🇧🇫Burkina Faso's President Ibrahim Traore responds to sambo US general Michael Langley saying he’s a threat to Burkinabe ppl | Update: New response

[Mister Terrific]

Why some Ghanaians are fighting in insurgency-hit Burkina Faso​

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in neighbouring Burkina Faso, describing scenes of sometimes indiscriminate violence and bloody battles.


"We are always with the dead. In some battles, I've seen 40, 50 or 100 dead people," one of the men told the BBC.
The three, all in their late thirties or early forties, said they had fought in Burkina Faso multiple times since 2018. They crossed the porous 550km-long (340-mile) border between the two countries, without being detected by the security forces.

They denied being primarily motivated by religion or being trained by the jihadists, saying they went to fight to defend civilian communities with whom they had strong family and ethnic ties.

My elder brother, his wife and children were all killed by the [Burkinabe] army. It pains me a lot. The military came to their community in the forest. They killed all of them, a whole household, including 29 people," one of the men said.

But another of the men did articulate religious zeal, saying: "If you die while fighting with the jihadists, then you are driving to jannah (an Islamic word for paradise), on the path of the righteous."

Challenged over whether they had taken part in civilian attacks, the men were divided.
One denied doing so, but another conceded that he did.

"Some local people support the military in attacking us, that's why we have to kill them too," he said.

"You know... I'm not happy to fight like this. The number of people we kill, the people the military kill, it's very bad. But this fight has entered our blood," he added.

All three spoke on condition of anonymity.
The BBC was unable to confirm their claims but they showed us pictures of weapons, described the location of recent conflicts and named jihadist commanders in Burkina Faso.
The BBC was put in touch with the men through contacts at cattle markets in northern Ghana, where jihadist groups are alleged to be recruiting fighters.

Burkina Faso jihadist insurgency: Some Ghanaians join the fight against the military - BBC News

Three men tell the BBC they have crossed the border multiple times to fight the military.

www.bbc.com

 

[ReasonableMatic]

Apartheid in the Caribbean

In the Dominican Republic, policies toward Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent bear ominous parallels with Israel's racist repression of the Palestinian people.

nacla.org

Israel and the Dominican Republic: A tale of two fences made vulnerable by arrogance

By Narciso Isa Conde Narciso Isa Conde is a Marxist political analyst, writer and political leader in the Dominican Republic, a veteran of the struggles against the Trujillo dictatorship and the U.S. invasion of the DR in 1965, who writes regularly on the class and liberation struggles. He publis

www.workers.org

 

[Low End Derrick]

Ironic, given that both of their regimes are stooges for Putin.

 

[African Peasant]

I hope Burkina Faso does well, but I will never root for America to fall or fail.

Make of that what you will, I guess.

I don't think Burkina is trying to hurt the US, and they can"t even do it if they wanted

The US could just leave them alone

 

[Leasy]

Ironic, given that both of their regimes are stooges for Putin.

Not stooges it's just Russia goes about partnership differently than America and Europe. Russia been an ally to Africa for decades.

 

[Mr.bocario]

Not stooges it's just Russia goes about partnership differently than America and Europe. Russia been an ally to Africa for decades.

So the Russian mercenaries operating in Africa are there for peace?

I get it US foreign policy is a mofo, but when it comes to geopolitics there are no good guys or bad guys.

The breh from Burkina Faso has a good SM street team, but just like most leaders he’s trying to stay in power by any means

 

[Leasy]

So the Russian mercenaries operating in Africa are there for peace?

I get it US foreign policy is a mofo, but when it comes to geopolitics there are no good guys or bad guys.

The breh from Burkina Faso has a good SM street team, but just like most leaders he’s trying to stay in power by any means

They keep European influences out and even providing intelligence to Burkina Faso and providing fair trade. Europe and America destabilize wherever they are. Both influences need to go but Russia is actually helping

 

[Chrishaune]

So the Russian mercenaries operating in Africa are there for peace?

I get it US foreign policy is a mofo, but when it comes to geopolitics there are no good guys or bad guys.

The breh from Burkina Faso has a good SM street team, but just like most leaders he’s trying to stay in power by any means

Nobody thinks Ibrahim is the Messiah, but everybody does see the corruption of the West and what they will do to keep their foot on Africans neck.

 

[Mister Terrific]

So the Russian mercenaries operating in Africa are there for peace?

I get it US foreign policy is a mofo, but when it comes to geopolitics there are no good guys or bad guys.

The breh from Burkina Faso has a good SM street team, but just like most leaders he’s trying to stay in power by any means

USAid has literally saved the lives of millions of Africans

Life After USAID: Africa's Development, Education, and Health Care | Think Global Health

Alternative strategies to sustain progress on economic development, education investment, and disease responses

www.thinkglobalhealth.org

Meanwhile Russians mercenaries are massacring Africans

Wagner mercenaries and Mali army accused of killing civilians near Gao​

Around 20 people were killed in northern Mali when the vehicles they were travelling in came under attack earlier this week with local sources saying Wagner mercenaries and Mali's army were responsible.

Wagner mercenaries and Mali army accused of killing civilians near Gao

Around 20 people were killed in northern Mali when the vehicles they were travelling in came under attack earlier this week with local sources saying Wagner mercenaries and Mali's army were responsible.

www.rfi.fr

 

[the cac mamba]

might cop the lotus, but i've outgrown it

 

[Krs2]

When you see threads here about how Africans hate on FBAs and they come to America hating, I wonder if they know that cacs are sending black lapdog generals to countries that want to progress like Burkina Faso??

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

Langley is an askari

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

When you see threads here about how Africans hate on FBAs and they come to America hating, I wonder if they know that cacs are sending black lapdog generals to countries that want to progress like Burkina Faso??

@HarlemHottie @YaThreadFloppedB!
@K.O.N.Y

Come on down

 

[BlackJesus]

I hope Burkina Faso does well, but I will never root for America to fall or fail.

Make of that what you will, I guess.

Fail at what? If America minds its own business no one has problem would want it to fail.

 

[BlackJesus]

We are already the enemy. I don’t care about that. We are too intertwined into the global economy for anyone to do anything about it without the rest of the world suffering.

I want 5000 years of America

You want 5000 years of the white man with his boot on yours and everyone else’s neck?

Get this house negro up outta here.