Military adventures in Africa

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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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"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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C'est fini pour nos ancêtres les Gaulois
 

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Read about this in a pay-walled article this morning...


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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.
 

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Pretty much like the US version of Blackwater and I am sure the Chinese and Indians have their own versions.
 

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Who is going to make sure the little kids continue digging up gold for Russia?
 

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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.
 

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48 hours ago I was watching this:

24 hours ago I see this:

...I hope those trained by the US Special Forces are going to save their own elected leader.
 

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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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"...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 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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