Russia secretly in war in Africa

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  • @CaspianReport
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    • @Zeyede_Seyum
      @Zeyede_Seyum ปีที่แล้ว +133

      No

    • @SEASON-ONE1
      @SEASON-ONE1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Viva la Ukraine

    • @Zeyede_Seyum
      @Zeyede_Seyum ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wagner Bad, France 🇫🇷 good‼️

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      @Jumoana ปีที่แล้ว +36

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  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam ปีที่แล้ว +3096

    1:10 "Wagner's CEO has bigger plans, score points with Putin"
    Feels surreal to hear that right after Wagner's march to Moscow

    • @playerone7663
      @playerone7663 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      Dude, do you live on youtube or something? You're literally in EVERY comment section XD

    • @johnl.7754
      @johnl.7754 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      That plan went out the window

    • @cartier2312
      @cartier2312 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!!!

    • @CoffeeSuccubus
      @CoffeeSuccubus ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@playerone7663 I am too

    • @btctroy4217
      @btctroy4217 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@playerone7663 was here to say the same thing lmao

  • @ciroalberto397
    @ciroalberto397 ปีที่แล้ว +704

    So you're telling me there's a possibility that the Sahel countries might merge into a big conference called Giga Chad?

    • @instinct922
      @instinct922 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      AYY LMAO

    • @gauravtejpal8901
      @gauravtejpal8901 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      🤣

    • @Rafaelnk21
      @Rafaelnk21 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      😂

    • @traykunable
      @traykunable ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Hahahahaha nice one bro. The league of Gigachad. 😆😂🤣

    • @hudysonsestari8228
      @hudysonsestari8228 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Is that a coincidence that the Giga Chad meme is a russian too?

  • @DrMwenya
    @DrMwenya ปีที่แล้ว +563

    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.

    • @ngashjr
      @ngashjr ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Kenyan here I'm glad we have very limited natural resources to exploit but worried about our strategic location.

    • @amanshilanov6237
      @amanshilanov6237 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Botswana is a hidden of Africa!
      I really wanna come visit! (Zambia too haha)

    • @finiavanamandresy5460
      @finiavanamandresy5460 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      From Madagascar here, I think the same

    • @kamvazenani4153
      @kamvazenani4153 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      As a South African I agree fully with you. Ate you able to speak Setswana?

    • @rbrookeb
      @rbrookeb ปีที่แล้ว +15

      How do you feel about Zambia’s debt crisis + Economic stronghold of Chinese immigrants + the fact the GDP decreased like -10% since 2010?

  • @jackalopewright5343
    @jackalopewright5343 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Let’s all pretend they’re burning French flags because of Wagners Instagram account and not 600 years of colonialism.

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    @billhunter9386 ปีที่แล้ว +3149

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      @670ramy ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Why?

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    • @albertofoti4152
      @albertofoti4152 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@670ramy clear scam.

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  • @Rayver112
    @Rayver112 ปีที่แล้ว +1610

    This gives the 'third world' war a whole new meaning

    • @cartier2312
      @cartier2312 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!!!

    • @Django0324
      @Django0324 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      What's the third world war?

    • @DarkShroom
      @DarkShroom ปีที่แล้ว +66

      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)

    • @seanheeney4517
      @seanheeney4517 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@DarkShroom I believe it's The Second Congo War that you're refering to, that's usually known as The African World War

    • @hushpuppy1735
      @hushpuppy1735 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@Django0324War in the third world

  • @drba77
    @drba77 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    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

    • @MrManOverThere
      @MrManOverThere 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      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.

    • @timezero4644
      @timezero4644 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Путин последний человек кому выгодна смерть Пригожина, тем более есть шанс, что кто-то из Киева, либо Вашингтонс мог это сделать, как они любят

  • @otherguy10000
    @otherguy10000 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What misinformation does Wagner need to spread in Africa, when the collapsing West has always been the most foul player?

    • @Nata-rp6pf
      @Nata-rp6pf ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah, i have the same question to the author of this video.

