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To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
As an African all i can say is that im glad i was born in the southern part of Africa. Specifically Zambia. I now live and work in Botswana. Southern Africa is the most peaceful region in Africa. I hope it stays that way.
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
haha yeah i guess what people have described largely happened in the last two decades or so in africa they had like a mini world war i think most of us are not even aware, and the amount of people that died it was definaltly world war level... i think i learnt on caspian or wargographics (second congo war, most casualties since ww2)
I always knew Wagner had a large presense in Africa, but I had no clue it was this wide and this entrenched. Honestly, this helps explain why Prigozhin survived (well... so far...) his little coup attempt; his little operation is much too important for the Russian Federation, especially as being able to avoid sanctions (with blood gold and diamonds) is top priority. I'm curious to see how this all pans out.
I agree, my guess after taking in this info is that Xi of China actually likes Prigozhin better than Putin, Putin and the old gang are losers and corrupt lazy bastards, Prigozhin gets things done for them in Africa... maybe another reason why he's still alive, maybe he's in Africa now already, working for China, and not for Russia...
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
I find it sad that any dark skinned person believes an organization named Wagner will be positive for them in any way. Like black americans voting for Trump. As a east european we know you can't trust russians to get anything good out of them, they'll burn the house with you and them in it just so they can rape you for fun.
Watching this video two months after its release, I am impressed how accurate it is when it comes to what happened in several African countries lately and Prigozhin death when he crossed the line with Putin
I hadn’t connected the wave of Coups in Africa until seeing this video/your comment of realization. The writing has been on the walls, but it was too faint for many.
Shirvan: A society can maintain composure so long as things go "according to plan". Even if the plan itself is terrifying. Joker: Nobody panics when things go "according to plan." Even if the plan is horrifying.
African agreeability with Wagner efforts stems more from hatred of EU colonial powers than a love of Russia. They are so burnt by European exploitative policies that anyone, any other option, is preferred. Similar to how China has been able to expand its sphere of influence across the continent because it provided an avenue of investment away from Europe.
I was wondering about that too, here in South America China makes waves because it isnt the USA, so it doesnt come from the recent baggage of the Cold War and all the coups, maybe Africa is just like that, but with Europeans instead of Americans and with the baggage of both the Cold War and the Imperial Colonies, hell, maybe its the exact same but in the other direction in the baltic countries and countries like Vietnam or others in the soviets sphere of influence
The problem is if you understand history and how they actually operate in the world, it is laughable to claim that either China or Russia are opposed to imperialism as a tool. They just want to be the one to wield it and they both have extensively used it against their neighbours. They both continue to occupy colonized lands. They will work through their proxies in Africa to brutally rip off and then repress the locals.
Your exactly right Much of brics is built out of west hate, not sound policy. The leaders of these poorly run nations (many brutally managed) wound rather give up assets and be indebted to china than any western 'colonialists'. Its easy picking for rich countries like China.
@@diegotomas2941 exactly. The baltics understand the difference between the west and the soviets. The global south hasn't quite experienced that imo because when the ussr was wealthy and generous they received handouts and felt treated with dignity. However when the ussr fell apart, some nations went down with it and blame the west for their current predicaments.
As an African I don't really think it's hatred of the EU per say Rather China and Russia get the job done and ask for concessions later...while the EU and US want concessions first (+alot of bureaucracy)
An important mistake you made: 3/4th of France's energy production comes from nuclear, *but not all of its uranium comes from Niger*. In fact, France has been diversifying its uranium imports more and more, with Kazakhstan and Canada taking on more and more market shares. So France would probably be fine without Niger's Uranium.
@@sufthegoat "You sure?" I guess they will just buy a bit more expensive Uranium somewhere else. Fuel cost for nuclear electricity production is actually quite low so it would likely not make much difference for the end electricity price.
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
A mercenary group, who could now potentially become defacto owners of Belarus. This coup was a plan to speed up the integration of Belarus into Russia.
I would not call them non state. They were always defacto a part of the Russian military, with access to the best tech the Russian military industrial complex could provide. As I'm typing this the deal that fully integrates them into the Russian army has been agreed to. I doubt even nominal independence is on the table now
They are also in Venezuela and Madagascar. People underestimate the financial power of Wagner. Dubai must be the biggest center for criminal organisations.
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
Small correction - the logo you were using is from Wagner center (the Wagner’s office building / technopark in St Petersburg). It is not the logo of Wagner group
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
You made a mistake on the african maps in regards to "french colonies". DR Congo and Burundi were NOT French colonies, but Belgian colonies and they are predominantly still under Belgian influence first and foremost.
DR congo definitely isn't under Belgian influence french has replaced belgium in the region since Mobutu lmao 🤣 get your news updated even Mozambique which was colonized by Portugal is under french influence right now
France does more for these countries than any other would do offering much. Yes it could be better (and I hope it be so) but it could also be much worse Typical French bashing
As an attentive viewer of many geopolitical/geostrategic channels on youtube, I knew that this was going on, but really: It baffles me that we are not informed in mass media about that. We only heard about how Wagner mercs are in Mali. We dont hear about the reasons why european troops pulled out of the country. My coworkers and friends are looking at me strange when I tell them about the Marocco-Algeria conflict for example. Wagner/Russia and China only have so much support in Africa because western powers neglected and exploited the continent for so long. And it is still going on. Wagner is also exploiting, but they are supporting war criminals as well. Each major power is involved in each ellection or in each power struggle. A Confederation of African States would be a good thing, and this is long overdue.
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
A confederation of African states and their gold reserve currency model is exactly why Libya got Gaddafi'd and has open slave markets nowadays they say.
The media corporations make their money by promoting the owner's agenda. As long as the owners don't care about Africa, the media won't report on it, because that draws attention away from the agenda that they need to promote. There are European outlets who talked about this, but this isn't a pressing matter, so it only comes up when something changes. Anyhow, this is the failure of the West's "bring democracy" politics. The West should learn to make business with dictators and warlors, instead of spending resources to "bring democracy". In the end it's all about control of the resources, and resources are cheaper if they come from poor countries.
Small correction, though its more about your sentence being too ambiguous : Niger's uranium does not power 3 out of 4 lightbulbs in france. Niger is not even the first supplier for France, i believe its the third, at some 17% of the uranium imports annually. Kazakhstan would be first. I think the problem is that what you mean is that nuclear power is over 3/4 of france's power supply, and that Niger's uranium significantly contributes to it. So yes, its an important country in terms of interests to france, but not nearly as critical as your sentence can make it sound.
Dude, i'm french and i like this channel but damn, anytime he speaks about France you can be sure he will go out of his way to make it look as bad as possible.
@@lucascherpeau2135 its an easy target, as shown in this, France is losing its sphere of influence. also of note he is Azerbaijani, they're not on good terms with France, for example because of the war they're waging in Armenia
@@MrGaters34He didn't imply that France "planned the genocide" as you put it. He simply said that France supported it and that's a fact. Weapons were provided during and even after the genocide. The Turquoise zone literally shielded those who carried out the genocide and again, that's a simple fact confirmed by a French officer. (Lt colonel Ancel if I remember well). Let's not twist the real point made.
@@minei1696 Video "Rwanda to become the next Singapore" at 3:30 : "With French assistance and intelligence, the hutus [commited a genocide]". That's called fake news.
I’m really curious what Wagner is going to do with the recent event. There’s no way Prigozhin survives right? Like no way he’s actually safe if those events were real
He made a deal with Putin and Lukashenko where him and his troops that accompanied him on the rebellion will go the Belarus for political amnesty and the rest of Wagner will join the MOD troops in Russia. So I don’t see him dying
@@PMoney-sk7kbbecause Putin, the KGB Spook, is going to keep his promises. Putin is furious that his cultivated reputation is in shambles after a deranged warlord led a populist revolt to the doors of Moscow. Prighozin will die, the question is when
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
Now that Prighozin is essentially in exile, it's interesting to think that he might end up acting as a more independent player, assuming he keeps control of Wagner and Wagner itself remains more or less intact. He could turn into one of the most influential private powerbrokers in the world.
