Africa in Crisis- The Merged Superthread

[Blackadder1916]

There are always jobs for guys with guns in Africa...

Most aren't the type of jobs that require a great deal of ethics -- I wonder if they are hiring CAF GOFO's

At least one.

https://ca.linkedin.com/in/daniel-m%C3%A9nard-8b0a1226

Managing Director, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
May 2014 - Sep 2015 1 year 5 months
Dubai, UAE
Oversees all of GardaWorld’s ongoing operations in the region, including existing and new contracts with the O&G industry, the governmental and commercial clients in GardaWorld’s fast-paced growth in the region.

 

[Good2Golf]

Ahhhh, so Dan Menard isn’t available?

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

There are always jobs for guys with guns in Africa...

Most aren't the type of jobs that require a great deal of ethics -- I wonder if they are hiring CAF GOFO's

They would need to be actually good at the whole gun thing, don't know if you've seen our senior officers in Ottawa but....

If bureaucratic paper pushing were the requirement though, sign them up!

 

[daftandbarmy]

I doubt this coming population/ density explosion will help that 'crisis' thing:

Mapped: The World’s Population Density by Latitude​

Looking ahead to 2100, the UN projects that the global population will rise to almost 11 billion. This would increase global population density from 59.11 people per square kilometer in 2022 to 80.82 per square kilometer in 2010.

However, the projections show that Asia will not be the biggest contributor to this growth. Instead, the most considerable jump in population is predicted for Africa, set to grow by almost 200% from almost 1.5 billion people today to 4.3 billion in 2100.

The equator runs right through the middle of Africa and crisscrosses countries like the Congo (both the Republic and DRC), Kenya, Gabon, Uganda, and Somalia.

As Africa’s population expands, this means that at latitudes near the equator, there could be even higher population densities coming. Or course, this largely depends on how the world’s fastest growing cities⁠—most of which are in Africa⁠—shape up over the coming decades.

Mapped: The World’s Population Density by Latitude

How much of the Earth’s population is located near the equator? This map visualizes the world’s population density by latitude.

www.visualcapitalist.com

 

[MilEME09]

Once again another African crisis, following the coup in Niger and ECOWAS setting a 7 day deadline or face potential military intervention. Battle lines are being drawn with Mali, and Burkina Faso declaring they will go to war on Nigers side if ECOWAS attacks. Gambia said it would not enforce sanctions but stopped short of military support for Niger.

This is about to get ugly

 

[YZT580]

Once again another African crisis, following the coup in Niger and ECOWAS setting a 7 day deadline or face potential military intervention. Battle lines are being drawn with Mali, and Burkina Faso declaring they will go to war on Nigers side if ECOWAS attacks. Gambia said it would not enforce sanctions but stopped short of military support for Niger.

This is about to get ugly

All supporters of Niger are staffed by Wagner. Wagner is a proxy for Russia. Time to ensure Ukraine is successful enough to force Wagner home to defend the homeland

 

[OldSolduer]

This is about to get ugly

I might be off base in this but as long as no Canadians are deployed would be fine with me.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

All supporters of Niger are staffed by Wagner. Wagner is a proxy for Russia. Time to ensure Ukraine is successful enough to force Wagner home to defend the homeland

Yeah, about ”Wagner defending the homeland“ thing….

 

[brihard]

Update: Macron has described the French ambassador and diplomats in Niger as being ‘held hostages’. This will likely prove to be one of those historically bad choices for team Coup.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-ambassador-niger-hostage-1.6968551

 

[dapaterson]

Three member states announce their withdraw from ECOWAS.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1751640681389420565

 

[RangerRay]

I had to

 

[OldSolduer]

I had to

Me too. What’s the significance?

 

[The Bread Guy]

Me too. What’s the significance?

Late to the game - less networking with each other means increased potential to network with others. Russia? China? We'll see ....

Also, less co-operation/co-ordination (or co-operation/co-ordination with those who don't like us so much - see above) could lead to weaker coverage against bad guys who may also want to harm the West, which could lead to those bad guys having a better chance of doing bad things to the West.

Meanwhile, France begins to GTFO Chad ....

France flies out 2 Mirage fighter jets from Chad to signal beginning of military withdrawal

The French military says it has flown out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad, signaling the beginning of its withdrawal of military forces from the central African country.

apnews.com

France begins military withdrawal from Chad as influence in Africa wanes

Senegal also requests departure of French troops, saying they are ‘not compatible’ with country’s sovereignty

www.theguardian.com

Chad’s break with France: why it happened and what it means for power dynamics in the Sahel region

The dissolution of the Chad-France defence pact raises questions about Chad’s next potential partners. It could also reshape power dynamics in the Sahel.

theconversation.com

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Well Russia is not going to be in any shape or position to help out in the next few years. The Africans are going to find out that the Chinese despise them and have no "White Guilt" to leverage over the Chinese. When the western aid money dries up and the Chinese start calling in debts, they are going to regret their choices. I suspect the Chinese will be the new "Belgium's in Africa". Even the Chinese wealth and influence is on borrowed time with a demographic and economic crisis coming for the Chinese.