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💠@Arab_Africa:
⭕ 🇷🇺🇲🇱 Russia expands its military presence in MaliLeading Arab media outlets report that Russia continues to build up its military presence in Mali, significantly expanding the military bases it already has at its disposal.
Satellite images have appeared in open sources showing significant changes at the Russian military base in Bamako that occurred between December 5, 2024 and January 24, 2025: new roads appeared around the base, as well as other changes to the buildings and structures inside it.
Also observed between January 5 and January 8 was active logistics activity, including the movement of military equipment, paving around the main base building and completion of roofing work, as well as excavation work on the eastern side of the base.
Let me remind you that at the end of January, the forces of the African Corps of the Russian Ministry of Defense finally deployed their units in Mali, and at the beginning of February, a large column of Russian military equipment was spotted on the streets of Bamako.
⭕ 🇱🇾🇲🇱🇳🇪🇹🇩🇸🇩🇧🇫🇨🇫🇷🇺 In the vastness of Arab Africa💠@Sputnik Africa:
⭕ 🇨🇩🇹🇩 The DRC asks Chad for military assistance in the fight against the M23 rebels, media reportsChadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno met with Didier Masenga, a special envoy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) sent by President Felix Tshisekedi. During the meeting, the DRC requested “military assistance in any form” to help them defend against the M23 rebels, according to the Chadian media.
Since January, the M23 rebels have captured significant territories in the provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu, including the cities of Goma and Bukavu. The DRC authorities accuse Rwanda of supporting the M23 with its army.
According to the media, Chad has a relatively powerful and experienced army, capable of providing important military assistance to the DRC. Chad has already been involved in many peacekeeping operations in Africa, including in the Sahel region.
There has been no official statement from N’Djamena yet following the talks with the Congolese delegation.
[this is big news. Mahamat Idriss Deby, who met with Putin just a year ago, had spoken out against the barbarism being inflicted on Congo by the combined West, at hands of Rwandan mercenaries, and others. Chad is one of Africa’s most feared and militant peoples. They can make a huge difference.]
⭕ 🇪🇹 Ethiopia is actively pursuing food self-sufficiency through agricultural policies, challenging perceptions of African dependency, authorities sayEthiopia remains committed to achieving food security, which is essential for its farmers and the nation as a whole, according to the Office of Prime Minister of Ethiopia.
The strategy centers on wheat production through expanded irrigation, improved seeds, and modern farming, transforming Ethiopia from importer to self-sufficient producer. This transformation from an importer to a self-sufficient wheat producer is supported by key initiatives in irrigation, sustainable agriculture, policy reform, and farmer support programs.
By becoming wheat self-sufficient, Ethiopia no longer needs to rely on imports, eliminating the need for an annual $1 billion in imports. However, limited humanitarian imports may still occur.
Food self-sufficiency is crucial for Ethiopia and Africa’s empowerment, building resilience and promoting growth. It safeguards against disruptions and demonstrates agricultural independence, serving as a model for other African nations.
⭕ 🇷🇺🇪🇹 “They are our comrades in arms”: the speaker of Russia’s Federation council provides details on Ethiopia’s participation in the 80th anniversary of the Victory over Nazi Germany |media|
[Speaker Valentina Matvienko is on an official visit to ensure Russia better integrates economies and interaction with this key country in Africa – second most populous (>100M) and Orthodox majority and friendly for many centuries] -
This is what is happening in South Africa now. There are racists. These are the people who started the case against Israel. This is why I do not believe them .. not a word – they are there for press opportunity. They are trying to create a so-called holocaust out of a period of apartheid that did not last very long. They have been told (by the guy that will probably become the new US Ambassador to South Africa, that the attitude may give them a short feeling of power, but it will not be underwritten with money. What I am showing here are not outlier positions, but as Trump puts the squeeze, so the punishment is pushed down to the ordinary people.
I want to say categorically ..what was wrong and unconscionably wrong during the apartheid years, de facto from 1984 to late 1980’s, is wrong today.
The statistic that whites own 70% of land, is screamingly wrong, but it gets repeated. This statistic is formed by backing out government land, and all other land so it looks high. In reality according to the goverment’s own statistics, the ownership rate of farm land is 24%, and I guess, they are farmers. Expropriation of land without compensation has a nasty twist in the tail. If your house, or smallholding or farm gets expropirated, you most probably still have a bank loan. Now you have to still pay back the bank having just lost your own sustenance.
