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Putin promises Africa free grain supply to tackle food insecurity​

24th July 2023

By Dayo Oyewo

President Vladimir Putin has pledged to deepen relations with African countries across several spheres, promising a free supply of grains to the continent to tackle food insecurity.

Putin made this known on Monday in a statement themed “Russia and Africa: Joining Efforts for Peace, Progress and a Successful Future” ahead of the second Russia-Africa Summit and Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum.

The Summits scheduled to hold on July 27 and July 28 in St. Petersburg, Russia, seek to strengthen relations between Russia and Africa, outlining priority cooperation areas for the coming decades of the 21st century.

Putin stated that Russia attaches great importance to the Summits, with expectations of adopting a comprehensive Declaration, a number of joint statements and approval of the extension of the Russia – Africa Partnership Forum Action Plan to 2026.

According to Putin, Russia has strong, deep roots, with Russia’s support to African countries in education, infrastructure, power, health, defence and security, among others, since the times of the Soviet Union until the present day.

This is also as he pledged Russia’s continuous and free supply of grain to the continent to tackle food insecurity in some countries of Africa, understanding the importance of uninterrupted food supplies for the socio-economic development and political stability of the African states.
Putin, however, noted that Russia would be boycotting the “grain deal” it hitherto facilitated, which ended on July 18, for the failure of the deal to meet humanitarian purposes and supply the grains to Africa free of charge.
The Kremlin’s leader faulted the implementation of the grain deal, asserting that none of the “deal” provisions relating to the exemption from sanctions of Russian grain and fertiliser exports to world markets were fulfilled.

“On this basis, we have always paid great attention to issues related to the supply of wheat, barley, maize and other crops to African countries.

“We have done so both on a contractual basis and free of charge as humanitarian aid, including through the United Nations Food Programme.

“I want to give assurances that our country is capable of replacing the Ukrainian grain both on a commercial and free-of-charge basis, especially as we expect another record harvest this year.

“Notwithstanding the sanctions, Russia will continue its energetic efforts to provide supplies of grain, food products, fertilisers and other goods to Africa.

“We highly value and will further develop the full spectrum of economic ties with Africa—with individual states as well as regional integration associations and, naturally, with the African Union.

Putin promises Africa free grain supply to tackle food insecurity

President Vladimir Putin has pledged to deepen relations with African countries across several spheres, promising a free supply of grains to the continent to tackle food insecurity.

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Meanwhile western intelligence agencies are clandestinely doing the opposite to continue food insecurity in Africa.

 

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Naija be wildin.

Godwin Emefiele's arrest: How Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) boss ended up in court​

• • Published 22 hours ago

IMAGE SOURCE,MANSUR IBRAHIM
By Nduka Orjinmo
BBC News, Abuja

Nigeria's once-powerful central bank chief has been charged with illegally owning a shotgun and hundreds of cartridges, marking a spectacular fall for a man who has long been at the centre of the nation's politics and finances.

Godwin Emefiele appeared in court on Tuesday, six weeks after he had been arrested by the country's feared secret police, officially known as the Department of State Services (DSS).

Mr Emefiele, currently suspended as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), denied the charges and was granted bail. He was not charged with any economic crimes.

Then in dramatic scenes outside the court, secret police officers beat up prison officials who were preparing to take the banker into custody until his bail was settled.

The DSS managed to whisk away the 61-year-old bank boss - who again finds himself under arrest.

He was suspended not long after Bola Tinubu used the address at his May inauguration as president to criticise a key policy spearheaded by Mr Emefiele - the redesign of the currency, the naira.

It had been an apparent attempt to prevent vote-buying during February's tightly contested presidential election won by Mr Tinubu, the ruling party candidate and a Lagos billionaire.

Mr Emefiele looked a shadow of the man that controlled the finances of Nigeria - Africa's largest economy - when he arrived at court in Lagos.

He clutched a huge red Bible in one arm and was dragged by the other arm into the courtroom by the court registrar.
Inside, he was placed in a dock wedged between a scrum of lawyers and a shelf stacked with thousands of court files that had been left to gather dust.

