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Because we destabilise them so they do not develop to powerful societies, that won't do cheap labour for us anymore.
Pretty much what France is doing with the old colonies
I think it's mostly natural resources, there is still a huge amount of natural resources in Africa exploited by western companies.
In the mind of the coloniser, cheap labour is a natural resource, and both must be exploited fully