Essential The Africa the Media Doesn't Tell You About

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

People are on his ass here locally. The guy is not very bright Kagame is as isolated as he is ever been and here comes Tshisekedi with a dumb strategy. Congo has a LOTof work to do and regional integration is the least of worries they already in SADC.

Why doesn't the DRC start a Central or Middle African Community?

 

[Frangala]

Why doesn't the DRC start a Central or Middle African Community?

They are part of both. They are part of ECCAS Community of Central African States)

 

[Premeditated]

you have an Issue?

not with Congo being part of the EAC. I was just taking a dig at the president.

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

Boko Haram is already employing Maoist guerrilla warfare tactics

 

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13 June 2019

Russia’s “Pivot to Africa” Encroaches upon France’s Traditional “Sphere of Influence”


The quiet success of Russia’s “Pivot to Africa” over the past few years has seen Moscow begin to encroach on France’s traditional “sphere of influence” in the continent, which in turn piqued Paris’ interest in negotiating a “New Detente” with its Great Power counterpart in order to rebalance relations between them in the New Cold War.

French President Macron surprised the world earlier this week when he unexpectedly told the Swiss television channel RTS that he wants to restore relations with Russia. RT quoted him as saying such bold statements as

“Europe… must build new rules of trust and security with Russia, and should not only agree with NATO”

and that

“We need to have a strategic debate, so this week I will have another, long and intense conversation with Vladimir Putin, as the president of France and the G7.”

Other highlights of his interview included his warning that “It would not be good to leave Russia to China” as well as a pleasant recognition of the Soviet Union’s sacrifices in World War II after the UK’s recent D-Day commemorative event completely airbrushed its notional ally’s enormous contribution to the defeat of fascism out of history.

Macron is clearly trying to get on President Putin’s good side, and with good reason too, because the Russian leader has presided over his country’s quietly successful “Pivot to Africa” over the past few years that’s seen Moscow begin to encroach on France’s traditional “sphere of influence” in the continent. The author elaborated on this more in depth in his recent piece about how “Russia’s Military Deal With The Congo Completes Its African Transversal“, which asserts that Moscow’s deft application of “military diplomacy” has seen it establish a bi-coastal belt of influence from the Atlantic to the Red Sea via the Congo Republic, the Central African Republic, and Sudan, which therefore places it in a prime position to “balance” continental affairs and provide countries there with a “third choice” between the West (US/France) and China.

France feels threatened by this development because it naturally reduces its influence in this part of the world that it had hitherto taken for granted through its extremely profitable post-colonial policy of “Françafrique”, which in turn has piqued Paris’ interest in negotiating a “New Detente” with Moscow in parallel with the larger one that might achieve some degree of progress during this month’s Jerusalem Summit between the Russian, Israeli, and American National Security Advisors.


With the US signaling serious interest about restoring relations with Russia, it only makes sense that the EU begins probing the opportunities to do so too, and France believes that it should take the lead in this respect due to the political uncertainty in the continent’s traditional German and British leaders due to the Greens’ unexpected European Parliamentary success and Brexit, respectively.

By comparison, and recognizing that the ongoing Yellow Vest protests haven’t had much of a tangible effect on French domestic and especially foreign policy like the aforementioned developments have for Germany and the UK, France is actually the most politically stable Western European Great Power. This makes it extremely attractive from a Russian perspective too because of the certainty with which Moscow expects Macron to remain President Putin’s main negotiating partner for the next couple of years unlike the unpredictable situation with his German and British counterparts. Despite the speculative behind-the-scenes progress on a clinching a “New Detente” between the US and Russia, Europe (taken as a collective whole) probably wouldn’t have gotten on board with this initiative in as independent of a way as it’s presently trying had it not been for the African impetus that forced France to act.

Bereft of a confident leader after the Greens’ impressive European Parliamentary showing and the seemingly never-ending chaos of Brexit destabilized the continent’s traditional Great Power leaders, France saw the once-in-a-century opportunity to fill this void and finally have the chance to once again position itself as the most important European country, with its significance rising by the day as the odds of the US and Russia eventually reaching a “New Detente” increase as well. Russia’s been looking for a stable partner to deal with in negotiating the European dimension of this possible geopolitical thaw in the New Cold War, and its “Pivot to Africa” greatly assisted it in piquing France’s attention and helping Paris play this long-sought-after role, with it being possible to more accurately assess the prospects for success after the upcoming but yet unscheduled meeting between Macron and President Putin.