Even before his arrest - in the months between Mr Tinubu's election victory and inauguration - it was clear the bank governor was in trouble.

He cut a beleaguered figure with slumped shoulders, desperately pleading his case each time he was seen at the presidential villa during the handover period.

But the charges of illegally possessing a single-barrel gun and 123 rounds of cartridges have come as a surprise.
Many citizens, local vigilantes and hunters illegally own such firearms in Nigeria and are rarely arrested.

IMAGE SOURCE,MANSUR IBRAHIM

Officers of the secret police assaulted prison officials and re-arrested the suspended governor
Nonetheless Mr Emefiele is likely to have few sympathisers during his legal battles. Many consider him an integral figure in the government of former President Muhammadu Buhari that oversaw eight years of economic turmoil marked by two recessions, inflation rocketing to an 18-year high, a sharp currency devaluation, soaring unemployment and ballooning debts.

Though he does have his loyal supporters, some of whom last year raised an eyewatering 100m naira (£195,000; $242,000 - using 2022 rates) so that he could enter the race to be nominated as the ruling party's presidential candidate.

Mr Emefiele rejected the nomination, but then did go to court to seek an interpretation of the bank's rules forbidding the governor and his deputies from engaging in "vocations", widely seen as including politics.
"It was a very naïve thing to do," a senior manager at the central bank told the BBC.

Mr Emefiele later withdrew the case.
While his family's roots are in Agbor in the southern state of Delta, Mr Emefiele was born in Lagos where he completed his primary and secondary education before moving to the University of Nigeria in Enugu to study banking and finance.

After graduating, he had two stints teaching finance and insurance at the University of Nigeria and the University of Port Harcourt respectively, before a career of more than 18 years in banking - including as CEO of Nigeria's Zenith Bank.

He was appointed as central bank governor in 2014 by then-President Goodluck Jonathan, with Mr Buhari reappointing him in 2019, despite the economy nosediving under his tenure.

 

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Godwin Emefiele's arrest: How Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) boss ended up in court​

• • Published 22 hours ago

IMAGE SOURCE,MANSUR IBRAHIM
By Nduka Orjinmo
BBC News, Abuja

Nigeria's once-powerful central bank chief has been charged with illegally owning a shotgun and hundreds of cartridges, marking a spectacular fall for a man who has long been at the centre of the nation's politics and finances.

Godwin Emefiele appeared in court on Tuesday, six weeks after he had been arrested by the country's feared secret police, officially known as the Department of State Services (DSS).

Mr Emefiele, currently suspended as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), denied the charges and was granted bail. He was not charged with any economic crimes.

Then in dramatic scenes outside the court, secret police officers beat up prison officials who were preparing to take the banker into custody until his bail was settled.

The DSS managed to whisk away the 61-year-old bank boss - who again finds himself under arrest.

He was suspended not long after Bola Tinubu used the address at his May inauguration as president to criticise a key policy spearheaded by Mr Emefiele - the redesign of the currency, the naira.

It had been an apparent attempt to prevent vote-buying during February's tightly contested presidential election won by Mr Tinubu, the ruling party candidate and a Lagos billionaire.

Mr Emefiele looked a shadow of the man that controlled the finances of Nigeria - Africa's largest economy - when he arrived at court in Lagos.

He clutched a huge red Bible in one arm and was dragged by the other arm into the courtroom by the court registrar.
Inside, he was placed in a dock wedged between a scrum of lawyers and a shelf stacked with thousands of court files that had been left to gather dust.

Even before his arrest - in the months between Mr Tinubu's election victory and inauguration - it was clear the bank governor was in trouble.

He cut a beleaguered figure with slumped shoulders, desperately pleading his case each time he was seen at the presidential villa during the handover period.

But the charges of illegally possessing a single-barrel gun and 123 rounds of cartridges have come as a surprise.
Many citizens, local vigilantes and hunters illegally own such firearms in Nigeria and are rarely arrested.

