[Mideast + Africa] Getting rid of Bongo- but at what Brice?

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crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

https://twitter.com/PowerUSAID/status/1628429207763304448?s=20

what happened to the greyzone thread

# ¿ Feb 24, 2023 07:55

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 06:40

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

F Stop Fitzgerald posted:

lmao "yes the west committed unspeakable horrors in africa, i am not denying that, but the freaking chinese can't even fill a pothole!"

lol the chinese are loving up africa with their lovely roads, it's as bad as slavery

# ¿ Feb 26, 2023 02:34

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Atrocious Joe posted:

Don't worry, Zambia is apparently shifting away from borrowing money from China to pay for roads and other infrastructure projects. They are now borrowing money from the IMF to pay for day to day government operations.

https://thediplomat.com/2022/09/zambias-new-imf-deal-shifts-china-to-the-backseat/

The specific highway under discussion was going to be repaired with Chinese financing but the project was cancelled.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3187287/zambia-cancels-us16-billion-chinese-loans-and-halts

# ¿ Mar 1, 2023 05:43

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

lol there should be a flow chart with the different stages of US accusations

-unfair trade practises
-undemocratic
-authoritarian
-confident they are considering supplying weapons
-yellowcake stage
-war crimes
-genocide

# ¿ Mar 1, 2023 05:48

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Macron in Congo: "Since 1994 - it's not France's fault, sorry to be blunt - you weren't capable to restore sovereignty in your country. That's the truth and you must not go look for culprits outside your country for this."

https://twitter.com/vidtranslator/status/1632511107276640259?t=BC9mmAhRJYZFPpewrWE_-w&s=19

winning hearts and minds lol

# ¿ Mar 6, 2023 02:54

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

more moves from china in the middle east

crepeface posted:

https://syrianews.cc/china-demands-the-us-troops-withdrawal-from-syria/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=reddit&utm_source=news

china getting a lot more assertive.

also shows how coordinated they are and how incoherent US foreign policy is

peace position paper gets released -> xi jinping relected -> iran/KSA peace announced -> calls for US to GTFO of syria

# ¿ Mar 12, 2023 03:11

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

mawarannahr posted:

scroll & key sounds like some real nerd poo poo

lol yea, i can't think of a dorkier name

Quilt & Pen

# ¿ Mar 18, 2023 02:31

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

https://twitter.com/AZgeopolitics/status/1637895147278024705?s=20

Mantis42 posted:

Say the words: "Nobel Peace Prize Winner Xi Jinping"

# ¿ Mar 21, 2023 09:32

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

ModernMajorGeneral posted:

quote:
�A lot of Africans have woken up to realize how often in these large construction projects, infrastructure � they don�t employ Africans. They even ship in their own labor oftentimes,� Pham said.

So you'll fund large infrastructure projects that employ Africans right?

... right?

lol it's not even true. basically, they ship in chinese labour when there's a time limit on a project (like a president who wants a big project finished before relection). i think the other case was extremely early on, when there was a trained labour pool to work from.

(timestamped)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5uzxV8ub9k&t=3278s

# ¿ Mar 27, 2023 05:53

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Yadoppsi posted:

In an interview the former Minister for Public Works in Liberia claimed 83% of labor on Chinese infra projects was local. The exceptions were like you said, when there is a tight deadline or it was more common a decade ago when there was less of a local talent pool.

i posted it above. a good watch.

# ¿ Mar 29, 2023 04:04

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

uWu so wholesome

# ¿ Apr 4, 2023 10:17

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

https://twitter.com/Kanthan2030/status/1644437386234036224?t=LbjHurbkeO3oX1EzKgo64Q&s=19

# ¿ Apr 8, 2023 10:33

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

why is ethopia land locked?

what's the deal with Djibouti and Eritrea?

some kind of separatist movement/proto-colour revolution sponsored by the usual suspects?

am i stepping into a giant can of worms here?

# ¿ Apr 12, 2023 01:43

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

PawParole posted:

Eritrea fought a 30 year long war of independence under a Hoxaist party and ended up conquering Ethiopia and putting their (then) allies TPLF in power, Djibouti was a colony of France, which murdered its president when it tried to join Somalia and put a puppet in charge.

