Trump’s War Drums and the BRICS Revolution: How the West Plans to Retake Africa by Force”

THE NEW SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA: WHEN SUPERPOWERS TURN THE CONTINENT INTO A BATTLEFIELD

The script is unfolding exactly as predicted. After years of subtle economic warfare and diplomatic manipulation, the Western powers, led by the United States, have finally thrown off the mask of partnership and revealed their old imperial instinct. America’s recent threat of military action against Nigeria, followed swiftly by Canada’s support and the European Union’s alignment, is not a coincidence. It is a carefully choreographed response to one undeniable geopolitical reality: the BRICS alliance has outsmarted and outflanked the West in Africa.

A Shifting World Order

For decades, Africa was treated as a pawn in global politics, a land of raw materials, cheap labor, and pliant leaders. But the rise of China and Russia’s strategic alliance, which I call the Chussia Axis, has transformed the chessboard. Their investments in infrastructure, mining, energy, and security across Africa have gradually replaced the old Western order built on debt, dependency, and deceit.

From Abuja to Addis Ababa, African nations are now signing deals that no longer come with IMF conditionalities or lectures on democracy. They come with bulldozers, railways, and military protection. For the first time in modern history, Africa is choosing its partners based on national interest, not colonial inheritance.

The West’s Desperation

This shift terrifies Washington and Brussels. Their influence in Africa is collapsing under the weight of hypocrisy. They cannot compete with China’s economic diplomacy or Russia’s hard-power guarantees. So, as history has shown, when the West loses control through economics, it turns to war.

The so-called “defense of Christians” narrative being spun against Nigeria is merely the same old colonial trick repackaged for the digital age. The West has realized that BRICS is not a conference, it is a revolution. And revolutions threaten empires.

The Coming Storm: Africa as the New Proxy Battlefield

The danger is clear: as *BRICS* consolidates its grip on African partnerships, the West will attempt to reclaim the continent militarily, under the guise of “humanitarian intervention” or “restoring constitutional order.”

But this time, Russia and China will not stand by. They have sunk too much political capital, too many billions, and too much strategic interest into Africa to retreat. The result? A new front in the global cold war, the African front.

Africa could soon become the laboratory for next-generation warfare. The same drones tested in Donbas and the same hypersonic systems paraded in Beijing could be unleashed on African soil, not in defense of Africa, but in defense of great power interests cloaked as African sovereignty.

A Call for African Consciousness

This is why Africa must awaken, not to take sides between East and West, but to seize control of its own destiny. The 21st century must not repeat the sins of the 19th. If the West comes with war, and the East comes with “protection,” Africa must come with wisdom.

Our leaders must see beyond the immediate allure of aid, arms, and alliances. The real battlefield is not in our deserts or jungles, it is in our minds, our policies, and our unity.

The global powers are not fighting for Africa, they are fighting over Africa. And unless we act with foresight, Africa will once again be the testing ground for the ambitions of others.

The Script Is Clear

The warning signs are here. The alliances are drawn. The rhetoric is escalating. The next chapter of global conflict will not begin in Europe or the Pacific, it will begin in Africa.

And when the bombs start falling, both East and West will claim they came to “save” us.

But the truth will be simple: they came to finish what colonialism started, by other means.

Mazi Onyeani Kalu

(The GrandMaster)

Political Scientist, Custodian of Ancient Wisdom.

E-Mail: Onyeanikalu@gmx.de

02.11.2025