And this prompts the question of which military deliveries Russia&China had carried out since the 2023coup d'état (Russian anti-aerial system in 2024), but also what US forces had left behind at base 101.MANPADS+radars are still there, a few cannons, not enough to be dealing w many kamikaze drones
“The new National #Security #Strategy.. is..the biggest self-own in foreign policy…
The NSS looks to end the Western security architecture…led by the US since the end of
WWII& that is largely responsible for the US’s unprecedented wealth and prosperity.”
alexzfinley.substack.com/p/trump-the-...
Thread hyper utile de @yguichaoua.bsky.social qui a bien réfléchi sur la question blocus carburant / négociation avec le JNIM
J'ai parlé de drones au Sahel avec l'excellente @zahrarahmouni.bsky.social de @slatefr.bsky.social
Mali: l'ex-Premier ministre Moussa Mara convoqué par la justice pour la quatrième fois en deux semaines
I agree with you that some of this article is deeply flawed & the research is not thorough, but I find dismissiveness of the whole piece without explaining why also problematic. We can quickly comment on it amongst ourselves, but not useful to do so publicly without substantiating
Oh definitely! The only evidence I have of JNIM in some bits of the mine is that they provide security - near the water tower in the east for ex. + that they do pay some miners to extract for them (&others to transport). V different from the Nigerien mines, as I think you know
Oh really Adam? How come? Just the other day a source in Ntahaka was saying how JNIM leadership in his part of the mine changed (as in, two new guys managing workers)…JNIM has been in parts of Ntahaka&Ntillit for years…
"Traoré is mostly doing a half-assed version of what many countries on the continent have been doing for decades, just with an outstanding press corps to sell it"
On Sahelian revolutions and hyperreality:
aninjusticemag.com/hyperreality...
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Another mass murder perpetrated by the army in Mali. Here, ethnic targeting is demonstrated. (Also, a friend lost six of his close relatives in this massacre)
Même la moustique vient de Paris
Never underestimate the power of alliteration
Grande réplique de Gonzalez suite à la réponse Malienne à son dernier dernier rapport. Thread qui explique l’intervention de Gonzalez et conclusion parfaite
This coming Thursday in Brussels! www.egmontinstitute.be/events/anato...
There is nothing crazy about this. This horrific video epitomizes the logic of current meme-fascism: it's a colonization of the imagination that precedes and aestheticizes real neo-imperialist violence, dressed up in the glossy looks of stock imagery, influencer content and online scamming
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ehhhh masterpiece
Quelle époque, hein. L'extrême-droite fr suit à la lettre l'agenda trumpiste (digression: on rigole quand on se rappelle les gémissements au sujet du "wokisme venus des campus américains") et force R Rioux à se défendre sur ses canaux. C'est déjà une victoire pour les fafs
Bonjour #Nouakchott #Mauritanie
Without explaining why, the military junta of #Niger has ordered the closure of the International Committee of the Red Cross #ICRC offices and the departure of its expatriate staff
A' #Niamey l'Arabie Saoudite et son Programme des Etats du Sahel organise la conference "Outils et législations pour combattre le financement du terrorisme":
Olivier clarifies that #drones struggled to find his open air prison in northern #Mali.
This interview is useful for many reasons, including the fact that it demystifies the power of the drone as a weapon of war (and surveillance) in the Sahel
So new Joint Force on the horizon, unclear what will be the new element here, most likely the fact that it will have less funding than the old Joint Force #Sahel #Mali #Niger #BurkinaFaso
From Kirkus Reviews: "[Death is Our Business is] an eye-opening exposé ... For those who want to know the ugly truth of war fought for rubles—or dollars."
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Perceptions of limitations to humanitarian access #Niger
reliefweb.int/report/niger...
#Tchad🇹🇩 - The withdrawal of French🇫🇷 troops is progressing. For example, an "Antonov Airlines🇺🇦" An-124 (reg. UR-82008 | #50801C) for heavy equipment and large cargo was en route from N'Djamena via Dakar🇸🇳 to Istres Air Base🇫🇷 on 31 December.
France is slowly leaving #Chad. Next January @ninawilen.bsky.social will be publishing a piece on military equipment/logistics withdrawal in the #MINUSMA case in #Mali, which could help make sense of this particular withdrawal also
Incredible videos from #Syria