IMAGE SOURCE,MANSUR IBRAHIM

Officers of the secret police assaulted prison officials and re-arrested the suspended governor
Nonetheless Mr Emefiele is likely to have few sympathisers during his legal battles. Many consider him an integral figure in the government of former President Muhammadu Buhari that oversaw eight years of economic turmoil marked by two recessions, inflation rocketing to an 18-year high, a sharp currency devaluation, soaring unemployment and ballooning debts.

Though he does have his loyal supporters, some of whom last year raised an eyewatering 100m naira (£195,000; $242,000 - using 2022 rates) so that he could enter the race to be nominated as the ruling party's presidential candidate.

Mr Emefiele rejected the nomination, but then did go to court to seek an interpretation of the bank's rules forbidding the governor and his deputies from engaging in "vocations", widely seen as including politics.
"It was a very naïve thing to do," a senior manager at the central bank told the BBC.

Mr Emefiele later withdrew the case.
While his family's roots are in Agbor in the southern state of Delta, Mr Emefiele was born in Lagos where he completed his primary and secondary education before moving to the University of Nigeria in Enugu to study banking and finance.

After graduating, he had two stints teaching finance and insurance at the University of Nigeria and the University of Port Harcourt respectively, before a career of more than 18 years in banking - including as CEO of Nigeria's Zenith Bank.

He was appointed as central bank governor in 2014 by then-President Goodluck Jonathan, with Mr Buhari reappointing him in 2019, despite the economy nosediving under his tenure.

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Twice, as the naira wobbled under his watch, Mr Emefiele came up with unconventional methods to stem the slide.
In 2015, on his orders trees in central parts of the capital, Abuja, were chopped down to discourage black market currency traders from operating under their shade, and in 2021 he forced the owner of a popular website to stop posting the exchange rates of foreign currencies.

IMAGE SOURCE,MANSUR IBRAHIM
The secret police arrested Mr Emefiele in June

Yet in Mr Emefiele, Mr Buhari found an ally to oversee some of his heavily criticised economic policies.
The most controversial being the redesign of the currency in the build-up to the tightest presidential election since the return of democracy in 1999.

The central bank argued that it was best practice for notes to be changed every five to eight years to stop counterfeiters, and with an update last done in 2014, the time had come for a redesign.

Others saw it as a move by Mr Buhari and the governor to end what Nigerians call "moneybag politics" - where politicians can spend years stockpiling cash that is largely used to induce voters on election day.

But some banks allegedly connived with politicians by sending them the new notes, leading to a nationwide scarcity that caused widespread chaos as people slept outside banks and cash machines to get access to their money.

Once Mr Tinubu confounded his critics by winning the election, Mr Emefiele's future at the bank became uncertain.
Many feel the case against the bank boss provides a good distraction for the new government, already drawing fire itself over the economy.

Mr Tinubu has taken some highly controversial decisions, including ending a decades-long fuel subsidy that has led to soaring prices and worsened the cost-of-living crisis.

And if the past is anything to go by, the case is likely to be a long-drawn out affair with plenty of drama that will eventually fizzle out without much resolution.

Godwin Emefiele's arrest: How Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) boss ended up in court

The once-powerful bank chief is charged with illegally owning a shotgun, which he denies.

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I like how these present/former African French colonies are making moves to upset the status quo.

Africa

Niger coup widely condemned, countries urge return to order​

By Boureima Balima and Moussa Aksar
July 27, 2023

• Summary

• Niger coup is seventh in West and Central Africa since 2020
• New leader not yet publicly announced
• Coup colonel says all political activities suspended
• Countries and world leaders urge return to order
• Niger plays key role in West's fight against Sahel insurgency

NIAMEY, July 27 (Reuters) - Niger President Mohamed Bazoum remained held in the presidential palace on Thursday afternoon and it was unclear who was in charge of the country after soldiers on Wednesday evening declared a military coup that sparked widespread condemnation.

France, the country's former colonial power, and the West African regional bloc ECOWAS called for Bazoum's immediate release and a return to constitutional order. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also said that constitutional order should be restored.


U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said cooperation with Niger's government was contingent on its "continued commitment to democratic standards".

