This is ridiculously naive. If these new Sahelian leaders aren't already compromised, they have to know that Russia and China are thinking long term. Both these countries have invested too much into Africa for it to end as some altruistic foreign policy, they want their own subordinate countries for the resources. I can only hope they're courageous enough to play Russia and America against each other.
Do you have any proof or do you just want to speculate like a 15 year old high schooler? Which non-Western countries (Japan excepted; they are essentially part of the Western hegemony apparatus) have subordinated other countries and plundered their natural resources? The whole point of BRICS is multipolarity and to depower the United States which operates on a mantra of world domination and economic hegemony. Yes, they are thinking long term - which is why theyāre trying to create new, viable allies that don't want to destroy them (like NATO does). Even America has resource rich allies they are heavily invested in (oil rich Norway and oil rich Canada). Do you expect America to jump the border and take Alberta, Canadaās massive crude oil reserves?
I want proof that they are being compromised. Show me. Russia would never allow Burkina Faso to ban exports, nationalize their resources, build a gold refinery (owned and operated in Burkina Faso, not Russia) or build a nuclear power plant if they wanted to colonize them. Manufacturing plants would be in Russia if that was their plan.
Some of you remind me of the slaves who thought Harriet Tubman was a crazy, ānaiveā optimist.
We aren't getting free without partners. Russian intelligence thwarted a bunch of recent French attempts to assassinate Traore.