  • @joebaxter6895
    @joebaxter6895 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    Wagner is like something out of Metal Gear Solid 5.

    • @cartier2312
      @cartier2312 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!!!

    • @HeliosLegion
      @HeliosLegion ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Next, we'll have an Outer Heaven situation.

    • @joooooojo2235
      @joooooojo2235 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I have the exact feeling! time to replay this masterpiece i guess

    • @damepolk5214
      @damepolk5214 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Kojima is a prophet.

    • @gasergaser8629
      @gasergaser8629 ปีที่แล้ว

      putin send us to hell but we are going even deeper

  • @brandoncameron2686
    @brandoncameron2686 ปีที่แล้ว +552

    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.

    • @cartier2312
      @cartier2312 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!!!

    • @Aeon1019
      @Aeon1019 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It STILL IS! #ALLforone

    • @anamariapopa9431
      @anamariapopa9431 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @diollinebranderson6553
      @diollinebranderson6553 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@Aeon1019you mean #oneforall💀

    • @Aeon1019
      @Aeon1019 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@diollinebranderson6553 either way uttered, there's only ONE in the midst of the Vultures!

  • @headoverheels88
    @headoverheels88 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    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.

    • @marcdc6809
      @marcdc6809 ปีที่แล้ว

      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...

    • @dsxa918
      @dsxa918 ปีที่แล้ว

      The 'coup' was easily undertaken so anyone opposing Putin in Russia actually revealed themselves

    • @3wolfsdown702
      @3wolfsdown702 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wagner and Blackwater

    • @thesecondaccound
      @thesecondaccound ปีที่แล้ว +3

      most likely it was a carefully orchestrated spectacle and Prozhgin (whatever his hame is) is yet to play his true role.

    • @toryworldmusic
      @toryworldmusic ปีที่แล้ว

      Agree! It pans out as a true World War at some point.

  • @albevanhanoy
    @albevanhanoy ปีที่แล้ว +183

    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
      @sufthegoat ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You sure?

    • @Crashed131963
      @Crashed131963 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@sufthegoat Lots of countries have Uranium .

    • @anteeko
      @anteeko ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@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.

    • @evilmex1962
      @evilmex1962 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Kazakhstan uranium belongs to Russian "Rosatom".

    • @anteeko
      @anteeko ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@evilmex1962 "Kazakhstan uranium belongs to Russian "Rosatom"."
      No biggy they can buy from Australia instead.

  • @rushtest4echo737
    @rushtest4echo737 ปีที่แล้ว +299

    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.

    • @fuyoutubeck
      @fuyoutubeck ปีที่แล้ว

      I was looking for this

    • @black_wolf365
      @black_wolf365 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remembered the same line when I heard him say that! 🤣🤣🤣

    • @fuyoutubeck
      @fuyoutubeck ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@black_wolf365 well it's pretty clear he's quoting the joker 😂

    • @Screwthenewhandlesystem
      @Screwthenewhandlesystem ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fuyoutubeckOr the joker is quoting someone else, and Shirvan is quoting that person.

    • @fuyoutubeck
      @fuyoutubeck ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Screwthenewhandlesystem really ?, I never knew that, who said the original quote then plz ?

  • @eltonbritt1502
    @eltonbritt1502 ปีที่แล้ว +642

    PMC Wagner is arguably the most experienced non-state armed group in the world today.

    • @cartier2312
      @cartier2312 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!!!

    • @wanjikunjoroge8813
      @wanjikunjoroge8813 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Mercenaries you mean.

    • @ArCher11-iq9co
      @ArCher11-iq9co ปีที่แล้ว +180

      @@wanjikunjoroge8813 Call it what you want. This organisation operates in the harshest environments and still profit. Mercenaries and businessmen

    • @juanrivera7912
      @juanrivera7912 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @NeoHellPoet
      @NeoHellPoet ปีที่แล้ว +147

      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

  • @Jul3sTh3Sh33p
    @Jul3sTh3Sh33p ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

  • @ahmedhossam7402
    @ahmedhossam7402 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    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.