I was thinking this too. His deal with White Russia probably included a clause to get himself to Africa where he can carve out a base of operations and live as a warlord. He could probably still do very well for himself, especially if he finds a good way to switch from Russian prisoners to Africans for troops. I'd have to guess they've been recruiting regionally in Africa already...
He’s in Belarus (basically Russia painted white) and unless this whole show was a psyop then I wouldn’t give him more than 6 months before he’s taken care of
@@DaniyalZeX7 He’s not in Belarus (that’s western propaganda), he’s headed back to Africa w/ more support from Putin & the Russian ppl than ever before, he ain’t going anywhere lolz.
Interesting. The author says that France had no choice to send its troops to Niger. Such innocent French, white and fluffy. They entered a foreign country (there was no choice). That's all your propaganda. Freaks.
Controlling the Sahel means controlling migrant routes to Europe. Influxing migration means growth of right-wing populist parties, who happen to be supported by, you guessed it: Russia!
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
Most of Africa's wars have their roots in the original outside force, not the new ones. They stem from the shit borders the Europeans drew up. This is also true of the Middle East btw. And South Asia. Edit: Also social 'borders' i.e. playing communities off of each other.
This video came at a simultaneously great but terrible time. Right when Wagner is most important and right when it gets knocked down. Maybe in a year or two you could do a follow up video on how the fall of Prigozhin has affected the situation in the Sahel? It's such an interesting region and I'd love to learn more about it.
0:06 Note: Italy and Spain are cruciai in this as well. Sahel represents an important point for their future in many ways. Particularly, Italy has been able to help locals without being seen as a colonial power because it mainly does police training work thanks to their Carabinieri military force, which is a gendarmerie police force like no other in the world: they’re highly specialized in terror prevention and violence neutralization in civilian areas. Their expertise has been incredibly helpful for the development of Kosovo, Lebanon and Iraq and Italy is now using this force to help Sahel countries and win the local’s favor. In 1993 Somalia, the Italian Carabinieri have used the intel skills that they had gained through wars on Mafia and domestic terror in the 70s and 80s, and have carried out bloodless captures of pirate bosses, African mafiosi and merciless genocidal war lords. In 4:06 you can see Carabinieri equipment that is usually utilized in Italy and Kosovo. In these cases too, Italy has gained respect from the local population: other powers would just send uneducated/unspecialized infrantry with some intelligence and some special units, then big airstrikes and drone bombing without care, while Italy just sent small units of highly specialized personnel. The results have been that the local population felt treated with respect and the Italian population didn’t have huge losses (3 deaths during the Checkpoint Pasta ambush, which was an ambush in an abandoned Barilla factory in Mogadishu). Contrary to France and Spain, Italy is not seen as a neocolonial power because it does not have a claim on uranium or anything to do with their central banks. Italian politicians are currently in a stale state with France because of this: some of them have publicly accused France of fomenting a neocolonial strategy. This has obviously had a very positive reaction on the locals, but has naturally decreased the quality of bilateral relationship with France, with whom Italy is carrying out operations in the Sahel. The only problem I see with Italy is that Eni and AGIP have ambiguous positions on African matters and do have some cases of exploitation of raw materials which damage the local population. If Italy was able to manage the last remnants of pollution in Africa by Italian companies (which Eni and Agip are actually doing through green transition programs, so props to them), and Italian politics went back to more stability than the last 10 years (which it’s happening through the new Meloni government, thanks to more openness and stability in foreign politics), I think Europe could score some goals in Africa while also benefiting African economies and living standards. The key is simple, in my opinion: treat Africans like peers, negotiate with them, help them in their needs, prevent coups and terror from happening. If you only think about what’s in it for you, Africans will always smell colonialism. If you instead focus on how you can actually help Sahel, Sahel will see you favorably, because they too want high standards of living and peaceful life.
African leaders after the fall of colonialism, have been asking for what you stated repeatedly. All they got was more exploitation, interference , coups and assassinations. Especially from France. Russia and China have given some benifits but at what costs.?
as a Libyan/African i can agree with many points you put out. Since italy apologized for it's illegal colonization of libya. It has not been seen through the same lens as france & the brits. Mainly throughout africa these 2 countries are seen as the perpetrators of evil & instability through the sahara and sahel region. Till this day. Unlike italy which really does help the region. Albeit for their own agendas
Interesting. The author says that France had no choice to send its troops to Niger. Such innocent French, white and fluffy. They entered a foreign country (there was no choice). That's all your propaganda. Freaks.
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
Is it? No compromise I've ever heard was anywhere near being the 2nd best for the two parties. If you imagine that there are 2 people competing for 10 cars. First best would be to get 10 cars. But the compromise is probably not going to be the 2nd best (9 cars) or even 3rd best (8 cars). But more like 5 cars each, which is like the 5th best outcome for either party.
@@spacecraftcarrier4135 Africa is doing terribly in general. What the poster meant was that Francophone Africa is doing worse than everyone else. And as far as that is concerned he/she is 100% correct. None of the Anglophone countries you've mentioned are doing half as bad as Mali, Chad or the Central African Republic.
Shirvan June 2023: “If he crosses a red line by directly going against Putin, Prigozhin may meet an unnatural end.” June 24: He crosses the line. August 24: He met an unnatural end.
Russians drink less vodka than in the US. Look at your streets (Philadelphia, Vancouver, Detroit), devastation, drug addicts and homeless people. And you remember about vodka. Lover of cheap myths. Only fools believe in stereotypes. A private military company might kick your ass if it had the same number of soldiers as you. My advice to you: take less drugs and watch less Hollywood. You're dumbing down fast.
This was amazing, please do another one explaining U.S. military actions in Africa the same way. My friends ask me to explain that frequently and I haven't been able to for a while now beyond discussing individual countries. This type of overview is really helpful.
The US presence across Africa is strictly to assist in fighting Boko Haram, Al Shabaab, and other Jihadist groups and has nothing to do with the scramble for fossil fuel resources. We all know that burning fossil fuels is bad and by the time these resources could be fully developed no one would be burning fossil fuels anymore anyway. So don't believe the propaganda that it's really all about the oil. 'Cause it's not, see?
I’m super interested in this too. If 5k Russian mercs bad what does it mean when there are 6k USA troops on the ground. When France gets 3/4 of it power from Africa, are the paying a fair price? If the uranium stops flowing over the border would they take it by force?
Many have already pointed out that in light of Prighozian's (Pardon if there is mispelling) gambit, many of these assessments of Wagner are pretty well moot, but a video like this I'm sure has been in the works for awhile. Also, nobody could really predict the events of yesterday. However, this brings an important point to light, that being France has maintained an informal suzerainty over over several African countries.
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
"France has maintained an informal suzerainty over over several African countries" - this isn't news. This has been pointed out for decades, and this channel also has several videos on the topic. Hell the current Italian PM even attacked them over it, while going as far back as Charles de Gaulle they were basically admitting to it.
Why are they moot? If he drinks radioactive tea at some point, how does that magically disappear Wagner? You don't think Putin wouldn't just put someone else in charge? That he would forfeit all of this work and payoff because he's killed yet another flunky? All that aside, ask yourself: why did the strong man of Russia make a deal to get Wagner to turn back? There's only one answer.
Yesterday's events may have far less impact on Wagner in Africa that comments suggest. Wagner is independent yet doing things to enrich people in the Kremlin. It can be business as usual.
The 14 colonies of France in Africa transfer 80% of their wealth back to France to support their socialist regime. It’s not hard to see why ANYBODY would be better than the French to Africans in these countries.
Having this come out the same day he launched a possibly failed coup on Moscow itself is unreal. These are going to be some crazy weeks and months going forward
вы не правы. Вегнер не пытались строить переворот, и не нападли на Путина. У них был конфликт с некоторыми генералами, Шойгу и Гирасимов. Против Путина они ничего не имели. Они уважают его. К сожалению, президент страны не всегда знает, что на самом деле происходит в стране.
There's no way Nigeria would join that Russian backed confederation. American influence in Nigeria is very strong. And Nigeria is already a major part of ECOWAS. The only thing is that to make that pipeline work they will definitely need to play nice.
