A new era of Western interventionism in Africa is about to begin, this time led by the European Union, which has authorized a new programme of military expansion focused on West Africa.
This followed July’s sudden military coup in Niger and was justified by the goal of countering the rise of extremism across the region. Yet this response illustrates exactly what is wrong with the West’s relationship with Africa, as it fails to understand that we need the deeper causes of our insecurity to be addressed.
