France’s fiasco on the African continent continues. Now Paris has received a blow from where it could hardly have expected it – from Senegal, the West African country most closely associated with France.
New President of Senegal: It’s time for France to leave, we need to reconsider all agreements with Paris
Feb 21 (Reuters) – Russia’s agriculture minister said late on Tuesday that Moscow had completed its initiative of shipping 200,000 metric tonnes of free grain to six African countries, as promised by President Vladimir Putin in July.
Russia Sends Free Grain to Six African Countries
No coercive diplomacy? Color me surprised! /s
ECOWAS in the larger context of Africa’s historic interactions with China, France, USA, UK and Russia
ECOWAS : A PRIMER
The Wagner Group are mercenaries but Bancroft is a private military company! 🙄
Private American military company in discussions with the Central African Republic
“As part of the reconstruction of the national army (…), we called on partners including the Russian Federation, Angola, Morocco, Guinea (…) who are helping us to train our soldiers,” he added. “The United States is also offering to the Central African Republic to train its soldiers, both on Central African soil and on American soil. ”
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According to the French daily Le Monde , Washington offered the CAR a security agreement at the end of 2022 for President Touadéra in exchange for distancing itself from Wagner. Neither Washington nor Bangui have confirmed.
Did you know many African countries continue to pay colonial tax to France since their independence till today!
14 African Countries Forced By France To Pay Colonial Tax For The Benefits Of Slavery And Colonization
Nguema heads the Gabonese Presidency’s Republican Guard, the country’s most powerful security unit.
Who is Brice Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s interim leader?
H/T: Liu Sivaya.
Previously:
Army officers say they have taken control from President Ali Bongo after he was declared election winner
Military leaders seize power in oil-rich Gabon
Video via TheRedPillDiaries
Related:
Situation in Gabon, West Africa a Big Issue for Europe – EU’s Borrell
See this video, by Zack Mwekassa, regarding former Gabon President Bongo.
On August 23, the billionaire Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a crash of his private jet under unexplained circumstances. The crash also killed a significant section of the senior leadership of the Wagner Group, the Russian private military contractor which Prigozhin headed, including its military commander, Dmitry Utkin.
The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin and US war propaganda
Related:
Alexander Vindman: Prigozhin’s Death Could Speed Peace in Ukraine
Behind Enemy Lines, Ukrainians Tell Russians ‘You Are Never Safe’
For over 10 years, millions of emails associated with the US military have been getting sent to Mali, a West African country allied with Russia, due to a typo, according to a report from the Financial Times. Instead of appending the military’s .MIL domain to their recipient’s email address, people frequently type .ML, the country identifier for Mali, by mistake.
‘Millions’ of sensitive US military emails were reportedly sent to Mali due to a typo
American officials determined as early as January there was an internal power struggle underway between the private military group Wagner and the Russian government, and have been gathering and closely ‘monitoring’ intelligence on the volatile dynamic ever since, according to officials.
US has closely ‘monitored’ power struggle between Prigozhin and Russian government for months
Related:
US to delay Wagner sanctions for fear of siding with Putin: WSJ
Cameron Hudson, a former chief of staff to the US special envoy for Sudan, stated that Washington had a strategy to “target, isolate, and weaken Wagner’s growth in Africa,” adding that by maintaining that approach, Washington is now potentially assisting Putin.
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