventions through disinformation and
outrageous lies.
General Christophe Gomart, now EU
Member of Parliament had served in the French Army and for
that nothing good is expected from him about Africa, if not
only to promote France’s neo-colonial agenda. He drafted
the Resolution and imposed it on the EU to vent out old
grudges, malice and hatreds towards Burkina Faso. This has
prompted people to conclude that the EU Parliament
Resolution on Burkina Faso is politicised, misleading,
biased, one-sided, and racially disrespectful of a sovereign
state. Interestingly, the French imposed Resolution was
passed in the EU Parliament on the same day we had multiple
terrorist attacks on Niamey, the capital city of the
Republic of Niger.
The plain truth is that Burkina
Faso, like any other member of the Alliance of Sahel States
(AES) does not need orthodox advice or guidance and there is
just no scope for outside meddling in Ouagadougou’s
internal matters. The EU Parliament’s Resolution is about
neo-colonialism and a manifestation of the nature of
metropolises and their attitude towards countries they once
over-ran and governed as backyards. It is a blatant
interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state,
which has never invited foreigners to teach it about
governance.
The Sahel region and of course Africa is a
free and blessed continent, and Burkina Faso is not a colony
to any power and does not take orders from any country in
the world. There is no denial the fact that the EU
Parliament’s Resolution is cynical and extremely
hypocritical. Take for instance, France, which sponsored the
Resolution is yet to grapple with domestic realities first
before trying to clean another person’s house under the
selfish guise of human rights. We say enough of the
interference, falsehoods and abuses behind false
flags.
This statement would be incomplete if we fail
to mention that for many years since the heinous and
genocidal campaign in Libya was extended into the Sahel
region, most member-states of the European Parliament have
opted to remain silent and at worst complicit as the human
rights of Africans are being violated and trampled upon by
terrorist mercenary groups. The global community, including
the European Parliament overlooks the unrelenting aggression
on the Sahel region by terrorist forces that supported the
2011 NATO’s led genocidal campaign against Africans in
Libya.
The historical record is clear in showing how
certain powerful European states planned and executed the
brutal assassination of progressive African leaders on the
continent and the diasporas. Needless even to mention how
some EU member-states participated in the Atlantic slave
trade, the brutal colonialism in Africa and obnoxious
apartheid enclave in South of the African
continent.
The allegations that are being raised in
the latest EU Parliament’s Resolution is based on a
deliberately falsified impression of the actual human rights
situation in the Sahel region. For this, SaS-CaN states as
follows, that:
1. Under the UN Charter, all states
regardless of size and political systems have equal
sovereignty and right to self-determination, which shall not
be violated. Burkina Faso is an independent and sovereign
state and as such is fully within its rights to manage its
state affairs to protect its core national interests in line
with national and international laws.
2. The European
Parliament’s Resolution of 18th June, 2026 is misleading,
biased, politicised, one-sided, and totally disrespectful of
a sovereign state. This Resolution as well as those issued
in the past on the Sahel states, including Mali, Burkina
Faso and the Republic of Niger, have deliberately ignored
the progress in the fight against the imposed terrorism, and
as well as the progress chalked so far in the development
and transformative processes. Both the architects and
supporters of EU Parliament’s decisions on the Sahel
region have relied solely on dubious sources of information
from extremist groups and their allies.
3. The EU
Resolution defines freedom and human rights as acceptable
only when the interest of European leaders is threatened.
The Resolution totally disregards the concerns of Africa
citizens.
4. The European Parliament’s grievance over
Burkina Faso’s withdrawal from the International Criminal
Court (ICC) is also unwarranted. The Sahel state reserves
the right like any other sovereign nation to advance its
independent foreign policy without any outside
interference.
5. Burkina Faso is under attack by
terrorist and extremist groups backed by powerful foreign
forces. Peace, security and stability remain the priority to
the government of Burkina Faso, and these are the issues the
EU Parliament has failed to address.
