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nick ,

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

Kecessa ,

Why mention francophone?

WeirdGoesPro ,
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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.

Kecessa ,

fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrique_francophone

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

…wikipedia.org/…/List_of_coups_and_coup_attempts_…

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.

WeirdGoesPro ,
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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.

archive.is/hA3ak

Nobody ,

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.

purahna ,
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Here’s a YouTube video on why Francophone Africa has very different material conditions

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21Cabbage ,

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)?

purahna , (edited )
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fuck Bongo, I don’t know how the coup government will be but it’ll be hard to do any worse. Power to the people, if this coup is actually for them ✊

Ali Bongo is the son of Omar Bongo, who was president of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009. During his father’s presidency, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1991, represented Bongoville as a Deputy in the National Assembly from 1991 to 1999, and was Minister of Defense from 1999 to 2009. After his father’s death, he won the 2009 Gabonese presidential election. He was reelected in 2016, in elections marred by numerous irregularities, arrests, human rights violations and post-election protests and violence. The military ousted him from the presidency following the results of the 2023 Gabonese general election, in the 2023 Gabonese coup d’état.

21Cabbage ,

I wonder if editors have fun changing an article to past tense.

Telodzrum ,

Oh look, a political take from someone at lemmygrad. I guess I’d better take this seriously!

purahna ,
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Right, you should definitely support this guy for no other reason than that someone from an instance you’re biased against told you not to. Solid politics you’ve got there.

Telodzrum ,

Oh, I’m not biased against tankies personally. The universal reality we all inhabit continually demonstrates their existence is an affront to any moral and ethical system.

purahna ,
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okay then support Ali Bongo? I don’t know why you’re doubling down here

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