Not so fast! Do you think the (Biafra) South will try to split from the North again, but this time with the help of Wagner? Delta Freedom Fighters with Wagner would be a force to be reckoned with. Just a fanciful thought.
BEST FOR AFRICA TO PUSH EVERYONE OF THESE FOREIGN MILITARIES, INTERESTS OUT OF AFRICA.. I see bad bad, terrible things waiting for Africa if things keep progressing like this..
🔥No problems with African locals bro. The countries you mentioned at the beginning are the African problems, fighting for resources sowing seeds of discords among friends, families and communities.
"He's using the PMC as a spring board to score points with Vladamir Putin"- Well, guess Prigozhin already got TKO so hard, he is now in exlie in Belarus.
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
@@cadenbigler He might have been able to ruin Russia's efforts in Ukraine, but that would lose peoples support for him as it would be disgraceful. And even if he did not, the Russian army would have gotten to him, and it would be end game. Accepting the deal was the best thing he could do.
The deal just shows how weak Putin's position is. Putin just rolled over to a PMC that threatened the capital! The events just that if your PMC is significantly powerful enough you cannot be threatened by the Russian state. It's going to lead to a rise of every russian leader needing a personal army. Putin has overplayed his hand in Ukraine and now is weak. Imagine needed to run away from your own capital city because of a Merc company
Algeria has a disgust of mercenaries stemming back from hatred of the french foreign legion. If Wagner tries Algeria or even morocco it definitely won’t go well for them.
@@bramj1130 Algeria in particular is becoming more involved in Sahel and my eventually intervene in the region. Algeria doesn’t want France back in the region but it probably will also try to push Wagner out as-well. Algeria has threatened to enter Libya on some occasions. If anything it is more likely Algeria will start a fight between them.
It looks like Prigozhin is at the helm of Russian operations in Africa. However, his exile to Belarus and falling out with Putin has complicated his life significantly as well as Russian operations in Africa. Who controls African operations there? Putin or Prigozhin? Prigozhin has a few options. He can: 1) Stay in Belarus in exile and eventually be assassinated by Putin's forces or simply die there. 2) Go to Africa/Latam to a place of safety and engage in operations there successfully where he has more support. Edit: this is a scenario analysis based on what Prigozhin's options are and the type of person he is. I don't believe he would just give up so easily without a fight against Putin. His extensive operations in Africa show what he is truly capable of.
We also don't know if all of that was just "Theater"! Truly, we are in an era when we can't believe anything we read or see or hear on mainstream media or the web. We are in the middle of WW3 in case you didn't notice.
My continent Africa 🌍😢😢..we've never been truly been free from Western Colonialsm..we are massacred for our minerals..and the worst is our African leaders sell us out
Neo-colonialist never ending averious is the source of all of this misery for Africa. If they paid a fair price for resources and not treat Africans as stupid slaves, Russia or china would not be there.
There are a few incorrect statements and a couple of outright lies embedded within. This video is narrated to cater to a western audience, try to do your own research about France's neocolonialist relationship with Central and especially West Africa.
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
What change of heart? France has always supported Ukraine... not only that, but the idea of Niger (7th largest producer) being vital to Frances uranium is idiotic. 70% of French electricity is nuclear so the 3/4 lightbulbs thing is obviously a lie. There are plenty countries selling uranium like Canada(3rd largest producer) and Australia (4th largest producer)... Kazahkstan who is the largest producer is willing to sell it as well.
@@esanahka9284 It's not just about mining and selling the raw ore, it has to be processed and safely converted into different usable products and almost all of that is globally monopolised by RosAtom .
@@gordonfreeman1359 Militarily. In terms of influence France has already lost to China, who's happy to let Russia handle the security side of that so they don't have to.
Frans was screwing over Mali for over a decade in their "Support" against rebel forces, those rebels were literally trained by western forces, while France used Mali as a staging ground to show off new equipment and tactics to other European forces. France needed to leave Mali. You may not like Wagner but they have been more effective for what they were hired to do than France.
Feel like this video was meant to be released next week, but you had to put this video out after what’s happened with the Wagner rebellion 36 hours ago, how geopolitics changes things fast 🙈. As always your content is excellent 👍🏻
The ceo got rich off catering.. literally, logistics most important part of war... Unlike the other generals.. hes the only one to go to and live near the war.. he has his pulse on it.. That's he why literally hasn't said a single negative thing about ukraine in months
Fine art is a horrible investment, rich people don't invest in art, they buy it for their own enjoyment without any expectation that it'll increase in value. These talking points are worse than the VPNs
Wagner gets pushed out of Russia, so now Prigozhin has nothing holding him back to make his empire. Watch him conquer half a continent. That would suck, but it would be absolutely wild.
Very timely video, explains, why Putin was quick to forgive Prigozhin. Relocation to Belarus where Chinese have strong positions indicates the reorientation of Wagner
The title alone is by itself quite the clickbait propaganda. The fact that Wagner help African leaders keep their power and stability than being attacked by EU or NATO paid mercenaries is not a sign of "colonization". Perhaps you should focus on the question "why is a resource rich continent so poor and lacking on said resources."
As we see so often over the years, African leaders make a huge bet on the losing horse. Turns out, seeing the likely collapse of Wagner yesterday, that throwing all in with Wagner perhaps was not the capital move that they thought it would be.
You can't conclude yet. The aim for Africa is not to strengthen it's oppressors in any way. The aim is to put their bet on who ever will embark on weakening Their oppressors. I mean, they have made sure that Africa stays weak and defeated. So far, Russia, and in this case through Wagner, have always been willing to get messy.
Wagner hasn't collapsed. Wagner is returning to the frontlines in Ukraine but their leader has agreed to stay in Belarus. Belarus is closer to Kyiv so if Wagner were to attack from there, that would split Ukraine's army and hamper their counteroffensive
The Africans are getting smart and are remembering what countries enslaved their people at home and abroad!😂 It's about time they woke up and focus on being the great rich nation that they should have been a long time ago!💥👏👏I'm loving it!💜😂😂😂👍
As an African I will say that Africa suffered for 200 years under brutal European colonialism. As Africans we are not interested in continuing to lick European colonizer's ass.
After all the atrocities they committed over decades and centuries, when locals are burning their flags, they still pretend that it is because of the "russian misinformation".
Africans still have a slave like and childish mentality! Just because they despise one occupier does not mean they should celebrate another. Any self respecting patriotic people will put their own people and interest above everyone else! It’s truly disgusting watching them raise Russian flags when most Africans are treated like shit in Russia
What was Russia saying again about US-led coups and neo-imperialism? You mean it was a grift this whole time? Woah… no way…. I’ve been saying it for years.
Oh we know but sadly the disinformation campaign of Russia is working on 50% of Americans who always blame USA for all of these conflicts and yet they call themselves "patriots".
given how every leftist anti colonial socialist project was completely destroyed by western intervention, african nations are never truly allowed to have sovereignty since the 1800s
@CaspianReport I must say, I am very thankful that videos like the ones you make exist on RUclips and can be freely accessed by me at any time within the comfort of my sofa. I am a medical student, I'm trying to complete my studies and repay my parents' generous investment in my education. If I was able to, I would be among the first to support you on patreon and whatever other platforms you might have. In any case keep making these high quality videos, they are excellent! Sag olsun kardesim! -your friend from Iran.
Ever thought about the fact that Russia aint all bad when compared in history? every country wants the same thing, yet you claim russia is the only bad guy
I love how this short documentary ignores the west's hegemonic hold on Africa whilst crying foul on Russia upstarting the French foreign legions military hold on Africa.
