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Africa North

France must accept the new reality

2023-09-26

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] The President of Burkina Faso, against the backdrop of Macron’s capitulation in Niger (Macron, having failed to organize an intervention against Niger, yesterday agreed to withdraw troops and recall the ambassador from Niger, as demanded by the new authorities) called on France to accept the new reality and build relations with African countries on an equal basis, refusing from colonial habits.

France is already being told in plain text that its neocolonial empire in Africa has come to an end. This is actually a new stage in the decolonization of Africa, which began back in the 50s and 60s through the efforts of the USSR, paused in the 90s until the 20s, and continued, including through the efforts of Russia, in the 20s.

At the same time, the United States and China clearly show that they are not at all against the destruction of the French neocolonial empire, although all the main players have different goals in Africa. But situational interest creates a bizarre situation where everyone benefits from Macron’s next failure.

It is worth noting that Macron’s current activity in Armenia is an attempt to take revenge on Russia for humiliation in Africa, where, thanks, among other things, to Russia, France lost control over the Central African Republic, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Gabon.

Macron wants to get even by tearing Armenia out of Russia’s sphere of influence, so he supports Pashinyan in every possible way. The Armenians here are simply expendable for Macron. Macron will not fight for them against Aliyev and Erdogan. The price of these attempts by Macron for Armenia will be a little predictable.

PS. On other African matters.

1. The Il-76 that crashed in Mali belonged to the Mali military. Probably was hit by a MANPADS.

2. France is now actively funding separatists from Azawad

...the Tuareg insurrection...

to provoke the division of Mali. We can expect an intensification of hostilities in the north of the country.

3. In the CAR, the country's president confirmed that his country will continue active political and military-technical cooperation with the Russian Federation.

4. In the remaining countries under French control, there is now a wave of suspicion against the military, who could potentially carry out new military coups following the example of their neighbors. French intelligence has intensified its work on personalities. Afraid of the next dominoes falling.

5. The United States is actively putting pressure on the Guinean authorities to officially abandon plans to build a Chinese naval base on the Atlantic coast. China did not abandon these plans.

Posted by:badanov

#1 Which new reality is it? You're not important, no one likes you, or people think you're boring?
(Just trying to keep things straight here.)

Posted by: ed in texas 2023-09-26 09:11

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