rakanyorwa naManlio Dinucci, Il Manifesto, June 8, 2021
Shumba yeAfrican Shumba, chiito chakakura chemauto kuAfrican Continent chakarongwa nekutungamirwa neUS Army, chatanga. Inosanganisira ivhu, mhepo, uye kufamba kwemumvura muMorocco, Tunisia, Senegal, nemakungwa ari pedyo - kubva kuchamhembe kweAfrica kuenda kuWest Africa, kubva kuMediterranean kusvika kuAtlantic. Masoja zviuru zvisere arikutora chikamu mairi, hafu yavo maAmerican ane angangoita mazana maviri matangi, pfuti dzinozvifambisa, ndege, uye zvikepe zvehondo. African Shumba 8,000 inotarisirwa kuita $ 200 miriyoni uye ine zvirevo zvinoita kuti inyanye kukosha.
Iyi danho yezvematongerwo enyika yakagadziriswa zvachose muWashington: chiitiko chemuAfrica chiri kutora nzvimbo kekutanga kuWestern Sahara kureva gore rino munzvimbo yeSahrawi Republic, inozivikanwa neanopfuura makumi masere eUN States, kuvepo kwayo Moroko kwakaramba uye kurwa nechero nzira . Rabat akazivisa kuti nenzira iyi "Washington inoziva hutongi hweMoroccan pamusoro peWestern Sahara"Uye inokumbira Algeria neSpain kuti vasiye"ruvengo rwavo kunzvimbo yakatendeka yeMorocco“. Spain, iyo yakapomerwa neMorocco yekutsigira Polisario (Western Sahara Liberation Front), haisi kutora chikamu muAfrican Shumba gore rino. Washington yakasimbisazve rutsigiro ruzere kuMorocco, ichiti "mukuru asiri weNATO mubatsiri uye mudiwa weUnited States".
Kuitwa kweAfrica kunoitika gore rino kekutanga mukati mehurongwa hwechimiro chitsva cheUS Command. Kwekupedzisira Mbudzi, Mauto eU.S. Europe neUS Army Africa vakabatanidzwa kuita rairo imwechete: Mauto eU.S. Europe neAfrica. General Chris Cavoli, anozvitungamira, akatsanangura chikonzero chechisarudzo ichi:Nyaya dzekuchengetedza matunhu eEurope neAfrica dzakabatana zvisingaite uye dzinogona kukurumidza kupararira kubva kune imwe nharaunda kuenda kune imwe kana dzikasamiswa.. ” Saka danho remauto eUS rekubatanidza European Command neAfrican Command, kuitira kutizvine simba fambisa mauto kubva kune imwe theatre kuenda kune imwe, kubva kune imwe kondinendi kuenda kune imwe, kugadzirisa edu ematunhu zviitiko zvekupindura nguva".
Muchirevo ichi, African Shumba 21 yakabatanidzwa neDefender-Europe 21, iyo inoshandisa makumi maviri nemasere evarwi uye dzinopfuura zviuru zviviri zvemotokari dzinorema. Icho chaicho chingori chakateedzana chemauto akabatanidzwa ehondo ari kuitika kubva kuchamhembe kweEurope kuenda kuWest Africa, akarongwa uye akarairwa neUS Army Europe ne Africa. Chinangwa chepamutemo kupokana nezvisina kutaurwa “Chiitiko chakaipa kuNorth Africa neSouthern Europe uye kudzivirira iyo theatre kubva kumuvengi wemauto", Zvine chirevo chakajeka kuRussia neChina.
Italy inotora chikamu muAfrican Shumba 21, pamwe neDefender-Europe 21, kwete chete nemauto ayo asi sedanho rekugadzirisa. Chiitwa mu Africa chinotungamirwa kubva kuVicenza neUS Army yeSouthern Europe Task Force uye mauto anotora chikamu anopihwa kuburikidza nePort yeLivorno nezvinhu zvehondo zvinobva kuCamp Darby, iyo yakavakidzana US Army logistics base. Kupinda muAfrican Shumba 21 chikamu chekuwedzera kuzvipira kwemauto kuItaly muAfrica.
Basa iri muNiger rinomiririra, zvakatemwa "sechikamu chekubatana kweEuropean neUS kuyedza kudzikamisa nzvimbo uye kurwisa kutengeswa zvisiri pamutemo nekutyisidzirwa kwechengetedzo", Chaizvoizvo kutonga kweimwe yenzvimbo dzakapfuma kwazvo muzvinhu zvine hungwaru zvigadzirwa (oiri, uranium, coltan, nevamwe) zvinoshandiswa nemaUS neEuropean multinationals, ane oligopoly iri panjodzi nekuvapo kwehupfumi hweChinese nezvimwe zvinhu.
Nekudaro iko kunoitika kune yechinyakare zano rekolonial: kuvimbisa zvaunofarira nemauto ehondo, kusanganisira rutsigiro rwevakuru veko vanoisa simba ravo kumauto avo akaseri kweshure kweutsi hwevanopokana nemauto e jihadist. Muchokwadi, kupindira kwemauto kunowedzera mamiriro ehupenyu hwevanhu, kusimbisa nzira dzekushusha uye kudzora, nemhedzisiro yekumanikidza kutama uye nenjodzi dzinotevera dzevanhu kuwedzera.
