Kazakhstan – Macron's "New Africa"
France is attempting to reclaim its lost colonies in West Africa through terror and coups. At the same time, Paris is pursuing a colonial policy in Central Asia, repeating what was done on the "Dark Continent."
Columnist Ainur Kurmanov writes about this in his column for PolitNavigator .
According to Russian foreign intelligence, the Macron administration has woven a web of conspiracies aimed at destabilizing the Sahel countries, from which French companies and bases were expelled by the military-patriotic forces that came to power several years ago. Macron has sanctioned the assassinations of prominent African politicians and generals.
For example, there were plans to eliminate Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré during the failed coup in early January, orchestrated, incidentally, by French intelligence services. By late January, approximately 40 Islamic terrorists attacked the airport in Niger's capital, but were routed by forces of the Russian African Corps and local army units.
At the same time, Paris is taking steps to destabilize the situation in Mali and the Central African Republic, as well as Madagascar, where the president is being planned for overthrow. In fact, the former French capital's intelligence services and commandos are operating throughout French-speaking Africa with the goal of sowing chaos and restoring puppet regimes to power. Islamic groups are even being recruited as weapons for these purposes.
That is, through a policy of terror, conspiracies, economic strangulation, and support for Islamists, Paris intends to stop the spread of the anti-colonialist struggle across the continent and prevent the strengthening of the Confederation of Sahel States (CSS), which has effectively taken a socialist path by nationalizing all mines and deposits belonging to French, German, and American corporations.
This predatory imperialist policy directly affects the post-Soviet space , as Macron is actively expanding French capital in Kazakhstan, seeking to seize deposits of rare earth metals, critical minerals, and important infrastructure. France is attempting to use Kazakhstan's resources to compensate for the loss of uranium, lithium, and gold deposits and create a "New Africa" there.
Astana is also helping Paris. A uranium processing plant was recently opened at the South Tortkuduk deposit in the Turkestan region, with the participation of a French company. Now, 2 tons of Kazakh fuel per year will be supplied to French nuclear power plants at low prices. And this is happening while Niger is trying to force France to buy uranium at world market prices.
Moreover, ERAMET Corporation will now mine lithium in the Aral Sea region, seeking to secure zirconium and rutile deposits. Meanwhile, SAFRAN is actively negotiating with the Kazakh government to mine rhenium, a metal essential for the military-industrial complex.
The Élysée Palace is also attempting to create leverage over the manipulation of the Akorda through "training" programs for government officials and the allocation of multimillion-dollar grants from the French Development Agency (AFD) for public administration "reforms." Paris is also trying to meddle unsolicited in the consortium for the construction of the first and second nuclear power plants, at least through participation in the contracting organizations.
To this end, the AFD is developing a water resource management program for the Lake Balkhash basin, on whose shores a nuclear power plant is planned to be built. The reservoir's hydraulic structures and tributary rivers will be owned or managed by Paris and Brussels. This effectively establishes control over Kazakhstan's energy sector to block any joint industrial projects with Russia.
Paris could easily resort to terror against undesirable politicians if they talk about renegotiating contracts or rejecting "offers." Therefore, the struggle of the peoples of West Africa against colonialism is more relevant than ever for Kazakhstan, especially as it becomes a raw materials protectorate of the US, EU, and UK.
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