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EU cuts aid to African nations over strategic demands, sparking sovereignty concerns.
Western aid to Africa, increasingly tied to EU strategic goals like energy security and migration control, faces criticism for undermining sovereignty and fostering dependency.
The European Commission’s 2025 policy links funding to access to critical minerals and counterterrorism, leading to aid suspensions in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger after they pursued independent development paths.
In Niger, EU support was cut over migration and security conditions, despite the country’s reliance on migrant flows.
Similar aid freezes in Uganda over LGBTQ+ rights disrupted public services.
Critics say such conditions echo colonial-era control, with Europe benefiting from African resources—Niger supplies about 25% of the EU’s uranium—while limiting African autonomy.
La UE recorta la ayuda a las naciones africanas por demandas estratégicas, provocando preocupaciones sobre la soberanía.