Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
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Gabon coup leader sworn in as interim president, pledges 'credible' elections

> The leader of a coup that ousted 's President Ali Bongo was sworn in as interim president and cheered by jubilant supporters on Monday in a televised ceremony designed to cast the military as liberators of an oppressed society
cbc.ca/news/world/gabon-coup-n

#coups #coup #gabon

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geographile · @geographile
89 followers · 3390 posts · Server sfba.social

I'm glad to see any country shrug off , though I tend to be wary of . But seriously, people in power in really need to look at their own selves about .

mstdn.social/@raymondpert/1110

#colonizers #military #coups #russia #colonization #niger #gabon #africa

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Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
1623 followers · 689 posts · Server mstdn.social

- Francophone Africa to see new military coups — former Nigerian minister - World - TASS

>It is stated that Africa is beginning to fight for "freedom from the tyrannical bondage and venemous yoke of the French and deliverance from their perverted, pervasive and corrosive ways and systemic oppression"
tass.com/world/1667993

#nigeria #coups #coup #niger #gabon #France #tass

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Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
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Gabon coup: EU chief says evacuations not planned yet

>"Naturally, military coups are not the solution, but we must not forget that in Gabon there had been elections full of irregularities," he said, arguing a rigged vote could amount to a civilian "institutional coup."
dw.com/en/gabon-coup-eu-chief-

#coups #coup #gabon

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AlkaT · @alkatandan
89 followers · 232 posts · Server cosocial.ca

on the political instability in west africa, a quick read (not supporting the analysis rather to have the brief): aa.com.tr/en/africa/factbox-re

#coups #westafrica

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DW English - Deutsche Welle · @dw
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OccuWorld · @OccuWorld
155 followers · 165 posts · Server hear-me.social

The West's Hypocrisy on Niger Coup

youtube.com/watch?v=qe4cpfZvBx.

As the West lines up to condemn the bloodless coup in Niger, we look back at some of the bloody coups the West has itself orchestrated in Africa.

#africa #resourcetheft #looting #west #socialists #murdered #coups #imf #subservience #debt #control

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Ainara Mancebo · @ainaramancebo
6 followers · 17 posts · Server mstdn.social

The region of in last decades has capitalised aid and military support to fight against jihadism while poor governance, corruption and unprotected population in those countries escalate. Researchers in the area point out that foreign intervention in Sahel plays an important part in the conflicts and and it is not Russia or wagner the main actors as Western narratives want to channel. Listen last update about from african researchers👇🏽
omny.fm/shows/safm-sunrise-1/m

#niger #coups #sahel

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Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
1381 followers · 97074 posts · Server mstdn.social

@housepanther @Radical_EgoCom @TomSwirly

Same with other things:

Most people oppose and not because they are disgusted by , but because it reduces their personal & individual !
youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7g

#qualityoflife #violence #Revolutions #coups

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Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
141 followers · 2134 posts · Server sfba.social

theintercept.com/2023/07/27/ni

: The Intercept has confirmed. U.S.-trained military officers have taken part in 11 in since 2008.
“We have had a very long relationship with the United States,” Barmou said in 2021. “Being able to work together in this capacity is very good for .”

#ourcoup #coups #westafrica #niger #regimechange #resourcecolonialism #washington #Kleptocracy

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Queer Lit Cats · @QLC
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Queer Lit Cats · @QLC
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Jochen Fromm · @cas_group
34 followers · 118 posts · Server fediscience.org

Although the USA has the best universities, journalists and political scientists, they apparently fail to see when their own system almost breaks down. The book from Barbara Geddes, Erica Frantz, and Joseph George Wright named "How Dictatorships Work: Power, Personalization, and Collapse" describes clearly that are the most frequent way of creating . And yet the orange man who incited the Capitol riot at Jan 6 2021 had to face no consequences so far. How is that possible?

#dictatorships #coups

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Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
92 followers · 979 posts · Server sfba.social

He green-lighted and enabled . He told to get their and done quickly, sold out the Kurds, and ran the botched operation to kidnap Chilean Gen. René Schneider (in the hope of derailing President Salvador ’s inauguration), which resulted in Schneider’s murder. His post- turn to the left that region in , setting the stage for that continue to afflict .

thenation.com/article/world/ki

#coups #genocides #dictators #killing #torturing #allende #vietnam #middleeast #chaos #crises #humanity

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
262 followers · 821 posts · Server mas.to

Ever since i heard her story on (11 min), I have wanted to read more about her. She's the daughter of a revolutionary in Chile.

themoth.org/storytellers/carme

The US was on the wrong side of history here. Always supporting that help some horrible murderous , so long as we can stop a democratically elected trying to get education &healthcare for all. Info on the "other 9/11":

See next ⬇️

#shockdoctrine #disastercapitalism #redscare #socialist #dictator #coups #themoth #somethingfierce

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Duane Aubin :verified: · @duaneaubin
281 followers · 251 posts · Server mstdn.party

6/21 Colfax Massacre, 1863 was a reaction to the 1872 gubernatorial .

Like the and other or or we'll see, if they're not proacting before an election, they're reacting to an election that did not go the way they wanted.

#election #civilwar #uprisings #coups #insurrections

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Queer Lit Cats · @QLC
70 followers · 3994 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.ca
Africa Center · @africacenter
362 followers · 165 posts · Server mastodon.social

This has put Russian influence, equipment, and flags, somewhere close by dozens of anti-democratic acts by an African autocrat in recent years, from blocking condemnation of leaders who evaded term limits to supporting to endorsing flawed electoral results to participation in corruption and state capture.

Read Joseph Siegle's book review where he lists out 's anti- actions across region-by-region:

africacenter.org/spotlight/int

2/2

#coups #russia #democratic #africa

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