As we meet in Nairobi, the flames of a world war ignited by imperialism are sweeping across West Asia. In February 2026, US imperialism and its Israeli Zionist proxies attacked Iran, escalating a regional war into an all-out conflict. The Iran war and the broader West Asian war are fueling wars in other regions, moving the world toward a full-scale escalation of the Third World War that could bring unprecedented disaster to humanity.
Until recently, the imperialists have preferred to use Zionist fascists as their main instruments of aggression in West Asia, but they have now reached a dangerous stage of directly engaging in an all-out war. The desperate war drive of monopoly capitalism, undertaken in an attempt to escape its worst-ever political and economic crisis, is only deepening its contradictions and hastening its ultimate downfall. It is no coincidence that, all over the world, movements for anti-imperialist and anti-fascist struggle are rapidly growing.
The peoples of Africa, who have long waged courageous struggles to liberate themselves from imperialist oppression, have in recent years achieved notable victories, particularly in the Sahel region, and advanced forcefully toward people-centered societies. Having been driven out in humiliation from the Sahel, the imperialist beast is roaming across Africa in search of new prey. The “Africa–France Summit (Africa Forward)” being held in Nairobi, Kenya in May 2026 is nothing more than a last-ditch attempt by a decaying imperialism to retain its grip over the continent’s vast riches and tremendous labour-power.
Together with the ongoing “Lobito Corridor” project, this summit represents a typical maneuver and cunning scheme of imperialism aimed at blocking the anti-imperialist revolutionary influence of both South Africa—one of the founding members of BRICS—and the newly emerging liberated regions of the Sahel. However, for the African people who are fighting under the banner of militant Pan-Africanism and anti-imperialist internationalism, such barriers are of no consequence. The giant of the continent is now rising like a mountain, shattering the chains of slavery imposed by imperialism and fascism as it does so.
The unity of the anti-imperialist camp and the division of the imperialist camp are defining features of the present era. The Iran war has further intensified this trend, which can also be observed here in Kenya and across the African continent.
Today, contradictions between US imperialism and French imperialists over Kenya are sharpening. The anachronistic struggle for hegemony between US imperialism—seeking to establish new military footholds in East Africa as part of its “Indo-Pacific Strategy”—and French imperialism—attempting to implement an African “neocolonialism 2.0” after being driven out of the Sahel—is powerfully awakening the Kenyan people, who are the true masters of this land. At the same time, public anger toward the puppet regime in Nairobi that enforces imperialist policies on the ground is erupting like a volcano.
Imperialism and its local stooges are attempting to evade their African crisis by deceiving the people with reformist inducements. At the same time, they are working hard to crush resistance by carrying out the ruthless fascist repression of the vanguard political organization of the Kenyan people, the CPMK. But history has shown that, with class-conscious leadership, reformist deceptions can ultimately be used to dispel the people’s illusions, while fascist repression only tempers and strengthens them for the next phase of their liberation struggle. The global anti-imperialist movement is paying close attention to the heroic struggle of the Kenyan people, and is further strengthening the bonds of international solidarity with their vanguard organization.
The World Anti-imperialist Platform, a solid coalition of more than 130 anti-imperialist political organizations worldwide, is taking the Africa–France Summit—the latest act of imperialist aggression against the African continent—as an opportunity to deepen and develop its anti-imperialist and anti-fascist solidarity with the Kenyan and other peoples of Africa.
As we are now witnessing, the imperialists are incapable of achieving a real victory on any battlefield where the opposition to their domination is determined. A people united against imperialism will never be defeated. Workers and peoples of all countries are increasingly uniting against imperialism. We must learn to coordinate our efforts so that the Third Word War is transformed into a historic turning point in which we ensure the ultimate downfall of the bloodthirsty imperialist system.
Although the imperialist forces targeting Africa may differ amongst themselves, the African people resisting them are as one. The fate of Kenya will be decided by the Kenyan people, and the fate of Africa by the African people. In Kenyan and across Africa, the masses are bound to emerge as the final victors in their just struggle to defeat imperialism and fascism and to build a new society centered on the people.
One Africa, One People, One Destiny!
Workers and peoples of the world, unite!
End Zionism and fascism!
Down with imperialism!
Victory to the resistance!
May 9, Nairobi, Kenya
World Anti-imperialist Platform