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2023-08-06 Africa Subsaharan

US pauses some foreign aid to Niger as it reiterates support for Bazoum

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-08-06 07:08|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Afri solutions for Afri problem. Stop the 'regime change' politics and stay out of it.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-08-06 07:12|| 2023-08-06 07:12|| Front Page Top

#2 From what I have read, the US has had troops there (well, where DON'T they have troops?). Yes, get 'em out. Just what is it with places with heavy French involvement? In any case, not our problem. Let Macron deal with it. Long uranium?

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-08-06 07:55|| 2023-08-06 07:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Where's that Mae West picture?

Posted by Skidmark 2023-08-06 10:16|| 2023-08-06 10:16|| Front Page Top

#4 From sources, a group of #Wagner mercs is now present in Niamey. They came earlier today.

Also: Contact was established between Wagner and the junta in Niger during a recent trip to Mali by a senior junta official, a french diplomatic source says

Looks like the Russian effort to replace the French in Africa is nearly complete.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-08-06 12:02|| 2023-08-06 12:02|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ Please do NOT disturb the Russians in their latest Afrikan initiative. The doom that awaits them is entirely predictable. (popcorn graphic here please)

Posted by Besoeker 2023-08-06 12:08|| 2023-08-06 12:08|| Front Page Top

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-08-06 12:27|| 2023-08-06 12:27|| Front Page Top

#7 MAIL - Deadline for Niger's coup leaders to stand down and reinstate president expires after West Africa's regional bloc warned it would take military action if they did not comply

Posted by Besoeker 2023-08-06 13:02|| 2023-08-06 13:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Our warmongers must not have any bench strength. Must not be enough dollars in jeopardy for important donors to spin up our RINO crowd.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-08-06 14:15|| 2023-08-06 14:15|| Front Page Top

#9 We must not have any "freindssssssch" there.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-08-06 14:41|| 2023-08-06 14:41|| Front Page Top

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