The undeclared war in the Sahel region - between france russia china and US 1:21- complicated conflict and the need for subtly and maneuver 1:57 - africa's future will decide the fate to the worlds economy, it holds 1/3 of the worlds wealth in minerals (especially tech companies) 3:45 - Military intervention in Mali but also secretly wanted to secure access to uranium deposits in Niger - 10:38 - Nigers uranium powers 3/4 lightbulbs in france - they cannot afford to lose niger 11:22 - europe is engaging in africa to secure hydrocarbon supplies and rare earth minerals - local powers are rushing to create corridors - nigeria which currently supports 14% of europe's energy needs wants to become europe's main gas supplier 5:00 - wagner's connection to the criminal underworld - ceo was in organized crime - up to 4/5 of their soldiers are convicts 8:00 - political instability in these countries (like sudan) allows for wagner to come in and exert more influence, and secure access to mineral deposits like gold, with access/control to these 3 countries they will have a corridor to the mineral trading hub of dubai 13:20 - china out trades all countries in africa -
"Nigers uranium powers 3/4 lightbulbs in france" False, France has 10 years and more of reserve in the worst case scenario, and Niger is only responsible for 20% of the french uranium. Not that France need it, they have larger more important partners, but Niger need to sell it, what would they do with that uranium anyway ?
Wagner was created for a reason. That rationale has somewhat lost its power since they came out into the limelight in Ukraine. But that's nothing a bit a clever rebranding can't fix. Fun Fact: Did you know that Dove (the uber-feminist hygiene brand) and Axe (the hyper-masculine grooming brand) are owned by the same company? Well now you do.
its not fast its late, he probably was working on it for like a week ago, and that guy decided to march into moscow lol. his video often take 1-2 weeks
I understand that you are just presenting the facts. But French legion and other western strong countries have done and still doing the same thing like Wagner from more than 2 hundred years. Let’s not be blind propagandists. 😂
Fancy graphics but it would help your credibility if you state your sources. For example, the Wagner bases, where do you get the information from and how reliable is it?
Yet again very effective chess moves by the big 3. Super unethical but very effective. By destabilizing the African states, great examples Sudan, Libya, Algeria slowly Egypt these nations become dependent to richer country’s (puppets). Also the refugee problem in Europe becomes more dramatic which affects the economical power!
Note that Libya does not have a "legitimate" government. The Tripoli based transitional government had a mandate until dec 2018 elections, that were cancelled indefinitely, becoming a de facto dictatorship. But as always CR will never ever criticize Turkish backed actors
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Viva la Ukraine
Wagner Bad, France 🇫🇷 good‼️
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1:10 "Wagner's CEO has bigger plans, score points with Putin"
Feels surreal to hear that right after Wagner's march to Moscow
Dude, do you live on youtube or something? You're literally in EVERY comment section XD
That plan went out the window
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
@@playerone7663 I am too
@@playerone7663 was here to say the same thing lmao
So you're telling me there's a possibility that the Sahel countries might merge into a big conference called Giga Chad?
AYY LMAO
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😂
Hahahahaha nice one bro. The league of Gigachad. 😆😂🤣
Is that a coincidence that the Giga Chad meme is a russian too?
As an African all i can say is that im glad i was born in the southern part of Africa. Specifically Zambia. I now live and work in Botswana. Southern Africa is the most peaceful region in Africa. I hope it stays that way.
Kenyan here I'm glad we have very limited natural resources to exploit but worried about our strategic location.
Botswana is a hidden of Africa!
I really wanna come visit! (Zambia too haha)
From Madagascar here, I think the same
As a South African I agree fully with you. Ate you able to speak Setswana?
How do you feel about Zambia’s debt crisis + Economic stronghold of Chinese immigrants + the fact the GDP decreased like -10% since 2010?
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@@670ramy they are scams lmao there was a huge scandal with them
@@670ramy clear scam.
Any corporation trying to sell you art is a scam
We'll 😂 then start sponsoring his work so that he can publish it for free on RUclips
This gives the 'third world' war a whole new meaning
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
What's the third world war?
haha yeah i guess what people have described largely happened in the last two decades or so in africa they had like a mini world war i think most of us are not even aware, and the amount of people that died it was definaltly world war level... i think i learnt on caspian or wargographics (second congo war, most casualties since ww2)
@@DarkShroom I believe it's The Second Congo War that you're refering to, that's usually known as The African World War
@@Django0324War in the third world
I always knew Wagner had a large presense in Africa, but I had no clue it was this wide and this entrenched. Honestly, this helps explain why Prigozhin survived (well... so far...) his little coup attempt; his little operation is much too important for the Russian Federation, especially as being able to avoid sanctions (with blood gold and diamonds) is top priority. I'm curious to see how this all pans out.
I agree, my guess after taking in this info is that Xi of China actually likes Prigozhin better than Putin, Putin and the old gang are losers and corrupt lazy bastards, Prigozhin gets things done for them in Africa... maybe another reason why he's still alive, maybe he's in Africa now already, working for China, and not for Russia...
The 'coup' was easily undertaken so anyone opposing Putin in Russia actually revealed themselves
Wagner and Blackwater
most likely it was a carefully orchestrated spectacle and Prozhgin (whatever his hame is) is yet to play his true role.
Agree! It pans out as a true World War at some point.
Wagner is like something out of Metal Gear Solid 5.
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
Next, we'll have an Outer Heaven situation.
I have the exact feeling! time to replay this masterpiece i guess
Kojima is a prophet.
putin send us to hell but we are going even deeper
I haven’t seen a map of Africa look this “dramatic” since I saw a map of the Scramble for Africa by the European powers.
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
It STILL IS! #ALLforone
I find it sad that any dark skinned person believes an organization named Wagner will be positive for them in any way.
Like black americans voting for Trump.
As a east european we know you can't trust russians to get anything good out of them, they'll burn the house with you and them in it just so they can rape you for fun.
@@Aeon1019you mean #oneforall💀
@@diollinebranderson6553 either way uttered, there's only ONE in the midst of the Vultures!
Watching this video two months after its release, I am impressed how accurate it is when it comes to what happened in several African countries lately and Prigozhin death when he crossed the line with Putin
I hadn’t connected the wave of Coups in Africa until seeing this video/your comment of realization. The writing has been on the walls, but it was too faint for many.
Путин последний человек кому выгодна смерть Пригожина, тем более есть шанс, что кто-то из Киева, либо Вашингтонс мог это сделать, как они любят
Shirvan: A society can maintain composure so long as things go "according to plan". Even if the plan itself is terrifying.
Joker: Nobody panics when things go "according to plan." Even if the plan is horrifying.
I was looking for this
I remembered the same line when I heard him say that! 🤣🤣🤣
@@black_wolf365 well it's pretty clear he's quoting the joker 😂
@@fuyoutubeckOr the joker is quoting someone else, and Shirvan is quoting that person.
@@Screwthenewhandlesystem really ?, I never knew that, who said the original quote then plz ?
African agreeability with Wagner efforts stems more from hatred of EU colonial powers than a love of Russia. They are so burnt by European exploitative policies that anyone, any other option, is preferred. Similar to how China has been able to expand its sphere of influence across the continent because it provided an avenue of investment away from Europe.
I was wondering about that too, here in South America China makes waves because it isnt the USA, so it doesnt come from the recent baggage of the Cold War and all the coups, maybe Africa is just like that, but with Europeans instead of Americans and with the baggage of both the Cold War and the Imperial Colonies, hell, maybe its the exact same but in the other direction in the baltic countries and countries like Vietnam or others in the soviets sphere of influence
The problem is if you understand history and how they actually operate in the world, it is laughable to claim that either China or Russia are opposed to imperialism as a tool. They just want to be the one to wield it and they both have extensively used it against their neighbours. They both continue to occupy colonized lands. They will work through their proxies in Africa to brutally rip off and then repress the locals.
Your exactly right
Much of brics is built out of west hate, not sound policy. The leaders of these poorly run nations (many brutally managed) wound rather give up assets and be indebted to china than any western 'colonialists'. Its easy picking for rich countries like China.
@@diegotomas2941 exactly. The baltics understand the difference between the west and the soviets. The global south hasn't quite experienced that imo because when the ussr was wealthy and generous they received handouts and felt treated with dignity. However when the ussr fell apart, some nations went down with it and blame the west for their current predicaments.
As an African I don't really think it's hatred of the EU per say
Rather China and Russia get the job done and ask for concessions later...while the EU and US want concessions first (+alot of bureaucracy)
An important mistake you made:
3/4th of France's energy production comes from nuclear, *but not all of its uranium comes from Niger*. In fact, France has been diversifying its uranium imports more and more, with Kazakhstan and Canada taking on more and more market shares.
