Regime Change in Motion? US-EU-NATO Target Burkina Faso’s Captain Ibrahim Traoré for Defying Western Interests

Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, is under increasing scrutiny as AFRICOM Commander Michael Langley accuses him of using nationalized gold to “protect his junta.” Critics say this is part of a US-EU-NATO regime change playbook aimed at punishing African leaders who reject foreign control. Traoré’s real "crime"? Nationalizing gold, expelling French troops, and investing in local industry and food sovereignty. Accusations of human rights abuses and reports of protest are surfacing, though largely unverified, and eerily mirror tactics used before Western interventions in Libya and Mali. With Operation Flintlock 2024 underway in nearby Côte d’Ivoire—allegedly a base for a foiled coup—alarm bells are ringing across Africa and the diaspora. Global solidarity is rising, and many fear another Libya in the making.