The U.S. also supports taking action at the United Nations Security Council to de-escalate the situation in Niger, a spokesperson for the U.S. U.N. mission said.

African Union Commission Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat said he had spoken on Thursday with Bazoum and that the president was "fine", Russian news agency RIA reported.

Niger's coup is the seventh in West and Central Africa since 2020 and could have grave consequences for democratic progress and the fight against an insurgency by jihadist militants in the region, where Niger is a key Western ally.

A new leader has not yet been publicly announced.

The coup was started out by the presidential guard, which is drawn from the armed forces and usually protects the president and his entourage, is headed by General Omar Tchiani.


But he was not among the soldiers who announced Bazoum's replacement on television late on Wednesday.

Aneliese Bernard, director of a U.S.-based risk advisory group Strategic Stabilization Advisors, told Reuters uncertainty remained, and that political and security elites were still debating next steps.

DEMONSTRATIONS' BAN​

Supporters of the coup ransacked and set fire to the headquarters of the ruling party in Niamey, the capital, on Thursday after the army command declared its backing for the takeover started by soldiers of the presidential guard.


The same crowd had previously gathered in front of the National Assembly. Some waved Russian flags and chanted anti-French slogans, echoing a growing wave of resentment towards former colonial power France and its influence in the Sahel region. Niger gained independence from France in 1960.

State TV later showed a statement from the interior ministry condemning acts of vandalism and banning demonstrations until further notice.

In a statement signed by its chief of staff, the army supported soldiers who announced in a late night televised address that they had stripped Bazoum of power.

The army said its priority was to avoid destabilising the country and to protect the president and his family.

Niger Army spokesman Colonel Major Amadou Adramane speaks during an appearance on national television, after President Mohamed Bazoum was held in the presidential palace, in Niamey, Niger, July 26, 2023 in this still image taken from video. ORTN/via Reuters TV/Handout via REUTERS

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[5/5] Hundreds of supporters of the coup gather and hold a Russian flag in front of the National Assembly in the capital Niamey, Niger July 27, 2023. REUTERS/Souleymane Ag Anara

WORSENING INSECURITY
Juntas in neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso have grown closer to Russia since they took charge, in 2020 and 2022, respectively, and cut ties with traditional Western allies.

The United States said it has not seen any credible indications of involvement by Russia, or the Russian Wagner Group private army, in the coup in Niger.


Since relations with Burkina Faso and Mali's juntas soured, prompting foreign troop withdrawals, Niger's role had become increasingly important for Western powers helping fight the Sahel's insurgency. France moved troops to Niger from Mali last year.

Colonel Amadou Abdramane, who announced the coup on state television, said defence and security forces had acted in response to deteriorating security and bad governance.

Insecurity has remained a problem since Bazoum was elected in 2021 as jihadists that took root in Mali in 2012 gained ground, killing thousands and displacing over 6 million across the Sahel.

"We hope the army coming to power will resolve the security crisis. Today terrorism has uprooted so many villages ... our children have become widows and our grandchildren orphans," said Hadjia Aiss, an elderly woman who was among the crowd outside parliament.

POLITICAL PARTY ACTIVITIES SUSPENDED
France landed a military aircraft in Niger on Thursday morning despite an airspace closure imposed overnight, Abdramane, a member of the air force, said.

There was no immediate comment from the French foreign and defence ministries. A diplomatic source said it did not amount to airspace violation as the aircraft had taken off before borders were declared shut.

Earlier, as Western officials said the status of the coup attempt was unclear, Bazoum and Foreign Minister Hassoumi Massoudou urged democratic forces in the country to resist the power grab.

The United Nations said in a statement it was putting its humanitarian operations on hold in the country, which was already facing escalating violence, socio-economic challenges and climate change.

The takeover started on Wednesday, when some guards at the presidential palace in Niamey cut it off, blocking the president inside.

Abdramane announced on Thursday that all activities of political parties were suspended until further notice.

Bazoum, in a social media post on Thursday morning, vowed to protect "hard-won" democratic gains.

