It seems that there is a wind Blowing across the continent of Africa as there has been a recent shift in interest and international diplomacy across the continent it may not be as plan but African have started taking their destinies into their hands there has been about seven military coup in the last three years in the continent and the latest is coming from Ivory cost though no official statement has been made but the military has taken over the streets of the country.
Even though most people do not fancy a military government but with the way the civilians African governments has sold Africa and turned the continent into a begging place where foreign interest is what is protected not African interest the only way out of this mess that the civilians has put Africa is through military intervention we can see what much celebrated captain traore is doing in Burkina feso
This is nothing new really, the tug of war and tribal style of politics has been manipulated by outside powers for decades, if not centuries. You don't have to look very hard to find the stories of the CIA running jobs that replace the people in power with someone more favourable to the USA - the same thing can be said for the UK, France, Netherlands, etc. There does seem to be a new wave of influence happening right now, driven as you say by the plentiful minerals in the continent, which is often Russian coups or Chinese payoffs. Often the only people who really benefit are a small elite at the top of the country that surround and are often related to the new leader. There have been complaints that Chinese gets these countries into worse debt and have been less generous about writing it off.