“Revolutions can be hijacked, co-opted or stripped of their substance when they lack both a clear doctrine and an organization capable of ensuring that change is sustained over the long term. And that is why this congress is historic, two years after we assumed the highest offices of state,” is what Ousmane Sonko said during his address to the PASTEF congress this past weekend.
These words resume the essence of the congress. With delegates coming from all over the country, from other countries on the continent, and the diaspora, it was a real show of people’s dedication, strength, enthusiasm, and muscle power. It was beautiful! It was encouraging, and most importantly it was inspiring. Indeed, revolutions can be hijacked, co-opted, or stripped of their substance when they lack substance, but when a revolution is driven by the people, when a revolution is driven by a clear vision, it cannot be stopped!
With 553 sections from around the country, and the diaspora, Ousmane Sonko has been unanimously elected as the first official president of the Pastef party during its first ordinary congress, held on Saturday.
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This is the first time Pastef has formally elected a party president since its creation in 2014. The party’s internal regulatory body (HAREP) described the election process as transparent, inclusive, and democratic. The election is seen as a symbolic milestone, officially recognizing Sonko as the leader who has guided the party since its founding. The congress marks a new chapter in Pastef’s organizational and political evolution.
To read more check out Seneweb.com, Senego, and AfricaNews. Thank you to Sonko and the Senegalese people. We are all members of PASTEF today.
I am trying to understand why Nigerians are opening their markets to France. Did you know that Nigeria is one of France’s largest economic hubs in sub-Saharan Africa? French companies are active across nearly every major sector of the Nigerian economy. Likewise, in Angola, the French footprint is growing up particularly in oil and gas, logistics, and construction: there, for instance, TotalEnergies is one of the top 2 oil operators in Angola owning over 40% of Angola’s offshore production (their presence predates some of us, remember Angolagate?). Now our dear William Ruto is opening the Kenyan market to France… Not quite, Kenya is one of the top 3 African countries for French business presence (after South Africa, and Morocco). Don’t these African, anglophone and lusophone countries feel or know how the Francophone African countries have been suffering under their yoke?
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Over 3 weeks ago, Kenya hosted the Africa Forward Summit, a summit aimed at deepening Africa-France economic ties which was held for the first time in an English-speaking country, as France seeks to revitalize its influence outside its normal pré-carré in Africa. Kenyan President William Ruto was leveraging the summit to negotiate for ‘fairer’ treatment of African nations in global finance, with France expressing support. At the end of the summit, France and Kenya signed over $1 billion in agreements covering transport, infrastructure, maritime affairs, and economic development. Our good old Ruto and his deals! Macron also announced $27 billions of investment during the Africa Forward summit in Kenya. Where would this money come from, when France is in super debt? Oh wait!… from the other pré-carré countries, and printing paper money! Africa is funding Europe!
So instead of repairing the relationship with all the Francophone countries who complain of France’s chokehold on them, France is expanding to the other African countries (Anglophone, Lusophone, hispanophone) who were never part of its colonies. They maintain their chokehold on 14 – 15 countries with the horrible FCFA and keep them under their yoke choking the life out of them, and now for those who have rebelled like Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger they even fund terrorism and push all sorts of embargo on them. The 11 Components of the French Colonial Tax in Africa. Historically, France has sponsored numerous coups d’état in many of its pré-carré constantly destabilizing them to their advantage.
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During the Africa Forward Summit, French President Emmanuel Macron, who cannot help but show his disdain and condescension for Africans, stood up and asked the audience to quiet, telling them that their behavior showed a “total lack of respect” for the presenters. His remarks were perceived by many as condescending, highlighting tensions related to France’s historical legacy in Africa. Remember when he went to Burkina Faso in 2017 and asked the president of the country, Roch Marc Kaboré, to go fix the AC in front of university students? or in Mali where he called the president by his nickname during a press conference… something he would have never done with his Western counterparts? The disrespect is common measure for this man, and betrays his feelings toward us.
Now, the French president is cruising the continent, Nigeria, Angola, Kenya, Ethiopia… It’s like France has finished to suck its previous colonies dry, and is now moving to the other ones who, having no knowledge of their modus operandi, open up to them without knowing that they are opening a page to slavery. My question to the other African countries being courted today: are you just blind? or do you choose to be naive and think that your neighbor’s master/enemy would treat you differently? Your neighbor is still in chains after over 60 years of ‘independence.’… would you escape? What do you think of the French president’s scolding of audience in Kenya?
Quiconque passe du temps au puits finit vite par trouver un seau (proverbe Wolof – Sénégal, Gambie). Si vous êtes patient, de bonnes choses finiront par vous arriver.
Whoever spends time at the well can soon find a bucket (Wolof proverb – Senegal, Gambia). If you are patient, good things will come to you eventually.
Kenyan President William Ruto (Source: Nairobileo.co.ke)
Since William Ruto came to power in Kenya, it has been one thing after the other, or rather one shady deal after the other. From deploying Kenyan troops to Haiti, deploying Kenyan nurses to Germany or who knows where, welcoming the Africa Forward summit with French President Emmanuel Macron who could not help showing open disdain for Africans on national television (he promised $27 billion investment in Africa… maybe that’s why he forgot manners?); Ruto appears to have tried to sneak in another controversial deal! It’s as if the man is in a hurry to cut deals! He has now signed a $13.5 million deal with the United States to open an Ebola quarantine center for US citizens in Kenya. This US-built facility was set to open at the Laikipia Air Base last week, but the High court of Kenya halted the launch. The facility was intended to host Americans from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who had contracted Ebola. This facility, located 200 km from the capital Nairobi, was built by the American army on Kenyan soil, to house American doctors, to treat American patients with state of the art medicine. Why not treat them in America where such advanced medical care already exists? The US president says he cannot risk infecting his population, but what about the risk posed to Kenyans?
Protests erupted on Monday near the facility when people stood against this project, and the Ruto’s government responded with teargas and violence! The population is angry, and rightfully so! Is Kenyan/African life worth nothing? Why have an Ebola quarantine center in Kenya? Why not Rwanda which is a neighbor to the DRC? Oh wait… Rwanda cannot have cases with its M23 forces looting Eastern DRC…
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President Ruto defended his plan on X, posting on today, that the proposed US facility was “neither unique nor exceptional but part of a broader national preparedness system“, adding that it “will be there to serve the people of Kenya and to serve our friends, including the Americans“. On Monday, he said: “I can assure the people of Kenya that the agreement between the government of Kenya and the American government is for the good of our country and for the partnership.”
The man is ready for deals, deals, deals… it does not matter what the people want so long as he gets his deals. The US is mad and vowed to have this treaty respected, i.e. open the quarantine facility in Kenya at all costs. Let’s pray no sudden cases are now discovered in the country.
Check out the summary of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s call to President Ruto about the Ebola quarantine facility. ” The Secretary and President Ruto discussed coordinated efforts to secure vital medical supplies for Kenya and ensure the strength and preparedness of Kenya’s health system. The United States Government intends to commit $13.5 million toward Kenya’s Ebola preparedness efforts and has already committed to providing $112 million in bilateral assistance to the regional response.”
Recall that in December 2025, The Trump administration signed the first in what were expected to be dozens of “America First” global health funding agreements to prioritize combating infectious diseases in countries deemed to be aligned with the president’s broader foreign policy goals and positions. The five-year, $2.5 billion agreement with Kenya was signed by Kenyan President William Ruto and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to replace a patchwork of previous health agreements that had traditionally been run by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for decades…
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