A major war is boiling in Central Africa
 

As we didn't had enough of war in the world it looks like another major war is on its rise in the horizon

https://www.france24.com/en/africa/2...aration-of-war

Markus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woub...tVeteranReacts

Markus

I think this is some of the fallout from the French military "Operation Barkhane." There was a big withdraw of French troops this time last year.

In the news here it is said that the new leader in Niger has turn its back to France and open up for Russia.

There are report of Wagner in Niger.

Markus

I am sure that the average african warlord prefers Russia, for obvious reasons :D

https://youtu.be/5F8YEDLsccY?si=G3Ur6SFo_z5qXpkY
Operation Barkhane: the French army in operation

https://youtu.be/7rVfnjW2Vzg?si=dB2GhNtMbbTdCF1D
Mali: The Last Soliders of Barkhane

If the thing hit the fan, could it then turn the entire continent into a war zone ?

Markus

Sorry been following this for awhile, glad you made a thread Mapuc

https://youtu.be/fs1cBZq_reY?si=XBqVKV5Q8DMYxFZD
Wagner will continue Mali, C.A.R operations says Lavrov

https://youtu.be/q_iFQlPCNX0?si=Qu6zp8JdhEagQEza
What are Russian mercenaries up to in Mali and elsewhere in Africa?

Its the Modern Great Game, China and the US are also involved close bye.

I know China has for years if not decades tried to overtake Europeans interest in Africa.

Every time I heard or read about it I was thinking how far can they go before they have crossed a red line-Where Europe says enough.

Oh by the way it's not in central Africa it's in West Africa.

Markus

Even if you modernise a soldier's equipment and train him and equip him and make him equal to three enemy figthers, and then four, and then five, it does not change the fact that his boots still can stand on only one piece of ground at any given time, not in severla places.



The West thinks he can compensate with technology for his low numbers, and clever tatcics and so forth. And since decades now I can see how well this works. We loose one war after the other, and loose one military engagement and policing operation after the other. A few limited successes of as limited importance - and several times as many failures.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r66jdOlwpiM

Wagner will take every advantage they are capable of grabbing.

URANIUM.......:yeah:

https://www.politico.eu/article/nige...um-dependency/

https://www.worldbulletin.net/images...-at-120655.png
https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incomi...er%20group.jpg

In the news today it was said that they had an another meeting since Niger didn't accept the deadline.

I think they are thinking twice before intervene in Niger.

Markus

Good Al Jazeera "Inside Story" video and podcast in article page
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/...remain-defiant

ECOWAS leaders say all options open in Niger, including ‘use of force’
West African bloc activates standby force for possible Niger intervention, says it wants a peaceful restoration of democracy.

The remarks came as the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met in Nigeria’s Abuja on Thursday for an emergency summit to discuss responses to last month’s military takeover in Niger, after the coup leaders defied their earlier threat to use force to restore democracy.

https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content...1691687922.jpg
The President of Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu, centre, and leaders of ECOWAS meet to discuss the political situation in Niger, in Abuja, Nigeria [EPA]

This whole thing makes me think of the French TV series "A Very Secret Service"

https://youtu.be/rI7mf8TJaME?si=gSlOynpQzNxallDS
https://youtu.be/K1eBLuiDK-w?si=qpJJcVktqvv7Xtvb

:haha::har: Very funny, I don't know this TV serie....:o

This could all get messy very quickly.

https://youtu.be/_d_UH3lyqb8?si=fEx4T9EBpDSw7-8W

3212 unredacted the "Tongo Tongo ambush"
https://youtu.be/qwOPg-1G1J0?si=mLeZCvBl-HtFdV-r

The Tongo Tongo ambush or the Niger ambush occurred on 4 October 2017, when armed militants from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) attacked Nigerien and US soldiers outside the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger, while they were returning to base after a stop in the village.[20] During the ambush, four Nigeriens, four US soldiers, and at least 21 ISGS militants were killed, and eight Nigeriens and two US soldiers including the team commander were wounded. In the day preceding the ambush, the Nigerien and US soldiers conducted a mission attempting to locate and capture or kill Doundou Chefou, a commander in the ISGS.[21]

The ambush sparked political debate over the presence of US forces in Africa and brought attention to previously under-reported US military activities in the region.[22] The ambush also prompted congressional inquiries, and an investigation by the US Department of Defense (DoD).[23] The DoD inquiry, completed in 2018, found that the 11-member US special forces team was not prepared for the mission, and identified other flaws in planning.[20]

The ambush remains the largest loss of American lives in combat in Africa since the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongo_Tongo_ambush