orgen
No one special
You'd have to ask op to update the thread name sir or a moderator
Breaking News 2 African Nations Have Been Hit With Military Coups In The Past Month
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The Lonious Monk
Celestial Souljah
Both countries were sending an F you to France.
I don't think its a bad thing for them to throw off the shackles of the west. I just hope they don't do something silly and wind up in the same position with the Chinese and Russians.
I don't think its a bad thing for them to throw off the shackles of the west. I just hope they don't do something silly and wind up in the same position with the Chinese and Russians.
Elzo69Renaissance
Niggas online ratting then calling it content
I don’t even think they mind as long as they get something in return…. France only built infrastructure that favored their interest and destroyed a lot of that infrastructure while leaving during the independence movement of the 1960s
So if Russia/ China can build roads update the public transportation system and etc for the same deal they have w France … they will take it
orgen
No one special
As of 31 Aug 2023, eight African countries, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo, are members of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), and their currency is the African Financial Community franc (XOF) issued by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO). However, in Nov 2019, eight African countries, including Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Niger, and Guinea Bissau, decided to withdraw their foreign exchange reserves from the French central bank and replace the CFA franc with a new common West African currency, named eco.0 The new currency is slated to launch at the end of the year. Six Anglophone countries of the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, condemned WAEMU's decision to rename the CFA franc.1 The CFA franc was created in 1945 when the French government ratified the Bretton Woods Agreement and became the currency of les colonies françaises de
SeaSnake
OG
Hey bro not being funny but are you west African I know it’s another besides Elzo.
But anyway I remember I learned a little about Burkina Faso and how Thomas Sankara had a certain form of socialism
AZTG
OG
Word. Sometimes you have to pick the lesser of two evils.
You cant just go from having your resources stolen for generations to now being in control of all your resources over night. There needs to be systems built that take the money from those resources and distribute it to govt functions so they can run. These things take years and years.
All we can ask for is that the new folks in charge have whats best for their people in mind and will incrementally work to take charge of all their resources.
If thats the case, then it doesnt matter if they partner with Russia and the partnership heavily favors Russia at first.
But if this ends up being removing a corrupt French puppet with a just as corrupt Russian puppet then it will be meaningless.
The Lonious Monk
Celestial Souljah
Yeah, but they got to do it better than what's happening in the Caribbean right now. China's building infrastructure that favors them, and isn't including locals in any part of that. For instance, if some roads need to be built to a new resort in Jamaica, they don't get local Jamaicans to do it. They fly Chinese workers out there and pay them to do it. Some of those Chinese will wind up staying and continuing to get big contracts. That's how the Asians in the Caribbean are quickly progressing into the wealthy class while most of the natives are stagnant.
Swabbie
Active Member
My thoughts exactly.
Swabbie
Active Member
It's Cold War realism part 2. The world is splitting in to spheres of influence between "The West" and Russia/China. The people in the middle didn't prosper last time this happened, they aren't going to prosper this time. It benefits neither side to let them prosper because then they lose control over then.
There is no lesser evil here. Y'all done see this same story play out way too much to be that damn naïve. Africa has to look out for Africa. That means the East African Federation actually becoming a thing instead of them sucking on China's tit separated. That means ECOWAS, yes them, creating a single currency for West Africa to get away from the CFA Franc and France's colonial shit. That means Russians out of Africa and not controlling diamond mines and the like in exchange for protecting whatever dictator is in power at the moment.
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AZTG
OG
Youre not wrong bro.
Youre saying EAF and ECOWAS need to be a thing.
My only point was you dont become a thing just by saying im a thing.
Im saying that I hope the people in charge actually care about breaking the shackles of neo imperialism and make noticeable changes incrementally and start strengthening their hands until they get to the point that they can say fuck France, Russia, and the US.
I have almost no hope at the chance of that happening because we've seen this movie so many times before. Usually a corrupt govt gets deposed not cause the opposition cares about the people but because the opposition wants a piece of the pie.
LurkerSix
OG
W all know how this is going to play out. They leave the bad deal with France or wE western country and get a worse deal from China or Russia. Top is just in it to line their pockets, the move their fam to the same western countries they shit on