African Dictatorship MAGATHREAD!

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Sheng-Ji Yang: Mar 5, 2014

get that OUT of my face posted:

Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea is the longest-standing African dictator, even longer than Mugabe. his opponents say he's a cannibal

had a friend who was offered 700k a year to be a head mechanic for his personal car collection

# ? Jan 19, 2017 10:26

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Pener Kropoopkin: Jan 30, 2013

For that kind of money I'd offer a toe if he was feeling peckish.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 10:28

Sheng-Ji Yang: Mar 5, 2014

also fuckin rip Yahya

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gambia-politics-idUSKBN15305Q

quote:

West African troops were poised to intervene in Gambia on Thursday after President Yahya Jammeh's mandate expired and overnight talks to convince him to stand down failed.

Senegal has deployed hundreds of soldiers to its shared border with Gambia and Nigeria has pre-positioned war planes and helicopters after regional bloc ECOWAS said it would remove Jammeh if he did not hand over power to challenger Adama Barrow, who won an election in early December.

Gambia's capital, Banjul, was quiet overnight and on Thursday morning as military helicopters flew overhead and police trucks patrolled largely empty streets.

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz led last ditch talks with Jammeh in Banjul on Wednesday before meeting Senegal's President Macky Sall and Barrow in Dakar overnight.

It was unclear what Jammeh's next move would be. The veteran leader faces almost total diplomatic isolation and a government that has all but collapsed from defections. Both ECOWAS and the African Union have said they will recognise Barrow as president from Thursday.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 11:14

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

The Mauritanian president won power in a coup the year after slavery became illegal there although its not actually enforced

# ? Jan 19, 2017 11:19

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Baloogan posted:

um
he looks exactly like james earl jones

well i can assure you that this ia a very real dictator and his name is King Jaffe Joffer of Zamunda

# ? Jan 19, 2017 17:38

Dapper_Swindler: Feb 14, 2012; Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

consumed by normies posted:

also fuckin rip Yahya

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gambia-politics-idUSKBN15305Q

how many wars are going on in africa outside of libya and syria and boko haram?

EDIT: christ. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts

# ? Jan 19, 2017 17:57

Toplowtech: Aug 31, 2004

Dapper_Swindler posted:

how many wars are going on in africa outside of libya and syria and boko haram?

EDIT: christ. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts

Cabinda is still getting hosed over by Angola, i see. I kinda hope they would loving manage to secede with 80% of Angola offshore petrol and be done with being consistently raped by their own countrymen but :effort:

also the other congolese nation around would try to gently caress them worse.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 18:09

Dapper_Swindler: Feb 14, 2012; Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

Toplowtech posted:

Cabinda is still getting hosed over by Angola, i see. I kinda hope they would loving manage to secede with 80% of Angola offshore petrol and be done with being consistently raped by their own countrymen but also the other congolese nation around would try to gently caress them worse.

god why is Africa such a war zone. i mean i know a lot of it has to do with imperialism and pitting tribes/ethnic groups against each other and alot of the dictators took over in either revolution or placed there by west or east.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 18:15

Dapper_Swindler: Feb 14, 2012; Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/gambia-president-adama-barrow-takes-oath-senegal-170119170745954.html

new guy is president. old guy isnt stepping down.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 18:24

Darkman Fanpage: Jul 4, 2012

i support the lion jammaeh

# ? Jan 19, 2017 18:26

Peel: Dec 3, 2007

Darkman Fanpage posted:

i support the lion jammaeh

foreign armies install a property developer as president after a vote accused of major irregularites? say it with me now...

C I A

# ? Jan 19, 2017 18:45

frankenfreak: Feb 16, 2007; I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade

Peel posted:

foreign armies install a property developer as president after a vote accused of major irregularites? say it with me now...

C I A

F S B

# ? Jan 19, 2017 18:47

Peel: Dec 3, 2007

frankenfreak posted:

F S B

# ? Jan 19, 2017 18:48

Toplowtech: Aug 31, 2004

Dapper_Swindler posted:

god why is Africa such a war zone. i mean i know a lot of it has to do with imperialism and pitting tribes/ethnic groups against each other and alot of the dictators took over in either revolution or placed there by west or east.

France, Zaire(democratic rep of congo), Belgium, the World League for Freedom and Democracy (formerly known as the world anti communist league, an offshoot of Taiwan anti communist league), and (allegedly) China support (or supported at some point) the many independence movements (including the communist one) because oil&corporatism work better with a smaller state and also a healthy dose of "gently caress the Portugese-speaking Angolan mass rapists". Nothing serious will happen as long as Angola is stable (and they did manage to get their their debt reduction and without spending like crazy again so it may take decades before they run out of money, also oil). My money on Kabila and Congo being tired of Angola troops going through his land to gently caress with the Cabinda exclave/enclave and wanting some safe oil source at some point Edit: Angola oil's revenue is around 64 billion yearly. Half of it always kinda get lost in the obscurity of Angola's "budget".