Basically here�s a map of core Ethiopia (then called Abyssinia). The red areas were colonized in the 1800�s, by the Habesha (or Abyssinian) Macro-ethnicity, using British and Russian guns. The conquered Oromo (officially called the racial slur Galla) were basically slaves until the 1970�s, and all languages that were not Amharic were banned.

PawParole posted:

Eritrea was handed over to Ethiopia against the will of the Eritrean people by the United States, which wanted access to Kagnew Radar station (which became obsolete 4 years later). Haile immediately tore up the constitution of Eritrea, banned the Tigre and Beher-Tigray languages and dismissed the Eritrean legislature.

thanks for the summary.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2023 07:41

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv3kexJoQZE

who must go?

# ¿ May 21, 2023 23:12

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

gradenko_2000 posted:

this is fantastic

he even uses a medical metaphor in the speech!

the lion of damascus is a healer as well as a statesman of great courage.

# ¿ May 22, 2023 11:57

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

i love when these bbc fucks get shut down

https://twitter.com/azania1023/status/1661456424986202124?s=20

# ¿ May 25, 2023 13:57

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

i love watching europeans getting told to gently caress off by the global south

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ48tzcJdaU

# ¿ Jun 25, 2023 12:29

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

PawParole posted:

https://twitter.com/sajid_nadeem78/status/1675528453255475200

This guy won like 50 different prizes for being a “liberal prisoner of conscience” and all his books and speeches are like “Oromos came from Madagascar and are related to lemurs”.

To be fair to him that was taught in Ethiopian schools until the 1970’s, they used a slur instead of oromo back then though.

know anything about the cause?

# ¿ Jul 3, 2023 01:48

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

okay, so he's some kind of ethno-nationalist with support from libs? how big is his movement?

# ¿ Jul 3, 2023 02:32

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

uh oh

https://twitter.com/VanessaBeeley/status/1677559183305068545?t=YGOHYn4SUpaJJYMIbc1qeQ&s=19

# ¿ Jul 8, 2023 12:24

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

you're not tricking me into bringing the curse upon myself by reciting the forbidden words!

# ¿ Jul 15, 2023 06:48

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Megamissen posted:

youd think jupiter would be great at keeping satellites

haha

# ¿ Jul 28, 2023 10:29

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Not So Fast posted:

can someone explain why Iran is seizing ships / the USA thinks this is a good time to harass them

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/20/us-navy-persian-gulf-war-iran-repeat/

I have vague memories of Greece helping the US seize some oil tankers last year, probably retaliation for that?

# ¿ Jul 28, 2023 10:31

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Atrocious Joe posted:

https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1685787484309917696?s=20

https://www.barrons.com/news/niger-military-intervention-would-be-declaration-of-war-on-burkina-faso-and-mali-joint-statement-d8285fae

quote:
The two also said they "refuse to apply" the "illegal, illegitimate and inhumane sanctions against the people and authorities of Niger".

# ¿ Aug 1, 2023 02:10

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

subtitled statements given by the leaders of by mali and burkina faso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOqKEgh1tjE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8J5mK7JKMY

# ¿ Aug 4, 2023 07:24

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/TheGrayzoneNews/status/1687991789926359040

man, the US really is the nexus for every scumbag in power

# ¿ Aug 6, 2023 15:15

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Votskomit posted:

Tiktok recently appointed some ex military, ex NSA and ex CIA people to help keep their platform safe from

lots of NATO guys too

https://twitter.com/MintPressNews/status/1640712011398119424?s=20

quote:

Since 2020, there has been a wave of former spooks, spies and mandarins appointed to influential positions within TikTok, particularly around content and policy � some of whom, on paper at least, appear unqualified for such roles.

For example, while simultaneously being the Content Policy Lead for TikTok Canada, Alexander Corbeil is also the vice president of the NATO Association of Canada, a NATO-funded organization chaired by former Canadian Minister of Defense David Collenette. In order to join TikTok, Corbeil left his job at the SecDev Foundation, a U.S. State Department-funded security think tank. Corbeil�s work focused on Middle Eastern security and in particular on the war in Syria and what NATO�s role should be.

Another NATO-linked new recruit is Ayse Ko�ak, a Global Product Policy manager at the company. Before joining TikTok last year, she spent three years at NATO. Like Corbeil, Ko�ak had special expertise in Middle Eastern politics, including a year�s tour in Iraq as the organization�s deputy senior civilian representative.