He has not posted or commented since. Several word leaders said they had spoken to him, including the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

Reporting by Bate Felix, Boureima Balima and Moussa Aksar Additional reporting by John Irish; Writing by Sofia Christensen, Anait Miridzhanian and Emelia Sithole-Matarise; Editing by John Stonestreet, Alison Williams, Leslie Adler and Sandra Maler

 

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Friday, July 28, 2023​

Coup in Niger: How the Local Press is Reporting it​

On Wednesday, there was a military coup in the African nation of Niger. While I am not qualified to analyze the geo-political effects of this coup, my one previous experience in Thailand in the 1970s when there was a very short-lived coup in 1977 has piqued my interest in how the local media covers these things. In the case of the short-lived coup in Thailand when I was living there, the local media had to do a tap dance, initially reporting how the coup leaders had saved the country, and then backflipping when the government took back control. They basically reported that they were forced to report favorably on the coup. As always happens in coups, one of the first things coup leaders do is take control of the media.

The below article from today's French-language newspaper, Actu Niger, is translated by Fousesquawk.
Officiel : le général A. TCHIANI désigné président du CNSP, la junte militaire qui a renversé Bazoum

Official: General A. Tchiani appointed president of CNSP, the military junta that overthrew Bazoum

Friday 28 Jul;y 2023 at 12:12

Three days after announcing the dismissal of President Bazoum Mohamed, the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Homeland (CNSP) appointed General Abdourahmane Tchiani, Friday July 28, 2023 as chief of the military junta now in command of Niger. Until then the head of the presidential guard, a post he occupied since 2011, the new strongman of the country right away addressed the nation in a message to explain the reasons the defense and security forces (FDS) again intervened in the political scene of the country in putting an end to the normal democratic process and infringed on the constitutional order.

In the message to the nation that he addressed Friday around noon (Niamey time), the head of the junta recounted the principal reasons that motivated the defense and security forces (FDS) to "assume their responsibilities". It was about, as had been previously announced by the spokesperson of the CNSP during the declaration of the seizure of power on Wednesday, 26 July, "the degradation of the security situation" as well as "the poor political, economical, and social governance."

It is particularly the management of security that pushed the junta to take power, and according to the explanations of General Abdourahmane on this question, called into question 'the political discourse" of the government that denied, according to him, "the hard reality with its share of deaths, displacements, humiliation, and frustration," and this, he added, in spite the calls for order from the military heads. The former head of the presidential guard, among other things, denounced certain decisions taken by the former regime, notably, "the freeing of armed terrorist leaders' as well as "the absence of coordination" with Mali and Burkina, neighboring countries of Niger, which, according to him, face the same security threats.

According to the president of the CNSP, "the current security approach did not allow the securing of the country in spite of heavy sacrifices by Nigeriennes and the appreciable support of our exterior partners." And for General Abdourahmane, it is out of the question, "to continue with the same approach, the same actors, and the same results."

In his speech, the new strongman of the country reaffirmed the will of the CNSP, "'to respect all its international commitments". In addition, he continued, "The council, through my voice, asks of partners and friends of Niger, in this crucial stage in the life of our country, to trust our defense and security forces, guarantors of national unity, the territorial integrity and the greater interests of our nation."

It must be noted that before this initial speech by the now chief of state of Niger, the members of the junta gathered and posed for the first official photo in which we recognize well-known figures notably, Division General Salifou Modi, ex-chief of the army, or the very well known Colonel-Major Djibrilla Himadou, current president of the Nigerienne Football Federation (FENIFOOT). These two superior officers of the Nigerienne army took part in previous coups in 2010 (CSRD by General Salou Djibo), 1999 (CRN by Commandant Mallam Wanke), as well as that of 1996 (CSN by Genral Ibrahim Bare Mainassara).

Coup in Niger: How the Local Press is Reporting it

On Wednesday, there was a military coup in the African nation of Niger. While I am not qualified to analyze the geo-political effects of thi...