Toplowtech has issued a correction as of 19:39 on Jan 19, 2017

# ? Jan 19, 2017 19:11

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Jammeh has been given a midday deadline to gently caress off or troops move in

# ? Jan 20, 2017 12:10

jBrereton: May 30, 2013; Grimey Drawer

Dapper_Swindler posted:

god why is Africa such a war zone. i mean i know a lot of it has to do with imperialism and pitting tribes/ethnic groups against each other and alot of the dictators took over in either revolution or placed there by west or east.

Sometimes a place just has lots of wars for a bit!

At times it has been Europe, sometimes the Middle East, the colonization of the American continent was a long rear end string of wars really, and Asia is the home of the highest bodycount from wars in collected history.

You could also paint that image of wikipedia differently, like all of Europe and the USA with at least the yellow brush and in places darker shades since plenty of em are dying in NATO/non-NATO anti-ISIS/Afghan stuff atm.

# ? Jan 20, 2017 12:31

Lawman 0: Aug 17, 2010

jBrereton posted:

Sometimes a place just has lots of wars for a bit!

At times it has been Europe, sometimes the Middle East, the colonization of the American continent was a long rear end string of wars really, and Asia is the home of the highest bodycount from wars in collected history.

You could also paint that image of wikipedia differently, like all of Europe and the USA with at least the yellow brush and in places darker shades since plenty of em are dying in NATO/non-NATO anti-ISIS/Afghan stuff atm.

pretty sure this was attempted once

# ? Jan 20, 2017 12:40

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

trunko what is the beer like in senegal?

# ? Jan 20, 2017 12:45

Sheng-Ji Yang: Mar 5, 2014

i bet Jammeh is really regretting not rigging that poo poo better

# ? Jan 20, 2017 12:49

Peel: Dec 3, 2007

just an incredibly embarrassing way to go really

# ? Jan 20, 2017 13:11

Darkman Fanpage: Jul 4, 2012

over under on suicide in the presidential residence?

# ? Jan 20, 2017 13:18

Michael Bayleaf: Jun 4, 2006; Tortured By Flan

there comes a point where you just need to give up and restart the game

# ? Jan 20, 2017 14:21

Peel: Dec 3, 2007

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/gambia-yahya-jammeh-final-deadline-step-170120044922953.html

jammeh is like 'cmon just five more minutes'

# ? Jan 20, 2017 18:27

Toplowtech: Aug 31, 2004

Darkman Fanpage posted:

over under on suicide in the presidential residence?

Billionaire exile in a villa in France/Switzerland is more likely.

# ? Jan 20, 2017 18:29

jBrereton: May 30, 2013; Grimey Drawer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38699119

He went this very minute!

# ? Jan 20, 2017 21:25

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Cool and good

# ? Jan 20, 2017 21:33

frankenfreak: Feb 16, 2007; I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade

jBrereton posted:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38699119

He went this very minute!

I like the link to the article/video explaining why it's The Gambia.

# ? Jan 20, 2017 22:12

frankenfreak: Feb 16, 2007; I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade

It's seriously "we don't want to get confused for Zambia".

# ? Jan 20, 2017 22:20

Victory Position: Mar 16, 2004

frankenfreak posted:

It's seriously "we don't want to get confused for Zambia".

why thank you for letting us know, BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38675804

# ? Jan 20, 2017 22:24

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

frankenfreak posted:

It's seriously "we don't want to get confused for Zambia".

lmao

i hope everyone is enjoying the african cup of nations and the quality of the football

# ? Jan 20, 2017 22:33

get that OUT of my face: Feb 10, 2007

i don't think there are any american channels that show the Cup of Nations

consumed by normies posted:

had a friend who was offered 700k a year to be a head mechanic for his personal car collection

sounds like a sweet gig

# ? Jan 21, 2017 10:25

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

he gone

# ? Jan 21, 2017 23:12

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

i googled to see how things are going under the new president and he's made the working week now include friday. hosed up imo

# ? Feb 4, 2017 09:50

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Jose posted:

i googled to see how things are going under the new president and he's made the working week now include friday. hosed up imo

without a doubt!
however, since when has political leadership in any nation gone against that country's business interests?
it's how the cookie crumbles, and how the sausage is made, friend,
with plenty of mistakes, and quite enough hubris to discourage the common citizen

# ? Feb 4, 2017 10:40

get that OUT of my face: Feb 10, 2007

Jose posted:

i googled to see how things are going under the new president and he's made the working week now include friday. hosed up imo

if things are so bad politically in your country that you rely on a landlord to make things better, then you deserve what you get. and yes i'm including my own country here

# ? Feb 4, 2017 19:12

Corek: May 11, 2013; by R. Guyovich

frankenfreak posted:

It's seriously "we don't want to get confused for Zambia".

Didn't stop the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Or Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and Equatorial Guinea.

# ? Feb 5, 2017 03:08

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Dr. Congo best congo

# ? Feb 6, 2017 10:42

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If I wanted to become an African Dictator how would I go about it?

# ? Feb 6, 2017 11:07

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

Gridlocked posted:

If I wanted to become an African Dictator how would I go about it?

you just need your own mercenary army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Denard

# ? Feb 6, 2017 11:52

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# ? May 3, 2024 15:13

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

you don't even lose your title if you're british and fail in a coup

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Thatcher#2004_Equatorial_Guinea_coup_d.27.C3.A9tat_attempt

# ? Feb 6, 2017 11:58

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