Foard Copeland, who works on TikTok�s trust and safety policy, is also an ex-NATO man. Copeland previously worked as a desk officer for NATO, as well as for the Department of Defense. Between 2011 and 2021, he also worked for U.S. contractor Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI), spending much of that time in Afghanistan. DAI has long been accused of being a CIA front group, perhaps with some justification. In 2009, for example, DAI agent Alan Gross was arrested in Cuba and sentenced to 15 years in prison for spying, espionage, and his part in efforts to destabilize the government.

Perhaps the most worrying NATO alumnus, from a public perspective, is new Feature Policy Manager Greg Andersen. According to his own LinkedIn profile, until 2019, Andersen worked on �psychological operations� for NATO.

# ¿ Aug 7, 2023 01:17

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

drat, imagine getting to tell the chief herald of the great Satan to gently caress off

# ¿ Aug 9, 2023 10:46

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Frosted Flake posted:

Didn't she just get a big promotion?

yeah, to chief herald.

# ¿ Aug 9, 2023 15:28

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Al-Saqr posted:

drat this sucks are we really gonna go back to the bad old days of cold war regional conflicts?

I'm really hoping ECOWAS will get too embarrassed about showing how tight the dog collar and leash are to actually do anything stupid

# ¿ Aug 10, 2023 11:03

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/10/west-african-leaders-activate-standby-force-to-put-pressure-on-junta-in-niger

quote:

After Tinubu spoke, an official communique was read out, which included a resolution asking the bloc’s defence officials to “activate the Ecowas standby force with all its elements immediately”.

Another resolution spoke of ordering “the deployment of the Ecowas standby force to restore constitutional order in the Republic of Niger”, immediately followed by another that spoke of restoring such order “through peaceful means”.

yeah, not really sure what's going on

# ¿ Aug 11, 2023 05:20

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

https://twitter.com/Africa_Archives/status/1685395470875873280?s=20

# ¿ Aug 11, 2023 08:00

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Atrocious Joe posted:

https://twitter.com/USEmbassyAddis/status/1689901220167610368?s=20

weird collection of countries for a joint statement on Ethiopia. Maybe this is still being viewed through the lens of relations with China by the west?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/world/africa/ethiopia-fighting-war.html

NYT article out today is decent. ENDF has recaptured some towns.

yeah it's really weird group of countries. i guess they view ethiopia is one of the few african places they feel like they can exert naval influence in?

# ¿ Aug 12, 2023 06:10

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Votskomit posted:

It's the Five Eyes Alliance but Japan is subbing for Canada.

i guess the UK are finished with subbing now that Truss is gone.

# ¿ Aug 12, 2023 09:20

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

https://twitter.com/Sprinter99800/status/1690432643911806978?s=20

Culture warriors can't conceive of anything outside of culture war terms, which is why they have to make up quotes like this.

it works for that section of people tho

# ¿ Aug 15, 2023 01:51

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Weka posted:

https://twitter.com/upholdreality/status/1691815555064304056

Nice!

# ¿ Aug 17, 2023 13:17

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

mawarannahr posted:

nationalism rocks so hard
Far-right party crafts Turkish flag with supporters' blood in unique stunt

# ¿ Aug 20, 2023 03:40

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

lol i posted that in the ukraine thread imagining the reaction of the gbs/d&d morons who hate read the thread see this quote from him:

quote:

I'll fight and challenge anyone who says China and Russia are imperialist powers in Africa.

# ¿ Aug 29, 2023 07:49

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 06:40

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/08/29/kztu-a29.html

quote:

The letter issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Niger appointed by the junta indicated �that the competent Nigerien authorities had decided to withdraw their approval from Mr. Sylvain ITTE and to ask him to leave Nigerien territory within forty-eight hours.�� The ministry said the decision to expel the ambassador was �in response to actions taken by the French government against Niger�s interests.�� This included the ambassador�s refusal to respond to an invitation to meet with Niger�s new foreign minister.

An ultimatum against the French ambassador was quickly rejected by the French Foreign Ministry in Paris which has repeatedly stated that he does not recognize the authority of the Nigerien junta. �The putschists do not have the authority to make this request, the ambassador�s approval coming only from the legitimate elected Nigerien authorities,� the French government said.

well, great.

# ¿ Aug 29, 2023 09:46

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