Russia's "Pivot to Africa" Encroaches upon France's Traditional "Sphere of Influence" - Global Research

 

[Cynic]

Let's hope something like le Pen getting elected would be enough to light the fire under those french controlled Africans once n for all

biggest c00ns on the continent.

 

[Premeditated]

not because of this but these will probably be the two develop nations in West Africa. They are finally revitalizing all the industries they lost in the 80s. Senegal a distant 3rd.

btw, I could have sworn all the french West African countries besides Ivory Coast already agreed that they were going to move away from the franc by 2020.

 

[phcitywarrior]

not because of this but these will probably be the two develop nations in West Africa. They are finally revitalizing all the industries they lost in the 80s. Senegal a distant 3rd.

btw, I could have sworn all the french West African countries besides Ivory Coast already agreed that they were going to move away from the franc by 2020.

This is huge.

I'm telling my boys that agribusiness is seeing a resurgence across West Africa. Cocoa, rubber, rice, oil palm, etc you name it. The continent is where it's at. Can't wait to touch down this December and see what's shaking.

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

This is huge.

I'm telling my boys that agribusiness is seeing a resurgence across West Africa. Cocoa, rubber, rice, oil palm, etc you name it. The continent is where it's at. Can't wait to touch down this December and see what's shaking.

I have a buddy in Calabar doing cassava and palm oil. Gonna toss him some cash so he can start farming catfish

 

[phcitywarrior]

I have a buddy in Calabar doing cassava and palm oil. Gonna toss him some cash so he can start farming catfish

Catfish farming is one of the best businesses one can get into. If set up well, within 6 months you're cash flow positive.

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

Please, aboki alhaji banza - place it in Arewa (the North)

 

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Sudanese Protesters Agree to the Ethiopian Mediator’s Proposal, Military Junta Refuses
Posted by INTERNATIONALIST 360° on JUNE 25, 2019

A local political committee held a meeting to discuss the situation in Sudan and to honor the martyrs of the June 3 massacre. Photo: Sudanese Professionals Association

Sudanese protesters under the leadership of the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), have agreed to the roadmap proposed by the Ethiopian envoy Mohamed Dirir who is mediating to resolve the dispute between the protesters and the military junta. However, the Transitional Military Council (TMC), through which the army has been holding power since April, rejected the proposal on Sunday June 23.

As per this proposal, a transitional leadership council (which has been previously referred to as the Sovereignty Council or the Presidential Council) will be composed of seven military personnel and eight civilians. Seven of the latter will be appointed by the Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces (DFCF), an umbrella organization of political parties that forms a united opposition block together with the SPA to represent the protesters. One civilian will be a “neutral” appointee who is acceptable to both parties.

This body, which will lead the country to a transitional period of three years, will be headed by the president. Presidency will be shared by the two parties on a rotating basis. For the first 18 months of this period, the presidency will be held by a military personnel chosen by the TMC, and for second 18 months, by a civilian appointed by the DFCF.

Ahmed Rabie, a spokesperson for the SPA, reportedly indicated to the Associated Press that the SPA has agreed to this on the understanding that the agreements previously reached with the TMC on composition of the two other bodies – the cabinet and the legislative council – will hold. Last month, both the parties had agreed that the cabinet will be appointed by the DFCF, which will also appoint two-thirds of the legislative council members.

However, the composition of the leadership council had remained a sticking point as both the parties were unable to agree over the composition of the body. This disagreement led to an escalation in the tensions between the two sides, which eventually culminated in a massacre of the protesters at the sit-in demonstration outside the army HQ in Khartoum on June 3. The militiamen of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by the vice-president of the TMC, killed more than a hundred, raped at least 48, and injured over 650 civilians.

Following the massacre, the TMC had announced its withdrawal from the previous agreements, while the militiamen who carried out the massacre patrolled the streets of Khartoum for weeks, terrorizing any civilian who dared to set out on the street.

At the SPA’s call, the protesters then undertook actions of civil disobedience, and their strike action paralyzed Sudan for days. By undertaking night time marches and demonstrations, the protesters then began reclaiming the streets again.

It was in this context that both sides agreed to engage with Mohamed Dirir, the Ethiopian envoy appointed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Speaking at a press conference yesterday, TMC spokesperson Shams al-Din Kabashi said that the junta had rejected the proposal, and had instead agreed ‘in principle’ to the proposal made by the African Union (AU), whose details are not yet known.

He further added that the TMC has asked the Ethiopian mediator and the AU “to unite their efforts and submit a joint paper as soon as possible to return the parties to negotiations.” The joint proposal is expected to be made today.

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

So we are not discussing how the Fulani are fighting all of West and Central Africa? Ahennn