So France would probably be fine without Niger's Uranium.
You sure?
@@sufthegoat Lots of countries have Uranium .
@@sufthegoat "You sure?"
I guess they will just buy a bit more expensive Uranium somewhere else. Fuel cost for nuclear electricity production is actually quite low so it would likely not make much difference for the end electricity price.
Kazakhstan uranium belongs to Russian "Rosatom".
@@evilmex1962 "Kazakhstan uranium belongs to Russian "Rosatom"."
No biggy they can buy from Australia instead.
PMC Wagner is arguably the most experienced non-state armed group in the world today.
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
Mercenaries you mean.
@@wanjikunjoroge8813 Call it what you want. This organisation operates in the harshest environments and still profit. Mercenaries and businessmen
A mercenary group, who could now potentially become defacto owners of Belarus. This coup was a plan to speed up the integration of Belarus into Russia.
I would not call them non state.
They were always defacto a part of the Russian military, with access to the best tech the Russian military industrial complex could provide.
As I'm typing this the deal that fully integrates them into the Russian army has been agreed to. I doubt even nominal independence is on the table now
They are also in Venezuela and Madagascar. People underestimate the financial power of Wagner. Dubai must be the biggest center for criminal organisations.
Londongrad is unsurprisingly.
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
@@bipulnarzary5280Londonistan
And for porta potties
Cyprus and Dubai, definitly the big 2 as sunny places for shady people.
Let’s all pretend they’re burning French flags because of Wagners Instagram account and not 600 years of colonialism.
😂😂😂😂
😂👍👏
Small correction - the logo you were using is from Wagner center (the Wagner’s office building / technopark in St Petersburg). It is not the logo of Wagner group
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
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You made a mistake on the african maps in regards to "french colonies". DR Congo and Burundi were NOT French colonies, but Belgian colonies and they are predominantly still under Belgian influence first and foremost.
DR congo definitely isn't under Belgian influence french has replaced belgium in the region since Mobutu lmao 🤣 get your news updated even Mozambique which was colonized by Portugal is under french influence right now
@DahlinSilesile-rc4lk Mozambique is probably more likely be influence by Britain as it's now in the Commonwealth.
@@iankelly6264 Mozambique is in the Francophonie since 2006 (the French Commonwealth)
@@woolyl Mozambique been a member of the commonwealth since 1995 and still is.
France has been exploiting these regions for years though. I can't imagine its hard to turn the locals against them.
France does more for these countries than any other would do offering much. Yes it could be better (and I hope it be so) but it could also be much worse
Typical French bashing
@@vicvicking1990these lies are the reason why they're burning your disgusting flag lol.
As an attentive viewer of many geopolitical/geostrategic channels on youtube, I knew that this was going on, but really: It baffles me that we are not informed in mass media about that. We only heard about how Wagner mercs are in Mali. We dont hear about the reasons why european troops pulled out of the country. My coworkers and friends are looking at me strange when I tell them about the Marocco-Algeria conflict for example. Wagner/Russia and China only have so much support in Africa because western powers neglected and exploited the continent for so long. And it is still going on. Wagner is also exploiting, but they are supporting war criminals as well. Each major power is involved in each ellection or in each power struggle.
A Confederation of African States would be a good thing, and this is long overdue.
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
A confederation of African states and their gold reserve currency model is exactly why Libya got Gaddafi'd and has open slave markets nowadays they say.
What other channels do you like here?
The media corporations make their money by promoting the owner's agenda. As long as the owners don't care about Africa, the media won't report on it, because that draws attention away from the agenda that they need to promote.
There are European outlets who talked about this, but this isn't a pressing matter, so it only comes up when something changes.
Anyhow, this is the failure of the West's "bring democracy" politics.
The West should learn to make business with dictators and warlors, instead of spending resources to "bring democracy". In the end it's all about control of the resources, and resources are cheaper if they come from poor countries.
Everyone owns Africa as according to human evolution humans came from Africa. So it's everyone's home not just blacks.
Small correction, though its more about your sentence being too ambiguous : Niger's uranium does not power 3 out of 4 lightbulbs in france. Niger is not even the first supplier for France, i believe its the third, at some 17% of the uranium imports annually. Kazakhstan would be first. I think the problem is that what you mean is that nuclear power is over 3/4 of france's power supply, and that Niger's uranium significantly contributes to it. So yes, its an important country in terms of interests to france, but not nearly as critical as your sentence can make it sound.
Dude, i'm french and i like this channel but damn, anytime he speaks about France you can be sure he will go out of his way to make it look as bad as possible.
@@lucascherpeau2135 Same. Last video he pretty much implied that France planned the Rwanda genocide.
@@lucascherpeau2135 its an easy target, as shown in this, France is losing its sphere of influence. also of note he is Azerbaijani, they're not on good terms with France, for example because of the war they're waging in Armenia
@@MrGaters34He didn't imply that France "planned the genocide" as you put it. He simply said that France supported it and that's a fact. Weapons were provided during and even after the genocide.
The Turquoise zone literally shielded those who carried out the genocide and again, that's a simple fact confirmed by a French officer. (Lt colonel Ancel if I remember well).
Let's not twist the real point made.
@@minei1696 Video "Rwanda to become the next Singapore" at 3:30 : "With French assistance and intelligence, the hutus [commited a genocide]".
That's called fake news.
All the great powers have troops in Africa. This is not surprising.
I’m really curious what Wagner is going to do with the recent event. There’s no way Prigozhin survives right? Like no way he’s actually safe if those events were real
Perhaps. But he looks just too powerful for a fast killing
He made a deal with Putin and Lukashenko where him and his troops that accompanied him on the rebellion will go the Belarus for political amnesty and the rest of Wagner will join the MOD troops in Russia. So I don’t see him dying
@@PMoney-sk7kbbecause Putin, the KGB Spook, is going to keep his promises. Putin is furious that his cultivated reputation is in shambles after a deranged warlord led a populist revolt to the doors of Moscow. Prighozin will die, the question is when
Well, Lukashenko will be needing a successor soon... ~
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
Now that Prighozin is essentially in exile, it's interesting to think that he might end up acting as a more independent player, assuming he keeps control of Wagner and Wagner itself remains more or less intact. He could turn into one of the most influential private powerbrokers in the world.
I was thinking this too. His deal with White Russia probably included a clause to get himself to Africa where he can carve out a base of operations and live as a warlord. He could probably still do very well for himself, especially if he finds a good way to switch from Russian prisoners to Africans for troops. I'd have to guess they've been recruiting regionally in Africa already...
He’s in Belarus (basically Russia painted white) and unless this whole show was a psyop then I wouldn’t give him more than 6 months before he’s taken care of
News flash: he already is 😏
@@DaniyalZeX7 He’s not in Belarus (that’s western propaganda), he’s headed back to Africa w/ more support from Putin & the Russian ppl than ever before, he ain’t going anywhere lolz.
Interesting. The author says that France had no choice to send its troops to Niger. Such innocent French, white and fluffy. They entered a foreign country (there was no choice). That's all your propaganda. Freaks.
Controlling the Sahel means controlling migrant routes to Europe. Influxing migration means growth of right-wing populist parties, who happen to be supported by, you guessed it: Russia!
Africa always ends up being exploited by outside forces, plunging them into never ending wars.
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
A sad Reality, intentional genocides for the pursuit of wealth.
Except that they aren't. They are being exploited by themselves and their leadership. They just allow others to be the ones doing it.
Most of Africa's wars have their roots in the original outside force, not the new ones. They stem from the shit borders the Europeans drew up. This is also true of the Middle East btw. And South Asia. Edit: Also social 'borders' i.e. playing communities off of each other.
all african countries should unite as 1 & mount the largest standing army in the world & expel all foreign imperial powers (US, EU, russia, china)
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Still waiting for Caspian Report to acknowledge the CIA’s support for militants in the Syrian civil war…
Looks like an army without a country to me.