What is also comfortably left out of the conversation is that there has been for many years a commission to take land claims, and compensate for them. What happened here is that anyone and their dog made landclaims, chose the money instead of getting the land back, and promptly made a new landclaim, because they are ‘landless’. This is being perpetrated by mostly government cadres and the collect the money time after time. There is now something like 8,000 millionaires in ordinary government offices. China knows and besides political support, South Africa will not get much more. Russia knows, but they will preach on their good relationships with Africa.
Can you see why I do not want to write about this formally? Its just too hard.
In the meantime all Trump and Elon Musk wants, is to raid the educated white population as migrants. There is also the fact that how ever many times the South African government tried to discuss this with the US, they get no reply whatsoever.
Musk is a part of this. The sadness is that however bad the US policies are, the ones internal to South Africa are worse. Musk wanted to open Starlink. He was told in no uncertain terms that he needs a black partner – these agreements are usually for a 30% ownership. Now this black partner must be paid, but is not expected to do any work or to turn up at all, only for press. So, Musk said no. And in this case, I think he was justified. He is quite nasty in his own right, so I think he is flaming the issue, hoping for a bunch of whites to go to the US. Uhm .. Bad JuJu happening all around on the racist ticket.
The government is making a serious error of judgement. A bunch of US lawmakers have written a letter to Trump saying that the AGOA free trade agreement must be ended. If that happens, there will be extreme hunger and there is a big chance of a civil war. Agoa also affects 30 African countries. With that kind of economics, one has to be careful.
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— AzhleyAlexandyr (@azhley_a) February 18, 2025Black podcasters describe white South Africans as inhuman. Literal dogs. Animals.
“White people are inferior species to us”
“They have Neanderthal blood in them”
“We are dealing with the weakest whites”
“White people are just below human beings”
“You are negotiating with an… pic.twitter.com/ZGRPZl7ieq
— Baba Yaga ®✞ (@Recon1_ZA) February 18, 2025
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Last time there was a planned audit [of the Pentagon], with Rummy even admitting on 10th Sept 2001 that a trillion or two went “poof” — we know what happened the very next day. And the missile that hit the Five Points struck the very offices to be audited.. meanwhile in the erstwhile “Gold Coast” of Africa — Anglos suffer serious setbacks in ability to continue plunder
💠@Sputnik Africa:
⭕ 🇳🇱🇳🇬 The Netherlands to return over 100 looted Benin Bronzes to NigeriaThey were looted by British troops in 1897 during the sacking of Benin City, modern-day Nigeria’s Edo state.
These culturally significant artifacts, including sculptures, tusks, and an ivory mask, were later displayed at museums like the Wereldmuseum in the Netherlands.
Described as the “largest repatriation of Benin antiquities” by Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments, this move aims to address a historical injustice still felt today, according to Dutch Minister of Culture Eppo Bruins.
Nigeria plans to showcase these treasures in the upcoming Edo Museum of West African Art, set to open in 2026.
[this may soon turn into a lucrative source of easy cash for beleaguered Europe and especially the British: selling back looted antiquities and treasures!]
⭕ 🇲🇱🇨🇦 Canadian Barrick Gold reportedly reaches a $438 million deal with Mali to settle tax dispute✍️ The deal, which has yet to receive formal approval from the Malian government, involves Barrick paying 275 billion CFA francs (about $438 million), a Western media outlet reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
In exchange, the company seeks the release of four employees detained in September, the return of three tonnes of gold, evacuated by the Malian authorities in January, and the resumption of operations at the Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex in western Mali, according to the report.
A delegation from the Malian government and a private consulting firm completed a three-day inspection of Barrick’s facilities at Loulo-Gounkoto on Wednesday, while the authorities last week gave the company a one-week deadline to resume operations, the report added.
