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Russia's African footprint grows with Lavrov trip to Mali

Amid Russia's isolation, its friendship with Mali blossoms, but has it stopped jihadist violence?
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"Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has promised continued military support for Mali, which has been battling a jihadist insurgency since 2012. Last year, Mali turned its back on former colonial power France favouring help from Russia instead."

"Mali's military government has batted away criticism of this shift to Russia. 'We will no longer justify our choice of partner. Russia is here on demand by Mali and responds efficiently to our strategic needs,' Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said during a joint press briefing with his Russian counterpart."
 
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Why is South Africa's navy joining exercises with Russia and China?

Opposition parties and the US criticise the 10-day naval drills during the conflict in Ukraine.
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"Russia has announced it will send its Admiral Gorshkov warship, which carries Zircon hypersonic missiles. These fly at nine times the speed of sound and have a range of 1,000 km (620 miles).

Moscow 'will be trying to show that despite its setbacks in the war in Ukraine, its armed forces are still very powerful', says Denys Reva from South Africa's Institute for Security Studies."
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"China is keen to keep shipping lanes open for commercial vessels travelling from its ports to African destinations, says Dr Vines. It also wants to establish its naval power in the Indian Ocean, off the African coast. 'It's about getting its navy out into international waters. China already uses Djibouti on the East African coast as a naval base to combat piracy, and perhaps it is hoping to get more bases.'"
 
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Is Macron really saying the France-Afrique is finished?

On 2 March in Gabon, West Africa, President Macron declared that ‘the days of France-Afrique are over’. Since the early nineteenth century the African continent has emblazoned France’s aspiration to international power status. Like any empire it provided natural resources. It also provided...
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C'est fini pour nos ancêtres les Gaulois
 
Read about this in a pay-walled article this morning...

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Cartoons By The Russian Wagner Group Show Its Forces Assisting Locals Fight French Forces – Symbolized By Rats, Snakes, And Zombies – In Mali, Ivory Coast

Cartoons that were posted on YouTube show the Russian Wagner PMC group forces assisting local forces in Africa fight "co...
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Wagner in Sudan: What have Russian mercenaries been up to?

The Wagner group denies involvement in the current conflict, but there's evidence it has previously been active in Sudan.
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"We've found no evidence that Russian mercenaries are currently inside the country. But there is evidence of Wagner's previous activities in Sudan, and Mr Prighozin's operations in the country have been targeted by both US and EU sanctions."

Innocent.
 


Pretty much like the US version of Blackwater and I am sure the Chinese and Indians have their own versions.
 
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Is Russia purging Wagner Group troops in Africa?

A video obtained by NBC News that appears to show Wagner operatives in the Central African Republican has raised questions about a possible purge of the group by Moscow.
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Who is going to make sure the little kids continue digging up gold for Russia?
 
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Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner boss says activities to continue in Africa

Yevgeny Prigozhin says "there will be no reduction in our programmes" in the continent.
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"Mr Prigozhin's soldiers are embedded in countries including Mali and the Central African Republic (CAR) - where rights groups and the UN accuse them of committing war crimes."

All Blackwater/Xe Services/Academi Wagner troops will continue to provide security services to Mali and Central African Republic whilst resource extraction and other consulting support will be transferred to a new entity - Constellis Holdings Wenger.
 
48 hours ago I was watching this:
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U.S. troops training soldiers in Niger to take on Islamic extremist groups

U.S. Special Forces are training Nigerien Special Ops soldiers in the West African country of Niger to prepare for a fight against Islamic extremist groups as they face a growing terror threat. NBC News’ Courtney Kube takes a closer look at the mission.
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24 hours ago I see this:
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Niger’s presidential guard surrounds leader’s home in what African organizations call a coup attempt

The French and U.S. governments also voiced concern and urged the participating guardsmen to change course.
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...I hope those trained by the US Special Forces are going to save their own elected leader.
 
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Niger coup: Wagner taking advantage of instability - Antony Blinken

There are concerns the Russian mercenary group may be gaining influence in the country.
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"'I think what happened, and what continues to happen in Niger was not instigated by Russia or by Wagner, but... they tried to take advantage of it.

'Every single place that this Wagner group has gone, death, destruction and exploitation have followed,' said Mr Blinken. 'Insecurity has gone up, not down'."

Good testimonials from the military junta in Mali.
 
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Coup leaders in Niger grow increasingly defiant, U.S. officials losing hope

The junta has refused to guarantee the safety of the deposed president, and France and countries in the region are drawing up plans for a potential military intervention.
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"...the junta believes the threat of an ECOWAS military intervention is very real and they believe that if ECOWAS intervenes militarily they will do so by the end of August, with support from France."

Wagner...France...West African states...US trained Niger special forces. All we need is Al Qaeda and ISIS to give the first spark.
 
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Wagner chief Prigozhin appears in first video since Russian mutiny

In a brief video shared by Russian social media channels, a person who appears to be the exiled mercenary chief says he is recruiting “real strong men.”
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“Wagner is conducting reconnaissance and search operations, making Russia even greater on every continent — and Africa even more free. Justice and happiness for the African nations,”

Africans rejoice...
 
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Why Wagner is winning hearts in the Central African Republic

The BBC visits the Central African Republic to see why Russian Wagner forces are so popular there.
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"In 2021 Russia arrived [here] and within two years helped us to control almost the whole country, apart from some tiny pockets along some borders. When your house burns and you shout: 'Fire! Fire!' you don't care if the water you are given is sweet or salty. All you care about is that it extinguishes the flames."