Thanks Shirvan. Clean work all the way.
Still waiting for a new mega PMC named "Prussia"
@@imgvillasrc1608Prussia? Prussia is part of Germany.
This has been a problem foreseen years ago. Look up videos warning about the proliferation of PMCs.
History repeats there was a big merc corp in Europe late middle ages. Different states and kingdoms employ them as merc.
@@imgvillasrc1608You know that Prussia has nothing to do with Russia? Prussia is an old name for Germany
This video came at a simultaneously great but terrible time. Right when Wagner is most important and right when it gets knocked down. Maybe in a year or two you could do a follow up video on how the fall of Prigozhin has affected the situation in the Sahel? It's such an interesting region and I'd love to learn more about it.
great suggestion 👍👏
0:06 Note: Italy and Spain are cruciai in this as well. Sahel represents an important point for their future in many ways. Particularly, Italy has been able to help locals without being seen as a colonial power because it mainly does police training work thanks to their Carabinieri military force, which is a gendarmerie police force like no other in the world: they’re highly specialized in terror prevention and violence neutralization in civilian areas. Their expertise has been incredibly helpful for the development of Kosovo, Lebanon and Iraq and Italy is now using this force to help Sahel countries and win the local’s favor. In 1993 Somalia, the Italian Carabinieri have used the intel skills that they had gained through wars on Mafia and domestic terror in the 70s and 80s, and have carried out bloodless captures of pirate bosses, African mafiosi and merciless genocidal war lords. In 4:06 you can see Carabinieri equipment that is usually utilized in Italy and Kosovo. In these cases too, Italy has gained respect from the local population: other powers would just send uneducated/unspecialized infrantry with some intelligence and some special units, then big airstrikes and drone bombing without care, while Italy just sent small units of highly specialized personnel. The results have been that the local population felt treated with respect and the Italian population didn’t have huge losses (3 deaths during the Checkpoint Pasta ambush, which was an ambush in an abandoned Barilla factory in Mogadishu). Contrary to France and Spain, Italy is not seen as a neocolonial power because it does not have a claim on uranium or anything to do with their central banks. Italian politicians are currently in a stale state with France because of this: some of them have publicly accused France of fomenting a neocolonial strategy. This has obviously had a very positive reaction on the locals, but has naturally decreased the quality of bilateral relationship with France, with whom Italy is carrying out operations in the Sahel. The only problem I see with Italy is that Eni and AGIP have ambiguous positions on African matters and do have some cases of exploitation of raw materials which damage the local population. If Italy was able to manage the last remnants of pollution in Africa by Italian companies (which Eni and Agip are actually doing through green transition programs, so props to them), and Italian politics went back to more stability than the last 10 years (which it’s happening through the new Meloni government, thanks to more openness and stability in foreign politics), I think Europe could score some goals in Africa while also benefiting African economies and living standards. The key is simple, in my opinion: treat Africans like peers, negotiate with them, help them in their needs, prevent coups and terror from happening. If you only think about what’s in it for you, Africans will always smell colonialism. If you instead focus on how you can actually help Sahel, Sahel will see you favorably, because they too want high standards of living and peaceful life.
Interesting insight. Thankyou.
The father of One of my Friends was in Somalia in 93 as Carabiniere
African leaders after the fall of colonialism, have been asking for what you stated repeatedly. All they got was more exploitation, interference , coups and assassinations. Especially from France. Russia and China have given some benifits but at what costs.?
as a Libyan/African i can agree with many points you put out. Since italy apologized for it's illegal colonization of libya. It has not been seen through the same lens as france & the brits. Mainly throughout africa these 2 countries are seen as the perpetrators of evil & instability through the sahara and sahel region. Till this day. Unlike italy which really does help the region. Albeit for their own agendas
Interesting. The author says that France had no choice to send its troops to Niger. Such innocent French, white and fluffy. They entered a foreign country (there was no choice). That's all your propaganda. Freaks.
"Politics is not the pursuit of perfection but rather the art of 2nd best" great quote
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
Is it? No compromise I've ever heard was anywhere near being the 2nd best for the two parties.
If you imagine that there are 2 people competing for 10 cars. First best would be to get 10 cars. But the compromise is probably not going to be the 2nd best (9 cars) or even 3rd best (8 cars). But more like 5 cars each, which is like the 5th best outcome for either party.
It's just an inferior rendition of "politics is the art of the possible".
These videos would be better without the clumsy word play.
Sounds like reliable Survivor strategy hehe.
Sounds communist😂
Francophone Africa is incredibly unstable and is constantly internally divided.
Way to go France
@@noahjones1192Also Belgium.
Same for Anglophone Africa lol.
Sudan, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, etc.
By design
@@spacecraftcarrier4135 Africa is doing terribly in general. What the poster meant was that Francophone Africa is doing worse than everyone else. And as far as that is concerned he/she is 100% correct. None of the Anglophone countries you've mentioned are doing half as bad as Mali, Chad or the Central African Republic.
Shirvan June 2023: “If he crosses a red line by directly going against Putin, Prigozhin may meet an unnatural end.”
June 24: He crosses the line.
August 24: He met an unnatural end.
Perfectly stated.
The Wagner crisis was resolved surprisingly swiftly , the Russians always solve crises in two swift ways , total war or vodka
Ha ha
or Polonium Tea and open windows
Its almost like it was a psyop or prohgizin wanted a raise.
Russians drink less vodka than in the US. Look at your streets (Philadelphia, Vancouver, Detroit), devastation, drug addicts and homeless people. And you remember about vodka. Lover of cheap myths. Only fools believe in stereotypes. A private military company might kick your ass if it had the same number of soldiers as you. My advice to you: take less drugs and watch less Hollywood. You're dumbing down fast.
This was amazing, please do another one explaining U.S. military actions in Africa the same way. My friends ask me to explain that frequently and I haven't been able to for a while now beyond discussing individual countries. This type of overview is really helpful.
What US military not welcome in our continet we going to remove them all
The US presence across Africa is strictly to assist in fighting Boko Haram, Al Shabaab, and other Jihadist groups and has nothing to do with the scramble for fossil fuel resources. We all know that burning fossil fuels is bad and by the time these resources could be fully developed no one would be burning fossil fuels anymore anyway. So don't believe the propaganda that it's really all about the oil. 'Cause it's not, see?
Because they aren’t really comparable.
rofl west papua holmes
I’m super interested in this too. If 5k Russian mercs bad what does it mean when there are 6k USA troops on the ground. When France gets 3/4 of it power from Africa, are the paying a fair price? If the uranium stops flowing over the border would they take it by force?
Many have already pointed out that in light of Prighozian's (Pardon if there is mispelling) gambit, many of these assessments of Wagner are pretty well moot, but a video like this I'm sure has been in the works for awhile. Also, nobody could really predict the events of yesterday. However, this brings an important point to light, that being France has maintained an informal suzerainty over over several African countries.
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
"France has maintained an informal suzerainty over over several African countries" - this isn't news. This has been pointed out for decades, and this channel also has several videos on the topic. Hell the current Italian PM even attacked them over it, while going as far back as Charles de Gaulle they were basically admitting to it.
Why are they moot? If he drinks radioactive tea at some point, how does that magically disappear Wagner? You don't think Putin wouldn't just put someone else in charge? That he would forfeit all of this work and payoff because he's killed yet another flunky? All that aside, ask yourself: why did the strong man of Russia make a deal to get Wagner to turn back? There's only one answer.
Yesterday's events may have far less impact on Wagner in Africa that comments suggest. Wagner is independent yet doing things to enrich people in the Kremlin. It can be business as usual.
The 14 colonies of France in Africa transfer 80% of their wealth back to France to support their socialist regime. It’s not hard to see why ANYBODY would be better than the French to Africans in these countries.
This Nigerian welcomes Wagner.
Having this come out the same day he launched a possibly failed coup on Moscow itself is unreal. These are going to be some crazy weeks and months going forward
вы не правы. Вегнер не пытались строить переворот, и не нападли на Путина. У них был конфликт с некоторыми генералами, Шойгу и Гирасимов. Против Путина они ничего не имели. Они уважают его. К сожалению, президент страны не всегда знает, что на самом деле происходит в стране.
