You made a point, but imo, I think African countries needs to chase after development and self improvement, rather than chasing after nuclear weapon production. Mind you, the said Burkina Faso that you mentioned is also an African country, but guess why they have almost succeed in resisting external influence especially from France?, that's because majority of the people seek after a change, and the citizens are literally happy with the current government even though it is a military rule.

I have heard of so many conspiracy, because of course, we should expect the greedy ones to snitch on what the people of Burkina Faso deem to be freedom. So, I'm of the opinion that African countries should focus more on their own development, and most especially minding their business as far as conflict is concerned. The too many external influence is eating up so many of them. Allowing external bodies to come extract their resources for what the supposed leaders deemed to be well negotiated... What a shame.