Is the after taste bitter?
 
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Niger coup leaders expel French, but not US, troops fighting jihadists

As the last French anti-jihadist forces leave, US troops remain with the military junta's blessing.
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"And the junta has not demanded the shutdown of the two US military bases in Niger, where more than 600 American troops remain stationed. These are important for Washington as Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group are just over the border in Mali to help the junta there fight jihadists."

The junta are the better of the 'bad' revolutionaries...
 
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Canadian-owned mine, seized by Russian mercenaries in Africa, is helping fund the war in Ukraine

Vancouver-based Axmin Inc. seeks cash settlement and possible share of the mine’s royalties from the government of the Central African Republic
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"Four years after its biggest African gold mine was seized by Russian mercenaries, Vancouver-based Axmin Inc.
is seeking a cash settlement and a possible share of the mine’s royalties from the government of the Central African Republic (CAR), which allegedly allowed the mercenaries to grab the mine."

Share of the royalties? Didn't you hold the rights to the mine in the first place?

This is like a school bully stealing your lemonade stand and then you come back meekly asking for a share of the sales by said bullies.
 
How come you don’t read the full articles your online persona posts anymore? The answer to your question is in there.
 
They spent money to hire a lawyer of the opposition party in a country that allows mercenaries to take over everything. Clearly the rule of law doesn't mean anything to the people of said shithole country nor the mercenaries so the only meaningful dialogue is force and might.
 
Fwiffo said:
They spent money to hire a lawyer of the opposition party in a country that allows mercenaries to take over everything. Clearly the rule of law doesn't mean anything to the people of said shithole country nor the mercenaries so the only meaningful dialogue is force and might.
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Fwiffs, first off, the real story is that the CAR stole the mine from Axmin - canceling the mining and exploration permits - after Axmin declared force majeure, abandoned the property and never went back. The CAR gave it to Wagner /Russia as payment for their services on other matters. The seizure was theatre. Wagner/Russia subbed a Chinese company to finish construction and start producing. Axim is now bringing an international arbitration case after two mediation with CAR failed.

Axim is angling for being compensated for their investment not for the return of the mine. They are actually happy that it is producing because that will raise any realized payout because it proves Axim's bet on it becoming a producing mine. They don't care where the proceeds go. The CAR gets their vig+ so they are chuffed. China managers are happy too.
 
I did not know that ISIS was in any of the old Portuguese colonies.

 
Thruth said:
Fwiffs, first off, the real story is that the CAR stole the mine from Axmin - canceling the mining and exploration permits - after Axmin declared force majeure, abandoned the property and never went back. The CAR gave it to Wagner /Russia as payment for their services on other matters. The seizure was theatre. Wagner/Russia subbed a Chinese company to finish construction and start producing. Axim is now bringing an international arbitration case after two mediation with CAR failed.

Axim is angling for being compensated for their investment not for the return of the mine. They are actually happy that it is producing because that will raise any realized payout because it proves Axim's bet on it becoming a producing mine. They don't care where the proceeds go. The CAR gets their vig+ so they are chuffed. China managers are happy too.
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This makes a lot more sense. Thank you.
 
Djibouti. The world military's equivalent to a prostitute.
 
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French troops ejected from Ivory Coast in latest setback for Western military alliances in Africa

The U.S. has suffered a similar reversal of its long-standing military links, with its troops kicked out of Niger and Chad over the past year
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"Ivory Coast will become the sixth African country to eject its French military contingent in less than three years, leaving Paris with bases in only two countries on the continent and signalling the collapse of its decades-long strategy of security partnerships in its former colonies."

Au revoir!

"In the meantime, Russia is bolstering its presence in eastern Libya, where it has a close relationship with General Khalifa Haftar, the warlord who rules the region. Libya could become the new logistical hub for Russian operations in Africa, although Gen. Haftar’s bases are smaller and less developed than the ones in Syria and the flight routes from Russia are more difficult."

No Syria, no problem.
 
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Displaced Palestinians wait for Israel to allow their return home

Israel says it will not open a key road until plans are in place for the release of an Israeli civilian.
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"The South African military said nine of its soldiers died helping to push back a rebel advance on the city of Goma, in eastern DR Congo, while three Malawians and a Uruguayan were also killed."

That's diverse. What operational language would have been used?
 
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DR Congo's failed gamble on Romanian mercenaries

Several hundred well-paid foreign soldiers fighting on the side of the Congolese government surrender.
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Should have went with Wagner.

"The BBC has seen contracts that show that these hired soldiers were being paid around $5,000 (£4,000) a month, while regular military recruits get around $100, or sometimes go unpaid.

He asked him about his military training - it was with the French Foreign Legion, the Romanian replied."

I would have thought if you were ex French Foreign Legion you would have wanted to go for the Ukraine-Russia war but then maybe it's less money and higher chances of dying.
 
There were two mercenary companies operating in the DRC: one new outfit based in Bulgaria that hired a lot of West Europeans to run drones - who all surrendered earlier this week. The other was composed of FFL veterans.

The latter are always the preferred choice as military trainers. Trigger men are cheap, but men who can teach fighting skills to a diverse group of third world recruits is a lot harder. Back when I crossed paths shady people, FFL veterans were probably more sought after than American green berets or Aussie trainers.
 
belinmad said:
What’s FFL?
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French Foreign Legion

Though they mostly just refer to themselves as La Legion. Most of the trainer mercs I met were paratroopers with 2e REP - always seemed like they identified more with that unit than the riff raff in other units
 
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