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>> In #Sahel States #Mali, #Niger, & #BurkinaFaso, and most recently #Chad, #Putin is on collision course with #France & #EU….
via @SANKOFAB >> Since Burkina Faso gained independence in 1960, the country never had any gold reserves despite being the 3rd biggest site for gold exploration in #Africa and 4th biggest gold producer in Africa, all its gold was taken to mostly France.
Now all the gold will go to #Russia
>> In #Sahel States #Mali, #Niger, & #BurkinaFaso, and most recently #Chad, #Putin is on collision course with #France & #EU [Also forced #US troop withdrawals from bases in Niger & Chad
https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/112673674478766247]
Russia is now accusing #Ukraine (of all countries) of escalating tensions on the African continent, claiming that Kyiv’s alleged support for militant groups in Mali and Niger constitutes a “second front” in the ongoing conflict with Moscow
⬆️ #US faces a critical inflection point in #Africa,…
Mastodon >> In #Sahel States #Mali, #Niger, & #BurkinaFaso, & most recently #Chad, #Putin is on collision course with #France & #EU [Also forced #US troop withdrawals from bases in Niger & Chad
https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/112673674478766247]
France’s military is being ousted from more African countries as two of its closest allies struck a double blow.
Chad announced it was ending defense cooperation to redefine its sovereignty.
#Senegal said that French soldiers wouldn’t be on Senegalese soil.
⬆️ #US faces a critical inflection point in #Africa,…
Mastodon"Never in modern history have so many people faced starvation and famine as in Sudan today,” said the group of about a dozen independent experts. “The world must pay attention to the largest modern famine taking shape in Sudan today.”
#Sudan #Starvation #Hunger #Chad #Africa
Despair in Chad camps as violence and hunger in Sudan drive 25,000 across border in a week | Global development | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/oct/21/despair-chad-camps-refugees-flee-sudan
Warning of ‘lost generation’ in Adré and Farchana camps…
The Guardian @hanse_mina
big mess is brewing
>>#Russia…transferring military…to #Libya
Russia’s been trying to cut a wide swath across #Africa from #Mauritania to #Eritrea and everything in between
In #Sahel States #Mali, #Niger, & #BurkinaFaso, & most recently #Chad, #Putin is on collision course with #France & #EU
Niger recently suspended military cooperation with #US after moving away from France & EU last year
Almost all of #Africa from #Algeria to #SouthAfrica are also in for Putin
"Beware the Ides of March"
On this day, March 15th 4BC in Rome, a group of senators, including Brutus and Cassius, assassinated Julius Caesar by stabbing him 23 times.
His Praetorian Guard buddies were key to it all of course.
The assassination marked the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire.
A long-gestated #introduction
Hi there! I'm Richard Martin-Nielsen :wave:
I am a #Canadian, living in #Vilnius, #Lithuania
I studied #chemistry @uoft but have worked as a #diplomat for 20+ years. (See next toot for the #disclaimer)
I have lived and/or worked in the #UnitedKingdom #USA #Canada #Cameroon #Denmark #Belgium #Hungary and worked in #Chad #Slovenia #BosniaAndHerzegovina, and occasionally in #Latvia and #Estonia