Africa for Sale: How ‘Peace Deals’ Became the New Colonial Contracts

 Africa for Sale: How ‘Peace Deals’ Became the New Colonial Contracts

What the Abraham Accords actually are

The Abraham Accords are a U.S.-brokered diplomatic framework launched in 2020 to normalize relations between Israel and selected countries. Publicly, they are sold as “peace,” “stability,” and “economic cooperation.” In practice, they operate as transactional deals—recognition, debt relief, sanctions removal, military access, or diplomatic favors in exchange for normalization with Israel and alignment with U.S. strategic interests.

They are not multilateral treaties grounded in international law. They are bilateral bargains, negotiated outside the United Nations and outside regional bodies like the African Union. And crucially, they override existing agreements when convenient.

This matters because what followed in Africa is not about Abraham, religion, or peace. It is about another wave of neocolonialism, repackaged through diplomacy.

Neocolonialism—exactly as Nkrumah warned

Kwame Nkrumah warned that colonialism would not end; it would change form. Foreign powers would stop ruling directly and instead rule through bases, debt, intelligence, elites, and agreements signed by compliant leaders.

That is what is unfolding now.

The Abraham Accords became a tool, not the cause—a mechanism used by Washington and its allies to redraw influence, secure military access, and control resources, while African institutions remain silent.

Who signed—and what they got (the transaction)

Between 2020 and 2021, African countries were folded into this framework through clear exchanges.

Morocco signed on December 22, 2020. In return, the United States became the first country to formally recognize Morocco’s claim over Western Sahara. Washington promised a U.S. consulate in Dakhla and expanded access to U.S. and Israeli defense cooperation. A UN- and AU-recognized self-determination issue was traded for recognition and weapons.

Trump used normalization deals to tear apart existing agreements elsewhere too. Morocco was rewarded with recognition over Western Sahara, even though the Polisario struggle is recognized by the UN and African Union. Again, silence.

Sudan signed on January 6, 2021. In exchange, the U.S. removed Sudan from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list (where it had been since 1993), approved a $1.2 billion bridge loan to clear World Bank arrears, restored sovereign immunity, and reopened access to global finance—after Sudan paid $335 million into an escrow account. Today, Sudan is shattered by war, its people paying the cost.

Then in December 2025, Israel recognized Somaliland as an independent state—explicitly framed as being “in the spirit of the Abraham Accords.” No referendum. No Somali national consent. No AU mandate. Recognition was granted anyway.

This is where neocolonialism becomes undeniable.

Where is the African Union as the United States and Israel officially break up Somalia and recognize Somaliland—handing Israel and the U.S. a stronghold in the Horn of Africa?

How do African leaders sit by while the U.S., under Donald Trump, uses diplomatic deals to legitimize the partition of an African country—with no condemnation, no outrage, and no continental response?

This is the neocolonialism Nkrumah warned about.

Former Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo warned U.S. officials about Russian influence in Burkina Faso—inviting U.S. bases into Ghana, Bd Africa. Meanwhile, thousands of Burkinabè were killed while French troops were present, accused of playing both sides and stealing gold and uranium. Niger powered France while most Nigeriens had no electricity.

Ghana

Ghana has opened its land to a U.S. military base, now operating as a forward center in West Africa after U.S. forces were pushed out of Niger. From this base, the U.S. spies on militants in Nigeria. Africans are never told what data is collected beyond that claim. Nigeria allows U.S. airstrikes on militant sites, yet citizens are never informed what was bombed, where, or why. No transparency. No accountability. All data is stored in Accra and Washington, DC.

Nigeria

Trump shouted that Nigerian Christians were under attack, yet he allowed not a single Nigerian Christian refugee into the United States. At the same time, white South Africans were airlifted to Dulles, Virginia, welcomed publicly, and framed as victims under threat from Black South Africans. The pattern is obvious. Do people really think Trump cares about Africans—or Nigerians?

Nigeria’s leadership then collaborated with France to suppress a rebellion in Benin—on France’s behalf—to stop the country from breaking away and joining the Sahel, and to preserve France’s stranglehold over minerals and assets. Nigeria also worked with France to fly spy planes over Burkina Faso, violating airspace sovereignty. They knew permission was required. They did it anyway. They were caught. Elders had to intervene and apologize.

Kenya

We see the same pattern in Kenya. The Ruto regime collaborated with the U.S. to send thousands of police officers to Haiti, strengthening U.S., French, and Canadian control while blocking Haitian self-determination. Kenya received millions. The U.S. then turned a blind eye as Kenyan youth were slaughtered during protests against corruption and unemployment. Neocolonialism—extended.

Sudan

Sudan is burning while Israel and the Emirates back the RSF, opening access to oil and gold while ordinary Sudanese are massacred and displaced.

Trump signed a “peace” deal in the Congo not because of love for Africans, but because the U.S. needs access to rare earth minerals to counter China’s dominance.

France maintains military bases in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, and Cameroon. The U.S. operates out of Accra. Sudan is destroyed by foreign-backed war. Kenya props up Western power in Haiti. South Africa is sanctioned for staying independent. Nigeria allows foreign surveillance—creating the impression Africans cannot solve African problems without white intervention.

Meanwhile, Africa sits on gold, oil, cobalt, uranium, lithium, and rare minerals. Europeans, Americans, and Israelis extract the wealth, build their countries, and then lecture Africans about inferiority and “development.” And some Africans clap like seals, believing they are allies while others are slaughtered and displaced.

The racism driving this system is obvious. The worst part is the collaboration.

This is neocolonialism 2.0—not accidental, not hidden, and not new. It is executed openly, with agreements, bases, and African signatures.

Africa is not failing.

It is being managed—by design.