6. The Alliance
of Sahel States (AES) is fully committed to protecting and
promoting human rights, good governance, freedom, justice,
dignity and sovereignty of its citizens. It is not the
business of the EU Parliament to dictate the political and
socio-economic direction of member-states of the
AES.
7. The exercise of the freedoms of expression,
association, and peaceful assembly come with
responsibilities and limitations as provided by national
laws and the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights. The EU should refrain from applying a double
standard when it comes to transparency and
accountability.
8. Attacking Burkina Faso for
introducing the principles of transparency and
accountability on funding and activities of foreign-funded
Non-Governmental Organisation (NGOs) is a good example of
hypocrisy and double standard at the highest international
level. As a former colony to Europe’s brutal rule in
Africa, Burkina Faso is a victim of vilification in the
mainstream media.
9. The EU Parliament should spend
its precious time, energy and huge resources to address
those social vices that are being employed by terrorist and
extremist groups to trigger social instability and division,
and incite people to violence such as fake news, hate
speech, malicious propaganda, and racism.
10 SaS-CaN
urges the European Parliament to morally view the Sahel
region’s human rights situation, taking into consideration
Africa’s historical contexts, and to refrain from its
usual practice of hypocrisy and double standards.
11.
SaS-CaN advocates genuine cooperation devoid of any hidden
agenda from foreign friends to work with the AES in order to
tackle common challenges facing the world such as climate
change, pandemic, food insecurity, transnational organised
crimes, hunger and violence, and terrorism. We advocate also
for massive investments into transformative projects, for
peace, stability, development and sustainable environment.
And,
12. SaS-CaN stands ready to work with the
European Parliament to rebuild the AES-EU relations and to
strengthen strategic partnership between the two, under the
principles of equal sovereignty and independence and on the
basis of mutual respect, mutual trust, mutual understanding,
and mutual interest for peace and prosperity for the global
community.
Despite difficult circumstances and
numerous challenges, the objective, undeniable fact is that
since the dawn of the Sahel Revolution, Mali, Burkina Faso
and the Republic of Niger have chalked significant strides
in many areas, such as peace, stability and sustainable
development activities. Burkina Faso for instance has
improved its educational and health services, which have
helped increase school enrolments and literacy, improved
life expectancy, reduced maternal and child mortality, and
successfully combated various diseases such as polio,
malaria, measles, TB, and HIV, among others.
Burkina
Faso has also made progress in realizing the right to
sovereignty, economic freedom and social cohesion, and
providing basic social services such as water, housing, and
electricity, promoted equality and tolerance, greatly
reduced various forms of violence and discrimination,
increased agricultural productivity and food security,
reduced poverty, and developed much infrastructure. As well,
government efforts, such as social safety nets, household
income supplementation packages, microfinance, and programs
for women’s empowerment and education, have broadened the
spectrum of rights to be enjoyed by all
Africans.
Importantly, in order to ensure equal access
for all citizens of Burkina Faso, especially low-income and
rural communities, various social services are being
provided to citizens either free of charge or at highly
subsidized rates. In recognition of some of its remarkable
achievements, the Sahel state has received many accolades
from credible regional and international
institutions.
In all of the events, SaS-CaN stands in
solidarity with Burkina Faso in condemning and rejecting
attempts by the EU Parliament to interference in its
internal affairs. We reject totally the EU political
pressure on the sovereignty of Burkina Faso under the veil
of human rights. The EU must be reminded again that meddling
and interfering in the internal affairs of another State
under any pretext whatsoever is a clear violation of Article
2 of the United Nations Charter.
For all that has been
stated above, SaS-CaN rejects the EU Parliament’s
Resolution, which is utterly unfounded in substance and
malicious in intent. Our solidarity with the AES is
unflinching and we remain steadfast in our unwavering
commitment in defending and promoting peace, stability,
human rights, freedom, sovereignty and homeland dignity in
the Sahel
region.