⭕ 🇪🇹🇷🇺 Addis Ababa is interested in economic cooperation with Moscow, Russian parliament’s upper house speaker says“The visit was productive, resulting in concrete agreements. The Federation Council speaker [Valentina Matvienko] said that Ethiopia had confirmed its strong interest in developing cooperation with Russia across parliamentary and trade-economic spheres,” the Russian Federation Council (FC) said in a statement, following Matvienko’s meeting with Ethiopian President Taye Atske Selassie on the final day of her visit to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
According to the FC speaker, Moscow is interested in increasing trade and economic cooperation with Addis Ababa, which has a huge potential, especially in agriculture, renewable energy, mining, information and communication technologies and tourism.
Matvienko also emphasized the effective interaction with Ethiopian colleagues within the framework of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and BRICS.
“Russia actively supported Ethiopia’s accession to this association, and we felt the enthusiasm and constructive attitude of Ethiopian partners. The country is making a remarkable contribution to the collective strength of the association, giving its members a new perspective on the African continent. BRICS has gained a new, dynamic and active member,” the speaker noted. |media|
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Is the UN suddenly growing teeth? The US side appears to have been instructed to take back seat?? There are new demarches against Rwanda, universal voted on at the UNSC. Rwanda in turn is screeching in denial and pain, like our plucky Kievan piano-player right now, at being abandoned so brutally and suddenly by the Anglo master of the last three decades. Let’s see where it goes.
💠@Sputnik Africa:
⭕🌍 Confederation of Sahel States adopts an official flagThe AES ministers launched the confederation flag this Saturday at a working meeting in Bamako, according to the Malian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The flag has a green background with the AES logo in its center.
The Malian ministry noted that the green color symbolizes “hope and prosperity, rebirth and renewal”.
“It thus represents the immense natural resources of the confederal space for a future of shared prosperity.”
⭕🇺🇳🇨🇩🇷🇼 The UNSC adopts a resolution calling on Rwanda to withdraw forces from the DRC🛑 All 15 council members unanimously supported the resolution, urging “the Rwanda Defense Forces to cease support to the M23 and immediately withdraw from DRC territory without preconditions,” while condemning the ongoing offensive and advances of M23 in the DRC.
The resolution, which was submitted by France, also called on the DRC and Rwanda to return to diplomatic talks without preconditions.
“This delivers a clear message: there is no military solution to the conflict in the east of the DRC. The offensive carried out by the M23 supported by Rwanda must be put to an end,” France’s UN ambassador Nicolas de Riviere stated.
🇷🇺 Russian ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia said the resolution was adopted after significant diplomatic efforts in the UN and during the summits of African leaders.
“This needs to be fulfilled by all parties without delay. Hostilities must cease. Lives must be saved. The civilian population must be able to return to their homes,” Nebenzia emphasized.
⭕ 🌍🇷🇺 Africa seeks unrestricted grain and fertilizer trade with Russia to ensure food security amid sanctions, an international negotiator says🌾 Africa wants to have absolute freedom to buy and negotiate with fertilizer and grain suppliers, including Russia, president of the Brazzaville Foundation, aimed at promoting African initiatives for peace, Jean-Yves Ollivier told Sputnik Africa, commenting on the importance that G20 chair South Africa attaches to food security amid sanctions against Russia, a major supplier of grain and fertilizers.
💬 “The problem is the imposition of US sanctions, mainly against Russia, which are focused on grains, but we should also mention fertilizers. Fertilizers are a very important element of food security. And Russia is a major player in the supply of fertilizers, as we know very well,” the foundation’s president said.
African countries are therefore keen to trade with the Russians to ensure their food security, he noted.
💬 “This is not just an individual position of South Africa, it is a common position of Africa as a whole,” the speaker emphasized.
⭕ 🇺🇸👋🇺🇳 “Good riddance to a bad rubbish”: Nigerian professor explains why Africa won’t miss the US at the UNThe potential US withdrawal from the United Nations is not a loss but a long-overdue shift in global power, Abubakar Sadeeque Abba, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Abuja, told Sputnik Africa.
He argued that the US has used the UN to maintain dominance, and its exit would mark “the end of the hegemonic power of the United States of America.”
🌍 Rather than creating instability, he believes this move would empower developing nations. Africa, he added, is prepared to strengthen ties with China, Russia, the EU, and BRICS.
“We are not going to miss the United States of America. In fact, it is good riddance to a bad rubbish,” the professor said.
