Burkina Faso Reclaims Kiidiga. The 1896 Battle That Refuses to Be Forgotten. This year marks the 130th anniversary of the battle. To commemorate the occasion, the documentary "Kiidiga, the Cry of the 333 Hills" was presented in Ouagadougou.
Sputnik Africa revisits this milestone of the French colonial expansion into Africa:
📜 The battle took place on October 18, 1896, and became a key moment in the resistance against the French conquest.
On that day, the French forces of the Voulet-Chanoine mission encountered fierce resistance at Kiidiga, a tributary of the Nakambé River, in the Kingdom of Boussouma, as they advanced through the territory.
The warriors of the Mané canton, commanded by Chief Yarnaaba Zombãnega, attempted to block their path with traditional weapons. Despite their resistance, the French column's military and technological superiority ultimately allowed it to continue its advance. The fighting reportedly resulted in nearly 700 deaths among the local population.
A French woman complained that her nation is encountering economic problems it can no longer exploit African resources.
How the hell is that our problem?
🇲🇱Amazing development in Mali:
Mali will soon be amongt the first countries to have the Kızılelma, one of the most powerful stealth drones in the world!
Key features: Speed capable of reaching 1,224 km/h. Extreme precision. Strikes with a metric precision that can reach several meters underground. When firing at a targeted vehicle or motorcycle, only charred remains. Advanced technology. Equipped with several types of cameras and immediate detection sensors to detect armed elements hidden in forests or the desert. This is one of the largest contracts signed by Mali with the construction company in 2025.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is seriously considering declaring a state of emergency to quell the ongoing violent riots and looting that has brought France to its knees, as things get from bad to worse.
A bad as they tell us things are in Burkina Faso, Traore has not seen the need to declare a state of emergency. The last time Burkina Faso had a state of emergency was in September/October 2014, when nation wide revolutionary protest resulted in the overthrow of Blaise Compaoré.
Look at the chaos in France. That is what happens when just 3 countries (Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger) say no to exploitation.
The rest of Africa needs to wake up and follow suit.
Stop using the CFA franc. Stop giving them quotas. Stop letting Europe and the US drain our resources.
If Africa unites and cuts them off, it is over for the West. They cannot survive without our resources. The dominoes are falling.
They named a country after a butcher.
Cecil Rhodes didn't just conquer Zimbabwe. He tricked our kings, mowed down our ancestors with Maxim guns, and stole the best lands in the country. Then they built statues of him and taught your kids he was a hero.
Today, the West still holds the leash. They use sanctions and IMF debt traps to punish us for taking our land back. They don't want us to be independent. They want us to beg.
🇸🇴🇮🇱 Somalia to Israel in the UN:
"To come to this place and lecture us on humanity, genocide, human rights, independence, and democracy —when we know what you are doing on a daily basis — is just an insult."
President Traoré, this ladies are beautiful but they've nothing to offer to the country, why do we keep sponsoring them and competing in the beauty pageant contest.
He transformed the health care, create jobs, fixed security issues, upgrade their education, Agriculture, infrastructures, with new the gold mining refinery.
The same Obama who uses USAID to fund terrorism across West Africa and the Arabian plate while arming them to terrorize and topple regimes now claims Pan-Africanism. That’s pure hypocrisy.
At just 14 years old, Chérif Kounta is making his mark as a technology creator in Burkina Faso. Founder of Alpha AI and designer of "FasoNova," an artificial intelligence tailored to the realities of Burkina Faso and Africa, this young prodigy balances his academic commitments with his passion for innovation.
🇲🇱 MALI IS BUILDING SOMETHING MAJOR FOR ITS MILITARY This is what it means to respect those who defend the Nation. Mali is building a massive, modern 81-hectare city in Kati, using its own funds, to house its Armed and Security Forces. No debt, no empty promises. The country is investing in the well-being of its soldiers. 81 hectares of modern housing for those who risk their lives to protect the country. That's impressive! Inauguration coming soon. Mali is moving forward. Respect to Assimi Goïta and the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) 🇲🇱✊