Current Affairs Africa

[Spadge Vernacular]

Coup season in Africa at present. There are link s to Russia interference but these are outside of Ukraine. Former French colonies being heavily targetted

NIGER July 2023

BURKINA FASO January 2022

GUINEA September 2021

CHAD April 2021

MALI August 2020


Happening now in GABON

Gabon coup updates: General Nguema named interim leader

Soldiers announce on television they have seized power and cancelled result of election won by President Ali Bongo.

www.aljazeera.com

An overview of regional instability.

https://www.chathamhouse.org/2023/08/niger-coup-underlines-challenge-democracy-across-west-africa

Incredibly sad but part of a much wider geopolitical battle.

 

[Yarrgh]

Coup season in Africa at present. There are link s to Russia interference but these are outside of Ukraine. Former French colonies being heavily targetted

NIGER July 2023

BURKINA FASO January 2022

GUINEA September 2021

CHAD April 2021

MALI August 2020


Happening now in GABON

Gabon coup updates: General Nguema named interim leader

Soldiers announce on television they have seized power and cancelled result of election won by President Ali Bongo.

www.aljazeera.com

An overview of regional instability.

https://www.chathamhouse.org/2023/08/niger-coup-underlines-challenge-democracy-across-west-africa

Incredibly sad but part of a much wider geopolitical battle.

Add to that China buying its way in and historic grievances to western European/ US colonialism / slave trade means a very difficult continent to navigate diplomatically.

Having spent a lot of my childhood in East Africa, I hope they can overcome tribalism, corruption and other localised problems to unleash their potential. Equality in trade arrangements and investment into infrastructure and education will reap huge benefits.

 

[BornBlue76]

Almost impossible to take over via an election in Africa… so coup is the norm.. some people very sad that no change in Zimbabwe recent election like they would ever give up power!

 

[stipe]

France never really abandoned their former colonies, their troops are stationed in those countries, dictators often on their payroll. Not to mention apparently they control them financially through common Franc currency and all gold reserves are kept in France.

Wasn't there a rumor that French (Sarkozy) were so vocal in removing Gaddafi because he wanted to introduce new currency in Africa and remove French Franc? I think Sarkozy is now in prison cause of his Libya shenanigans.

Russians/Chinese are are almost certainly supporting this coups behind the scenes, but i don't think it was to hard to convince them to act, anti-French/anti-European feelings are present all over continent.

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

There needs to be microscopic attention to where our foreign aid goes and what it is used for.

That money needs to work for us to be blunt.

No country who's political stance is at odds to the West and in favour of Russia should be receiving aid without question.

Our money should be invested and political currency bought.

While so many tax paying citizens are suffering at home I want to see results and tangible benefits from foreign aid, not just apologetic handouts.

The West have absolutely been sleeping while China and Russia commit silent imperialism. We needed to invest in Africa a long time ago, hopefully people are waking up.

At the moment I don't think many people care about foreign aid being cut because they are too concerned about how they are going to survive themselves. Show people the benefits and maybe public opinion will shift.

 

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[Billy Dean]

France never really abandoned their former colonies, their troops are stationed in those countries, dictators often on their payroll. Not to mention apparently they control them financially through common Franc currency and all gold reserves are kept in France.

Wasn't there a rumor that French (Sarkozy) were so vocal in removing Gaddafi because he wanted to introduce new currency in Africa and remove French Franc? I think Sarkozy is now in prison cause of his Libya shenanigans.

Russians/Chinese are are almost certainly supporting this coups behind the scenes, but i don't think it was to hard to convince them to act, anti-French/anti-European feelings are present all over continent.

Yes I remember reading that

 

[verreauxi]

Quite worried about the upcoming elections in Madagascar (former French colony). They are to occur in October between the sitting president (crook and led the coup in 2009) and former president (at least he's the front runner) who was deposed in 2009 by current president. Lots of rumors of foreign meddling by the Chinese and French.

 

[Blue 1]

The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.

If those lyrics are correct then I've been wrongly singing "rises like an empress" for over 30yrs.

 

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[Spadge Vernacular]

Wagner backed Sudanese islamist militia Janjaweed, has just killed a thousand odd people. Women and children mudered but reports suggest also taken as jihad sex slaves.







300,000 dead, millions displaced and homeless.

The RSF are out to finish the genocide in Darfur they began as the Janjaweed. We cannot stand by | Kate Ferguson

Peace between Hemedti’s RSF and Sudan’s army will not end war crimes. As UN security council president, Britain must act

www.theguardian.com

Ethnic Cleansing Has Returned to Darfur. Is Genocide Next? - UN Dispatch

In 2003 a militia drawn from ethnic Arab tribes in Darfur known as the Janjaweed partnered with the government of Sudan in a genocidal campaign against non-Arab tribes in the region. An estimated 300,000 people were killed in the 2003-2004 Darfur genocide. The Janjaweed have since rebranded as...

undispatch.com

How Arab fighters carried out a rolling ethnic massacre in Sudan

In West Darfur, the ethnic-African Masalit faced weeks of targeted attacks by the RSF and Arab militias. At least 1,000 bodies were buried in Al Ghabat cemetery

www.reuters.com

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

I expect it'll be busy in here now once people understand what is happening.

 

[Tramps_mate]

France never really abandoned their former colonies, their troops are stationed in those countries, dictators often on their payroll. Not to mention apparently they control them financially through common Franc currency and all gold reserves are kept in France.

Wasn't there a rumor that French (Sarkozy) were so vocal in removing Gaddafi because he wanted to introduce new currency in Africa and remove French Franc? I think Sarkozy is now in prison cause of his Libya shenanigans.

Russians/Chinese are are almost certainly supporting this coups behind the scenes, but i don't think it was to hard to convince them to act, anti-French/anti-European feelings are present all over continent.

He wanted the African Gold Dinar to replace US Dollar as currency of oil!

Ended up dead...

 

[COYBL25]

I expect it'll be busy in here now once people understand what is happening.

It’ll be Sir Keir, Ukranian corruption and Nathan Patterson that’s to blame.