There's no way Nigeria would join that Russian backed confederation. American influence in Nigeria is very strong. And Nigeria is already a major part of ECOWAS. The only thing is that to make that pipeline work they will definitely need to play nice.
Not so fast! Do you think the (Biafra) South will try to split from the North again, but this time with the help of Wagner? Delta Freedom Fighters with Wagner would be a force to be reckoned with. Just a fanciful thought.
No one really "likes" the U.S...
If given the chance to defect.....
They will 😜😜
United state do not have any influence in Nigeria as a Nigerian from a edo state that is facts ‘
Nigerians value Americans so much so am not shock you say they have influence over you
Prighozin indeed met his end. Shirvan you are an accredited expert in geopolitical forecast.
One day Africa will be free! One day,Africa will rise!
🙏‼️‼️
Three months later and still the best news on the Sahel.
Thanks, Shirvan . . .
BEST FOR AFRICA TO PUSH EVERYONE OF THESE FOREIGN MILITARIES, INTERESTS OUT OF AFRICA..
I see bad bad, terrible things waiting for Africa if things keep progressing like this..
🔥No problems with African locals bro. The countries you mentioned at the beginning are the African problems, fighting for resources sowing seeds of discords among friends, families and communities.
"He's using the PMC as a spring board to score points with Vladamir Putin"- Well, guess Prigozhin already got TKO so hard, he is now in exlie in Belarus.
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
We don't know even half of the deal that was made to stop his advance on Moscow. He might have just made the largest power play in since 1991
@@cadenbigler He might have been able to ruin Russia's efforts in Ukraine, but that would lose peoples support for him as it would be disgraceful. And even if he did not, the Russian army would have gotten to him, and it would be end game. Accepting the deal was the best thing he could do.
Do wonder what that means for the stuff in the video. I can see Russia nationalizing Wagner at some point.
The deal just shows how weak Putin's position is. Putin just rolled over to a PMC that threatened the capital!
The events just that if your PMC is significantly powerful enough you cannot be threatened by the Russian state. It's going to lead to a rise of every russian leader needing a personal army.
Putin has overplayed his hand in Ukraine and now is weak. Imagine needed to run away from your own capital city because of a Merc company
Algeria has a disgust of mercenaries stemming back from hatred of the french foreign legion. If Wagner tries Algeria or even morocco it definitely won’t go well for them.
Why would they.. Algeria and Morroco arent failed states but functioning countries with a strong identity unlike the countries in which they're active
@@bramj1130 Algeria in particular is becoming more involved in Sahel and my eventually intervene in the region. Algeria doesn’t want France back in the region but it probably will also try to push Wagner out as-well. Algeria has threatened to enter Libya on some occasions.
If anything it is more likely Algeria will start a fight between them.
@@milotura6828This is a rare instance where Morocco and Algeria could collaborate.
@@chunchunmaru3644 true we can join up and one two them.
@@bramj1130With a strong identity 🤡
If its not in Europe it wont be called a war like Ukraine. It will be called the african summer, similar to the arab spring.
It looks like Prigozhin is at the helm of Russian operations in Africa. However, his exile to Belarus and falling out with Putin has complicated his life significantly as well as Russian operations in Africa. Who controls African operations there? Putin or Prigozhin? Prigozhin has a few options. He can:
1) Stay in Belarus in exile and eventually be assassinated by Putin's forces or simply die there.
2) Go to Africa/Latam to a place of safety and engage in operations there successfully where he has more support.
Edit: this is a scenario analysis based on what Prigozhin's options are and the type of person he is. I don't believe he would just give up so easily without a fight against Putin. His extensive operations in Africa show what he is truly capable of.
We also don't know if all of that was just "Theater"! Truly, we are in an era when we can't believe anything we read or see or hear on mainstream media or the web. We are in the middle of WW3 in case you didn't notice.
You are laughable. Get recent updates, Prigo is in Africa working for RU
My continent Africa 🌍😢😢..we've never been truly been free from Western Colonialsm..we are massacred for our minerals..and the worst is our African leaders sell us out
Boo hoo.
@@wilhelmbittrich88 that's how it is ?
meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Neo-colonialist never ending averious is the source of all of this misery for Africa. If they paid a fair price for resources and not treat Africans as stupid slaves, Russia or china would not be there.
High quality, engaging and packed full of facts - thank you
There are a few incorrect statements and a couple of outright lies embedded within. This video is narrated to cater to a western audience, try to do your own research about France's neocolonialist relationship with Central and especially West Africa.
Stop the war in my city Khartoum 😢Sudan
"Politics is not the pursuit of perfection, but the Art of the Second Best."
No one could have said this it in a more beautiful manner.
lol this is paraphrased bismark.
“Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable - the art of the next best” - Bismark
but why second best, I though it should be who gives the best choice.
@@Multi407D Thanks for the info bro! Appreciate it!
Well this explains Frances change of heart in Ukraine.
To be honest, African leaders are not strong and united. If African leaders and the African people are united and not corrupt. This nonsense won't be happening on the African's continent!!!
What they do
What change of heart? France has always supported Ukraine... not only that, but the idea of Niger (7th largest producer) being vital to Frances uranium is idiotic. 70% of French electricity is nuclear so the 3/4 lightbulbs thing is obviously a lie. There are plenty countries selling uranium like Canada(3rd largest producer) and Australia (4th largest producer)... Kazahkstan who is the largest producer is willing to sell it as well.
@@esanahka9284 It's not just about mining and selling the raw ore, it has to be processed and safely converted into different usable products and almost all of that is globally monopolised by RosAtom .
@@gordonfreeman1359 Militarily. In terms of influence France has already lost to China, who's happy to let Russia handle the security side of that so they don't have to.
Frans was screwing over Mali for over a decade in their "Support" against rebel forces, those rebels were literally trained by western forces, while France used Mali as a staging ground to show off new equipment and tactics to other European forces. France needed to leave Mali. You may not like Wagner but they have been more effective for what they were hired to do than France.
"Politics is not the pursuit of perfection but art of the second best" .... wow!
I didn't understand that quote
Feel like this video was meant to be released next week, but you had to put this video out after what’s happened with the Wagner rebellion 36 hours ago, how geopolitics changes things fast 🙈.
As always your content is excellent 👍🏻
I have some very bad news about Prigozhin...
He has suffered some hair loss since this video was made.
Welp, an unnatural end of Prigozhin already happened
They seem highly organized.
The ceo got rich off catering.. literally, logistics most important part of war...
Unlike the other generals.. hes the only one to go to and live near the war.. he has his pulse on it..
That's he why literally hasn't said a single negative thing about ukraine in months
@@mandelorean6243 Food is everything. I bet he makes a mean omelet.
@avraamavramovichyour right but a lot of the points he stated were pretty much facts
Fine art is a horrible investment, rich people don't invest in art, they buy it for their own enjoyment without any expectation that it'll increase in value. These talking points are worse than the VPNs
well I think fine art exists as a legal money laundering scheme
@@yoursemexpert that's how I feel about NFTs! Not so legal and hopefully over now
@@Nathan-qc4gz yeah NFTs are basically worthless now
10:07 incredible that you predicted this. Oh yes he died in a plane “accident”
I'm not surprised the Wagner group are in the DRC
If a faction is not in the Congo then it’s not a faction to be taken seriously.
Wagner gets pushed out of Russia, so now Prigozhin has nothing holding him back to make his empire. Watch him conquer half a continent. That would suck, but it would be absolutely wild.
Very timely video, explains, why Putin was quick to forgive Prigozhin. Relocation to Belarus where Chinese have strong positions indicates the reorientation of Wagner
It never was about putin, its a power struggle between Prigozhin and Shoigu/Guerasimov
you mean the guy with guinea pig in his name
Africa*
@@atomictravellerwhat?
Who’s worse, Russia or France? Sad situation
Британия
@@3an3al37what?
France.
Africa should be a superpower. A united africa with its own golden currency is the way.......just the way gadaffi wanted it.