🇷🇺 He also sees an opportunity for Russia to step up as a key global player.
“Russia is dancing between the devil and the devil, and [fortunately] for Russia, the devil has decided on his own to commit suicide,” Sadeeque Abba said.
If Russia remains committed to fairness and justice, he argued, it could “re-establish itself not only as a global power but as a power that has a listening ear” and address imbalances left by colonialism and imperialism.
[LOL. This is ANGLOPHILE Nigeria, not the former French neocolony of Niger. Loved the part of the devil’s “auto-suicide”]
⭕ 🇫🇷🇨🇮 France “pulls the wool over the Ivorians’ eyes,” reorganizing its military presence in Cote d’Ivoire, a writer saysThe fact that France recently announced its withdrawal from the Ivorian base in Port-Bouët does not change the situation, and Cote d’Ivoire still remains a “department of an occupying country,” Ivorian writer Tape Groubera told Sputnik Africa.
The 1961 Franco-Ivorian colonial treaties, which allowed Paris to “intervene in Cote d’Ivoire, even to go into its subsoil and extract what they wanted”, are still in force, the speaker emphasized.
💬 “So, fundamentally, the removal of the base, while maintaining the agreements, leaves the problem unchanged. That’s what you call pulling the wool over people’s eyes,” the writer noted.
According to Groubera, it is wrong “to say that military bases exist to provide security; on the contrary, they exist to provide insecurity in Africa.”
💬 “Therefore, Western military bases, not to mention all bases foreign to the territory, to Africa, must leave the African continent. All foreign bases that are not African bases, in our opinion, in our vision, must leave African territory,” he argued. |media|
⭕ 🌍🇷🇺 While the West uses Africa to serve its interests, Russia has helped some nations gain independence, an Ivorian writer says💬 “If Russia had perhaps not been there [on the Africans’ side], maybe we wouldn’t be talking about independence for some African countries,” Ivorian writer Tape Groubera told Sputnik Africa, commenting on the recent withdrawal of French troops from his country.
Ivorians are “fed up” with former colonial power military presence, which was established “to serve French interests,” the speaker emphasized.
💬 “When we were occupied, that’s right, we need to tell the truth as well. When what we call the independences happened, who came to the aid of the Africans? It was Russia, the USSR, and Cuba. Against whom? Against whom? Not against some aliens, it was against the West,” he noted.
Moreover, there have never been “cooperative relations” between the West and Africa, the writer added, citing Russia as a counter-example.
💬 “Russia has always been on our side, as has the USSR, from which Russia emerged. They have all stood by us. They even had soldiers who came and died for us. That is a reality,” Groubera pointed also out. |media|
💠@Africa Intel:
⭕ 🇷🇼 Rwanda’s Fiery Rejection of EU ResolutionThe Rwandan Parliament has strongly condemned a recent European Union resolution criticizing Rwanda’s alleged role in the ongoing conflict in eastern DRC. Lawmakers accused the EU of “selective outrage” and failing to address the complex historical and ethnic dynamics fueling tensions. Rwanda highlighted the presence of FDLR militia in eastern DRC, a group linked to the 1994 genocide, and criticized the EU for ignoring its legitimate security concerns.
Rwanda’s Foreign Minister called the EU’s approach “simplistic”, emphasizing the need for a balanced resolution that tackles root causes like ethnic discrimination and the presence of genocidal militias. This rejection marks a significant escalation in diplomatic tensions, raising questions about the future of peace efforts in the Great Lakes region.
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#Rwanda #DRC
@africaintel
⭕ 🇨🇩 Bintou Keita Urges Immediate Ceasefire in Eastern DRC Amid Escalating ViolenceUnited Nations Special Representative Bintou Keita has called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the conflict intensifies. Speaking at a UN Security Council briefing, Keita emphasized the need for diplomatic solutions to halt the crisis, particularly following the recent offensive by M23 rebels, who have captured key cities like Goma and Bukavu.
Keita, head of MONUSCO, warned that the conflict has displaced hundreds of thousands and risks escalating into a regional war. She stressed that there is no military solution and urged a return to dialogue through regional mediation efforts. The UN Security Council has also adopted Resolution 2773, demanding an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of M23 forces.
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