MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS: DEFEND THE FIGHT FOR AFRICAN SOVEREIGNTY

During the historic summit titled, ‘Conference in Solidarity with the Peoples of the Sahel,’ held 19-21 November in Niger’s capital of Niamey, hundreds of people gathered at the Mahatma Gandhi International Conference Centre to show unwavering support for the revolutionary process underway against neocolonialism in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. 

The conference brought together Pan-Africanist and anti-imperialist delegates representing popular movements and organisations from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States.

Manolo De Los Santos (@manolo_realengo on X), executive director of the New York-based movement incubator The People's Forum, stepped on stage to fire up the crowd with a powerful message: That the flame of revolution must not stop and that Africans must continue to fight for dignity and sovereignty from imperialism.

​​Between 2021 and 2023, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger—with the support of their populations—expelled Western-aligned governments through coups d’état and demanded the withdrawal of French troops from their territories. Since then, the three states have established the Alliance of Sahel States confederation, an anti-imperialist bloc that shares defence, economic and foreign policies, with an eye on becoming a federation and eventually unifying the continent.

Video credit: @peoplesforumnyc (X)