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flag EU cuts aid to African nations over strategic demands, sparking sovereignty concerns.

flag Western aid to Africa, increasingly tied to EU strategic goals like energy security and migration control, faces criticism for undermining sovereignty and fostering dependency. flag 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. flag In Niger, EU support was cut over migration and security conditions, despite the country’s reliance on migrant flows. flag Similar aid freezes in Uganda over LGBTQ+ rights disrupted public services. flag 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.

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