The last U.S. military base has withdrawn from Niger 🇳🇪

[Kooley_High]

We will see if this works out for them, but they just look to be replacing the US with Russian/Wagner. That group is funded by resource extraction in Africa and already been accused of war crimes.

 

[Savvir]

Colonialism is not neocolonialism

the use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies.

Maintaining a colony is difficult and costly. Installing easily controllable puppets who funnel the same resources you want from a colony is much easier.

Niger, for all intents and purposes, was a French colony even if it had independence from France. America was more than happy to put bases there to help the French secure control over it.

That's neocolonialism. There will be some bad faith arguments about Russia in here. But it's a false equivalence

By that definition..

Russia and China have “colonized” Africa too

Why would trading one colonizer for another be a thing to celebrate?

 

[3rdWorld]

The Russians can't even manage their own fiefdom...

Putin's hands are full right now

Ukraine-Russia latest: Putin’s troops in Russia’s Kursk forced back miles by Kyiv’s cross-border incursion

Kyiv and Volodymyr Zelensky maintain silence over massive border operation on Russian soil

www.aol.com

 

[that guy]

And a year later:

China's loans pushing world’s poorest countries to brink of collapse

A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse under the weight of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the world’s biggest and most unforgiving government lender, China.

apnews.com

Did you actually read the article you posted?

Also:

Burkina Faso receives huge batch of Chinese military equipment - defenceWeb

Burkina Faso’s military has taken delivery of some 100 new armoured vehicles from China as it continues to expand its armed forces in the face of relentless terror attacks. President Captain Ibrahim Traoré officially took delivery of at least 40 Norinco VP11 and 50 Norinco CS/VP14 armoured...

www.defenceweb.co.za

Burkina Faso receives new Chinese self-propelled guns and mortars

Burkina Faso is the latest African military to procure 105 mm WMA301 fire-support vehicles made by Chinese company Norinco, it was revealed on 12 January when President...

www.janes.com

 

[Kasgoinjail]

I know there's not some people in here speaking on African politics yet crying when Africans speak on their politics

Thats defo not what I'm seeing rn

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

I know there's not some people in here speaking on African politics yet crying when Africans speak on their politics

Thats defo not what I'm seeing rn

Americans, regardless of their skin color, want Africans to be subservient to whites.

Its an imperialist c00n mindset

 

[Seoul Gleou]

By that definition..

Russia and China have “colonized” Africa too

Why would trading one colonizer for another be a thing to celebrate?

Make the argument. Describe how Russia and China are neocolonialists

 

[Savvir]

Make the argument. Describe how Russia and China are neocolonialists

They both use economic and political pressure to control or influence African countries.

Do you want links to examples?

Is this the first time you’ve heard of what China and Russia have been doing in Africa?

 

[Seoul Gleou]

They both use economic and political pressure to control or influence African countries.

Do you want links to examples?

Is this the first time you’ve heard of what China and Russia have been doing in Africa?

 

[Savvir]

Wagner Group Operations in Africa: Civilian Targeting Trends in the Central African Republic and Mali

Analysis of the latest ACLED data on Wagner activity and the threat the group poses to civilians.

acleddata.com

In Mali, Russian Wagner mercenaries are helping the army kill civilians, rights groups say

Rights groups say the Russian mercenary group known as Wagner is helping government forces in central and northern Mali carry out raids and drone strikes that have killed scores of civilians.

apnews.com

I mean we can go back and forth.
You post videos of specific people giving their opinion on Russia and Chinese neocolonists..

I’ll just respond with documented abuses by the neocolonialists



Russia and China have influence on the African nations that allow them in. This is by definition colonialism by your own words.

You can only argue that they are better colonists than the previous ones… but denying they are colonists is going against your own argument and definition.

 

[Tflasha]

What can Russia offer Niger?

Ruskis got their hands full right what could they possibly be able to divy up

 

[Seoul Gleou]

Wagner Group Operations in Africa: Civilian Targeting Trends in the Central African Republic and Mali

Analysis of the latest ACLED data on Wagner activity and the threat the group poses to civilians.

acleddata.com

In Mali, Russian Wagner mercenaries are helping the army kill civilians, rights groups say

Rights groups say the Russian mercenary group known as Wagner is helping government forces in central and northern Mali carry out raids and drone strikes that have killed scores of civilians.

apnews.com

I mean we can go back and forth.
You post videos of specific people giving their opinion on Russia and Chinese neocolonists..

I’ll just respond with documented abuses by the neocolonialists



Russia and China have influence on the African nations that allow them in. This is by definition colonialism by your own words.

You can only argue that they are better colonists than the previous ones… but denying they are colonists is going against your own argument and definition.

I didn't define colonialism, I defined neocolonialism and that is not what is happening.

But let's use your logic and argument. By your logic, America is an Israeli colony because Israel influences American culture and politics. Is that what you are arguing?

 

[Savvir]

I didn't define colonialism, I defined neocolonialism and that is not what is happening.

But let's use your logic and argument. By your logic, America is an Israeli colony because Israel influences American culture and politics. Is that what you are arguing?

1. A person spoke about colonialism and you responded with the definition of neocolonialism as though they were interchangeable. I just ran with it.


2. It is according to your definition of neocolonialism

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

I didn't define colonialism, I defined neocolonialism and that is not what is happening.

But let's use your logic and argument. By your logic, America is an Israeli colony because Israel influences American culture and politics. Is that what you are arguing?

Americans neocolonialists in are funny

They act like the US didn’t participate in the Berlin Conference that divided Africa

(Not to speak of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii etc.)