Two Wings, Same Vulture: How Both Sides of U.S. Power Have Hindered Africa’s Liberation

Africa’s Struggle Is Not a Brand

In today’s age of digital activism, African suffering has become a commodity. It’s monetized by influencers, exploited by NGOs, and manipulated by governments whose policies have never intended to free the continent—only to manage it, extract from it, and use it as a chessboard in global power struggles. Too often, those who parade African flags and shout about “Black unity” only do so when it aligns with personal profit or political trends.

But for those of us who research, who read between the lines, who trace coups and currency collapses to their origin—we see the pattern. And we recognize the hypocrisy of anyone claiming to be for Africa while ignoring or justifying Western domination, whether it comes with a Democratic or Republican face.

No U.S. president—red or blue—has ever governed in Africa’s interest. And anyone who still believes otherwise is either dangerously uninformed or deliberately complicit in stalling Africa’s true liberation.

Republican Rule – The Cloaked Aggression

Let’s begin with Republican leadership.

1. Ronald Reagan (1981–1989):

While Reagan preached freedom globally, he supported apartheid South Africa by maintaining relations with the regime and labeling the African National Congress a “terrorist” organization. Nelson Mandela was still in prison. Meanwhile, U.S. policy in Angola and Mozambique involved arming rebel groups that destroyed infrastructure and set African nations back decades. Why? Because socialist governments in those countries didn’t align with Washington’s Cold War ambitions.

2. George W. Bush (2001–2009):

Bush launched AFRICOM—the U.S. Africa Command—which was sold as a stabilizing force. In reality, it marked the militarization of U.S. interests on African soil, allowing covert drone operations, training of proxy forces, and logistical support for regimes that cooperated with U.S. agendas—regardless of human rights abuses.

Under his administration, Somalia’s chaos intensified, and anti-terror operations helped spawn al-Shabaab, the very group that now destabilizes Kenya and the Horn of Africa.

3. Donald Trump (2017–2021):

While Trump paid little attention to Africa publicly, his administration cut funding to UN peacekeeping missions while silently backing fossil fuel exploration across East and West Africa. He maintained a hardline stance against Eritrea, Sudan, and Zimbabwe—not because of human rights, but because these nations refused to follow Washington’s economic script.

Under Republican rule, Africa is often treated as a silent warzone—used for testing, spying, and resource manipulation while being ignored on global stages unless U.S. security or corporations are threatened.

Democratic Rule – Soft Power, Same Control

Democrats love to wear the mask of diplomacy—but behind the smiles lies the same imperial script.

1. Bill Clinton (1993–2001):

The Rwandan Genocide happened under his watch, and despite intelligence warnings, Clinton refused to intervene until it was far too late—an act of silent complicity.

He also pushed for economic liberalization policies across Africa, encouraging nations to open their markets to U.S. goods, crippling local industries that couldn’t compete.

2. Barack Obama (2009–2017):

The first Black U.S. president expanded drone strikes in Somalia and the Sahel, helping further destabilize the region. While Obama delivered eloquent speeches about Africa’s potential, his administration backed the NATO-led destruction of Libya in 2011, which turned Africa’s most prosperous nation into a failed state with open slave markets.

Libya was Gaddafi’s dream for a gold-backed African currency—and the West couldn’t allow that.

Obama also oversaw new loans via the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a U.S. agency that imposes corporate-based economic reforms under the guise of aid.

3. Joe Biden (2021–present):

Biden’s government has taken a particularly hostile stance toward Eritrea, repeatedly using sanctions and State Department reports to demonize a nation that refuses to bow to the IMF or host Western military bases.

He has also made quiet moves in Ethiopia, Sudan, and DRC—all resource-rich nations with untapped potential that are suddenly facing “civil conflict” or “humanitarian crises” right as foreign investment interests rise.

So while Republicans may bomb overtly, Democrats co-opt with NGOs, “human rights” rhetoric, and economic strings. Both wings belong to the same vulture.

The False Activists and Real Storytellers

In the middle of this all are the performers—activists, influencers, journalists, and even “Pan-Africanists” who only speak when convenient. They push narratives that mirror CNN, parrot State Department press releases, and attack any African leader who refuses to play along with Western agendas.

These individuals label real researchers like myself as “conspiracy theorists” or “extremists”—not because we are wrong, but because we threaten the scripts they were given.

We expose:

How Africa’s wealth built Silicon Valley and Europe’s museums.

How every African coup or conflict benefits foreign mining interests.

How U.S. presidents only visit or fund nations they can extract from.

How African unity is feared more than African war.

They don’t want to hear that Africa can govern itself—without the UN, without USAID, without “international observers.”

They don’t want to admit that they’ve become mouthpieces for colonial management 2.0.

A Final Word – Who Are You Really Working For?

Africa has never lacked intelligence, leadership, or resources. It has only lacked uncompromised unity.

Every time someone tries to lead Africa outside the IMF, the World Bank, or Western aid pipelines—they are sanctioned, assassinated, or overthrown. From Lumumba to Gaddafi, from Thomas Sankara to Isaias Afwerki—the playbook never changes.

So ask yourself:

Are you speaking for Africa, or speaking through a lens handed to you by its oppressors?

If your advocacy doesn’t call out both Republican and Democrat hands in Africa’s suffering, it isn’t liberation work—it’s Western PR.

If your platform only criticizes African governments who reject Western NGOs, and never the foreign powers funding the chaos, then you are not neutral—you are complicit.

As for me—I will keep telling Africa’s story. The real one. The one that doesn’t go viral because it challenges the illusion.

Africa is not broken. It has been broken into. And only those willing to step outside the comfort of trending narratives will ever truly understand how powerful, beautiful, and sovereign this continent is meant to be.