• nick@campfyre.nickwebster.dev
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    1 year ago

    Wow another coup in francophone Africa. I wonder if the regional democratic powers not intervening in Niger encouraged this.

      • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        Did you read the article? This is the eighth coup in a French colonized African country in the last three years. There is a trend building.

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          https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrique_francophone

          Surely has nothing to do with the fact that the majority of Africa is francophone…

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coups_and_coup_attempts_since_2010

          Just look at the number of coup and coup attempts in Africa since 2010…

          There’s a whole lot of corruption in African governments no matter the language people speak, that’s why the continent is politically unstable in general.

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            1 year ago

            Do you have experience in this area, or are you just drawing conclusions?

            The New York Times has a pretty solid article that explains that there has been growing anti-French sentiment in the region that has been getting worse for several years now, and it isn’t just a coincidence. Specific moves and policies by the French have angered some of their former colonies, and now the chickens are coming home to roost.

            https://archive.is/hA3ak

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              1 year ago

              their new partners, Russian mercenaries

              A certain leaderless Russian PMC seems to be moving in where the French withdraw. I wonder what effects the chaos in Wagner will have on stability in Africa.

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    1 year ago

    What a roller coaster of a story if you read up about it. Jazz? Freemasons? Lionel Messi (ok he just does the story equivalent of a cameo but still)?