US President Barack Obama ended his three-day visit on Sunday 26th July 2015 in Kenya. Then on Monday, he went to Ethiopia and addressed an African Union Summit (AU) on Tuesday. Prior to his visit, he hosted Mohammed Bukhari the newly elected Nigerian President in Washington. While in America, Bukhari also met with some America’s policy makers. Obama became the first sitting American President to tour both countries. In both countries, he echoed that ‘Africa is on the move’ but faces challenges of Terrorism, human rights abuse and corruption. As usual he echoed Democracy in his entire trip.
Before looking into the main goals of Obama’s visit, we would like to mention that some media reports indicated that these two countries (Kenya and Ethiopia) were deliberately chosen for Obama’s tour to showcase the continent’s dynamic potential and they represent a ‘promise’ of what could be. Consequently, both countries have been playing a significant role in succeeding the American schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa and Great Lake regions. The evil plan for separation of South Sudan from North was cooked in Kenya as well as the invasion of Somalia.
As for America’s goals demonstrated in the Obama tour to Africa, we find them as follows:
Working to remove Europe (British and France)
It is clear from Obama’s visit that America is proceeding with its struggle to remove the European states, particularly Britain from their last African countries. It is apparent the war on terror in both Kenya and entire Africa is another pretext for America to infiltrate to the African states and remove Europe from its former colonies. US has established military bases in Kenya’s coast and Ethiopia, and are financially supporting Kenya in the fight against ‘terror’ groups. Notably, Ethiopia is a pure pro-American state and strongly ally in its fight against ‘Terrorism’.
And it is in this regard Obama hosted President Bukhari where the issue of Boko Haram took the top of their agendas, aiming at strengthening long standing America’s influence on Nigeria. It should be notable that America has achieved effective political class since Obasanjo became president in 1999. Likely the issue of Boko Haram in West Africa as well as Al-Shabab issue in East Africa is finely used by America to push its policies in Africa.
Search for Green Pasture
His visit to South Sub-Sahara countries is not different to his visit to any African state. Africa is a blessed continent rich in raw materials, minerals and represents a huge significant portion of Oil. It is apparent the Global Entrepreneurship Summits (GES) is just a new colonial tool for it and has nothing to boost Africa’s business rather than continuation of pilferage of African natural resources tantamount to the pilferage of natural resources from the Islamic countries.
Propagate Democracy:
While democracy is a failed political system causing atrocities in the world, Obama wants Africa to continue believing that change and progress cannot be made except through democracy. Likewise, any African country is classified as a model for democracy if it has conducted the elections in a way admired by the America – the custodian of Democracy. Despite the assault of leaders of the same countries against their own people which is according to them is an attack on “democratic freedoms”. In the last century, America collaborated with Europe in tussling with the Soviet Union over Africa’s wealth. America claimed that the pressing problems of Africa were due to the lack of a multi-party democracy in Africa and so it pushed for it. And now shamelessly Obama talks about democracy while Africa has been turned into a chaotic continent by Democracy. Furthermore, it is under this biased politics where immoral acts such as Gay and Lesbianism are imported to the Continent.
These are the main evil goals which America wishes to achieve in a continent where over 52 percent of its population is Muslim. We ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى to make America fail in Africa and the entire world. We ask Him to make people of Africa understand the vicious schemes of America and look for Islam as an alternative which will save Africa and the entire World.
Shabani Mwalimu
Media Representative of Hizb ut Tahrir in East Africa
Written for Ar-Rayah Newspaper – Issue 37