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IMF warned they will punish Botswana if they take control of their resources like the AES:The IMF and World Bank were never created to help Africa. They were engineered to chain Africa, to discipline Africa and to keep Africa permanently weak, obedient and open for Western extraction.
When Botswana dares to dream of owning its own diamonds, the IMF suddenly becomes "concerned."
Concerned that Africans might control their own wealth. Concerned that Africans might break free from debt slavery. Concerned that Africa might finally stop begging and start deciding.
Anglo American is selling its 85% stake in De Beers and Botswana wants to move from 15% to majority ownership. This is economic self-defense. And immediately, like a colonial ghost rising from the grave, the IMF appears with warnings, threats dressed as advice, and fear wrapped in economics.
Don’t increase your stake.
Your fiscal situation is weak.
You depend too much on diamonds.
Translation.....
Stay poor. Stay dependent. Stay obedient.
The IMF does not fear Botswana’s economy collapsing.
The IMF fears Botswana no longer needing the IMF.
Because once a country owns its resources, debt becomes optional. Once a country controls its wealth, foreign supervision becomes irrelevant. Once a country stands firm, the IMF loses power.
The IMF is not a financial institution. It is a disciplinary tool of Western imperialism. A polite enforcer of poverty.
A spreadsheet version of colonialism. A debt plantation where African nations work endlessly and never own the harvest.
Africa does not need the IMF. Africa needs resource sovereignty, economic courage, leaders who are not scared of Western disapproval.
Botswana, own your diamonds. Own your land. Own your destiny. Duma Gideon Boko, all eyes are on you. Stand firm, son of the soil. Do not bow. Do not blink. Do not be intimidated by institutions that fear African independence more than African poverty.
If owning your resources means offending the IMF, then offend them loudly.
Africa was not born to beg. Africa was robbed. And it is time to take everything back.