Yeah, the only thing in the way is africans
When the news changes to fast, but you had already made a video and just don't want to throw away just like that 😂
Yevgeny has more support from Russian ppl & Putin than ever before 😂.
Another great informative vblog distilling geopolitics down to 10min👍
The title alone is by itself quite the clickbait propaganda.
The fact that Wagner help African leaders keep their power and stability than being attacked by EU or NATO paid mercenaries is not a sign of "colonization". Perhaps you should focus on the question "why is a resource rich continent so poor and lacking on said resources."
As we see so often over the years, African leaders make a huge bet on the losing horse. Turns out, seeing the likely collapse of Wagner yesterday, that throwing all in with Wagner perhaps was not the capital move that they thought it would be.
You cant blame africans afterall Western nations led by France have been and are colonizing many african nations looting their resources
You can't conclude yet. The aim for Africa is not to strengthen it's oppressors in any way. The aim is to put their bet on who ever will embark on weakening Their oppressors. I mean, they have made sure that Africa stays weak and defeated. So far, Russia, and in this case through Wagner, have always been willing to get messy.
Wagner hasn't collapsed. Wagner is returning to the frontlines in Ukraine but their leader has agreed to stay in Belarus. Belarus is closer to Kyiv so if Wagner were to attack from there, that would split Ukraine's army and hamper their counteroffensive
The Africans are getting smart and are remembering what countries enslaved their people at home and abroad!😂 It's about time they woke up and focus on being the great rich nation that they should have been a long time ago!💥👏👏I'm loving it!💜😂😂😂👍
As an African I will say that Africa suffered for 200 years under brutal European colonialism. As Africans we are not interested in continuing to lick European colonizer's ass.
Why are “French flags” still in Africa anyways? 💁🏼♂️That is the question
Maybe they're from French Embassies or French government linked institutions in those countries.
After all the atrocities they committed over decades and centuries, when locals are burning their flags, they still pretend that it is because of the "russian misinformation".
embassies,consulate, alliance francaise, or you know... any bazaar or hardware store
why are Russian flags in Africa?
Africans still have a slave like and childish mentality! Just because they despise one occupier does not mean they should celebrate another. Any self respecting patriotic people will put their own people and interest above everyone else! It’s truly disgusting watching them raise Russian flags when most Africans are treated like shit in Russia
The scramble for Africa has begun
Wow. Caspian strikes again 💥🛩
What was Russia saying again about US-led coups and neo-imperialism? You mean it was a grift this whole time? Woah… no way….
I’ve been saying it for years.
Always has been hell why do you think Putin invaded Ukraine.
ça serait con qu'il glisse des marches d'escaliers de l'hotel le soir même sans que personne ne puisse rien faire
Oh we know but sadly the disinformation campaign of Russia is working on 50% of Americans who always blame USA for all of these conflicts and yet they call themselves "patriots".
@@isaiahkayode6526the same reason why USA has assured to attack Cuba if China moves troops there
Lol so you completely ignore reality only because Russia said so?
the masterworks advertising is really hurting your credibility
100%
Fingers crossed they can smash South Africa and build something nice from the ashes.
That's sad the leaders of Africa are willing to allow this to happen just to stay in power and allowing their own people to suffer 😒
When has it ever been otherwise? They sold their own people into slavery during the Transatlantic slave trade.
People are people lol wake up man, we're all going to die sooner or later, everyone is just playing the game.
That's what they've done since the beginning of time.
Everyone has a price and if not someone else will take your place
given how every leftist anti colonial socialist project was completely destroyed by western intervention, african nations are never truly allowed to have sovereignty since the 1800s
Why do you keep promoting Masterworks? Like seriously, why?
@CaspianReport I must say, I am very thankful that videos like the ones you make exist on RUclips and can be freely accessed by me at any time within the comfort of my sofa. I am a medical student, I'm trying to complete my studies and repay my parents' generous investment in my education. If I was able to, I would be among the first to support you on patreon and whatever other platforms you might have.
In any case keep making these high quality videos, they are excellent! Sag olsun kardesim!
-your friend from Iran.
10:12 You Prediction became true 😂
Now, research who Wagner's CEO obeys to, and is funded by...
Ever thought about the fact that Russia aint all bad when compared in history? every country wants the same thing, yet you claim russia is the only bad guy
It's not a secret war It's just not being talked about because it's illegal 💯
Prigozhin: F🤣
One less Nazi in this world.
he was a jew lol
@@charlemagne9449no
I love how this short documentary ignores the west's hegemonic hold on Africa whilst crying foul on Russia upstarting the French foreign legions military hold on Africa.
These factors make sure that the Ukraine war continues
The Ukraine war is a culmination of several rifts
The undeclared war in the Sahel region - between france russia china and US
1:21- complicated conflict and the need for subtly and maneuver
1:57 - africa's future will decide the fate to the worlds economy, it holds 1/3 of the worlds wealth in minerals (especially tech companies)
3:45 - Military intervention in Mali but also secretly wanted to secure access to uranium deposits in Niger - 10:38 - Nigers uranium powers 3/4 lightbulbs in france - they cannot afford to lose niger
11:22 - europe is engaging in africa to secure hydrocarbon supplies and rare earth minerals - local powers are rushing to create corridors - nigeria which currently supports 14% of europe's energy needs wants to become europe's main gas supplier
5:00 - wagner's connection to the criminal underworld - ceo was in organized crime - up to 4/5 of their soldiers are convicts
8:00 - political instability in these countries (like sudan) allows for wagner to come in and exert more influence, and secure access to mineral deposits like gold, with access/control to these 3 countries they will have a corridor to the mineral trading hub of dubai
13:20 - china out trades all countries in africa -
"Nigers uranium powers 3/4 lightbulbs in france"
False, France has 10 years and more of reserve in the worst case scenario, and Niger is only responsible for 20% of the french uranium. Not that France need it, they have larger more important partners, but Niger need to sell it, what would they do with that uranium anyway ?
В общем здесь много западной пропоганды. Любая про Российская информация, обвиняется в дезенформации. В общем это просто ужас
shame this didn't come out 18 hours ago, Wagner is already a dead meme
Probably Prigozhin himself and maybe the name "Wagner", but the PMC itself, albeit with a rebranded name, has bright days ahead. Especially in Russia.
they wont be gone, putin still need their network.
Wagner was created for a reason. That rationale has somewhat lost its power since they came out into the limelight in Ukraine. But that's nothing a bit a clever rebranding can't fix. Fun Fact: Did you know that Dove (the uber-feminist hygiene brand) and Axe (the hyper-masculine grooming brand) are owned by the same company? Well now you do.
Putin played them like a daimn fiddle
@@gasergaser8629 stop fishing man, nobody's taking the bait
Niger has already fallen
Какой??
no. niger will not fall. the west must leave the continent so called africa
So, this is why Wagner leader Jevgeni Prigozjin is not killed jet....
That was so fast, the effort to make this video must take some times. And yet you're able to deliver it while the topic is still hot.
its not fast its late, he probably was working on it for like a week ago, and that guy decided to march into moscow lol.
his video often take 1-2 weeks
I understand that you are just presenting the facts. But French legion and other western strong countries have done and still doing the same thing like Wagner from more than 2 hundred years. Let’s not be blind propagandists. 😂
Fancy graphics but it would help your credibility if you state your sources. For example, the Wagner bases, where do you get the information from and how reliable is it?
Yet again very effective chess moves by the big 3. Super unethical but very effective.
By destabilizing the African states, great examples Sudan, Libya, Algeria slowly Egypt these nations become dependent to richer country’s (puppets). Also the refugee problem in Europe becomes more dramatic which affects the economical power!
No matter whether you like Russia or not, Wagner does the same thing US an some European countries have been doing for a very long time.
Note that Libya does not have a "legitimate" government.
The Tripoli based transitional government had a mandate until dec 2018 elections, that were cancelled indefinitely, becoming a de facto dictatorship.
But as always CR will never ever criticize Turkish backed actors
Да, он мечтает о Великом Туране и новой битве за Вену и Будапешт.
France be like: 95% is ours and 5% is your from your uranium 🤣🤣🤣