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Me thinks our military industrial complex and France were supplying bad elements Niger to destroy the food supply and do kidnappings across the border in Northern Nigeria. And the deposed president Mohamed Bazoum was a major pawn in it

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Niger loses aid as Western countries condemn coup​

By Moussa Aksar and Boureima Balima
July 29, 20233:24 PM EDT Updated 3 hours ago

[1/2]An aerial view of the streets in the capital Niamey, Niger July 28, 2023. REUTERS/Souleymane Ag Anara

• Summary

• EU and France suspend financial support to Niger
• EU had allocated over $550 million to Niger
• U.S. threatens to cut off all support and cooperation

NIAMEY, July 29 (Reuters) - The European Union and France have cut off financial support to Niger and the United States has threatened to do the same, after military leaders this week announced they had overthrown the democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum.

Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world, receiving close to $2 billion a year in official development assistance, according to the World Bank. It is also a security partner of former colonial power France and the United States, which both use it as a base to fight an Islamist insurgency in West and Central Africa's wider Sahel region.

Niger's foreign allies so far have refused to recognize the new military government led by General Abdourahamane Tiani, previously head of the presidential guard, who officers declared head of state on Friday.

Bazoum has not been heard from since early Thursday when he was confined within the presidential palace, although the European Union, France and others say they still recognize him as the legitimate president.

"In addition to the immediate cessation of budget support, all cooperation actions in the domain of security are suspended indefinitely with immediate effect," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement.

The French foreign ministry said France had suspended all development aid and budget support with immediate effect, demanding a prompt return to constitutional order with Bazoum back in charge. French development aid for Niger was at around 120 million euros ($130 million) in 2022, and expected to be slightly higher this year.


U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said: "The very significant assistance that we have in place for people in Niger is clearly in jeopardy."

The United States has two military bases in Niger with some 1,100 soldiers, and also provides hundreds of millions of dollars to the country in security and development aid.

UNCERTAINTY ON STREETS​

On the bustling streets of the capital Niamey, business owners worried about uncertainty damaging trade, and about the prospect of financial flows from abroad abruptly drying up.

"We've noticed that our clientele have dropped. There are hardly any customers at all," lamented electronics shop owner Abdoul Karim Mahama.

 

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Niamey-based economist Abdoulaye Soly said: "All externally-funded projects will come to a halt. Development projects financed by the EU, World Bank, IMF and others will be halted. Budgetary aid given to Niger will be stopped."

Niger is a key partner of the European Union in helping curb the flow of irregular migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. The EU also has a small number of troops in Niger for a military training mission.

The bloc allocated 503 million euros ($554 million) from its budget to improve governance, education and sustainable growth in Niger over 2021-2024, according to its website. Through its European Peace Facility, the EU had approved around 70 million euros to support Niger's armed forces since July last year, including 4.7 million euros of weapons approved on June 8.

The United Nations said the coup has not affected its deliveries of humanitarian aid.

It was difficult to assess how much support the coup has among the population. Some crowds came out in support of Bazoum on Wednesday, but the following day coup supporters also took to the streets.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the West African Monetary Union will hold emergency summits in Nigeria on Sunday to discuss the situation, and further economic and financial sanctions could be decided.

After an emergency meeting on Friday, the African Union issued a statement demanding the military return to their barracks and restore constitutional order within 15 days. It did not say what would happen after that.

($1 = 0.9079 euros)

Reporting by Moussa Aksar and Boureima Balima in Niamey and Kate Abnett in Brussels and John Irish in Paris, Writing by Nellie Peyton and Bate Felix; Editing by Giles Elgood and Peter Graff
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Niger loses aid as Western countries condemn coup

Niger's foreign allies so far have refused to recognize the new military government led by General Abdourahamane Tiani, previously head of the presidential guard, who officers declared head of state on Friday.

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I feel that colonial powers are pulling the strings here. What does the East African Bloc or AU say about this? I haven't heard anything from them yet.

 

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I feel that colonial powers are pulling the strings here. What does the East African Bloc or AU say about this? I haven't heard anything from them yet.

Idk but they do the same-thing in Haiti with Kenya & Rwanda Forces Occupying Haiti

 

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Idk but they do the same-thing in Haiti with Kenya & Rwanda Forces Occupying Haiti

They out there now? I must have missed that post on your thread.