    • @diegotomas2941
      @diegotomas2941 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      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

    • @troymcclure5612
      @troymcclure5612 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      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.

    • @nunyabusiness863
      @nunyabusiness863 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @nunyabusiness863
      @nunyabusiness863 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@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.

    • @IK_MK
      @IK_MK ปีที่แล้ว +87

      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)

  • @Christophe.C
    @Christophe.C ปีที่แล้ว +176

    They are also in Venezuela and Madagascar. People underestimate the financial power of Wagner. Dubai must be the biggest center for criminal organisations.

    • @bipulnarzary5280
      @bipulnarzary5280 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Londongrad is unsurprisingly.

    • @cartier2312
      @cartier2312 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!!!

    • @iamsorryforbeingrudebefore1626
      @iamsorryforbeingrudebefore1626 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      ​@@bipulnarzary5280Londonistan

    • @dpt6849
      @dpt6849 ปีที่แล้ว

      And for porta potties

    • @pk4459
      @pk4459 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Cyprus and Dubai, definitly the big 2 as sunny places for shady people.

  • @moseshamlett3887
    @moseshamlett3887 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    France has been exploiting these regions for years though. I can't imagine its hard to turn the locals against them.

    • @vicvicking1990
      @vicvicking1990 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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

    • @AsiaMinor12
      @AsiaMinor12 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@vicvicking1990these lies are the reason why they're burning your disgusting flag lol.

  • @millerlight2592
    @millerlight2592 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    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

    • @Appolinaries
      @Appolinaries 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @1000imps
    @1000imps ปีที่แล้ว +110

    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

    • @cartier2312
      @cartier2312 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!!!

  • @zackamor8043
    @zackamor8043 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    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.

    • @DahlinSilesile-rc4lk
      @DahlinSilesile-rc4lk ปีที่แล้ว +15

      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

    • @iankelly6264
      @iankelly6264 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@DahlinSilesile-rc4lk Mozambique is probably more likely be influence by Britain as it's now in the Commonwealth.

    • @woolyl
      @woolyl ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@iankelly6264 Mozambique is in the Francophonie since 2006 (the French Commonwealth)

    • @iankelly6264
      @iankelly6264 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@woolyl Mozambique been a member of the commonwealth since 1995 and still is.

  • @ryanmacfarlane1956
    @ryanmacfarlane1956 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    All the great powers have troops in Africa. This is not surprising.

  • @cyberhermit1222
    @cyberhermit1222 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    The biggest empire in the world pretending to be anti Imperialist.

    • @konradhomiak3700
      @konradhomiak3700 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Wdym biggest empire? U forget the US?

    • @dx-ek4vr
      @dx-ek4vr ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@konradhomiak3700 He specified "Pretending to be anti Imperialist". If he just meant the US, he would've just said "Biggest Empire in the world"

    • @jeanivanjohnson
      @jeanivanjohnson ปีที่แล้ว +17

      ​@@dx-ek4vri mean, i think all modern imperialist countries like to pretend to be anti-imperialist, aren't they?

    • @dennisestradda9746
      @dennisestradda9746 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@konradhomiak3700 countries like China and Russia are modern day colonists acting as saviors 😂

    • @25Soupy
      @25Soupy ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That's exactly what I was thinking, "Imperial Russia liberating African countries from so-called Imperial European countries."

  • @krimokrimov6050
    @krimokrimov6050 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    The Wagner crisis was resolved surprisingly swiftly , the Russians always solve crises in two swift ways , total war or vodka

    • @B.FrankAndersen
      @B.FrankAndersen ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ha ha

    • @floydlooney6837
      @floydlooney6837 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      or Polonium Tea and open windows

    • @goshawk4340
      @goshawk4340 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Its almost like it was a psyop or prohgizin wanted a raise.

    • @user-xm6zs6ez6i
      @user-xm6zs6ez6i ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @m.k.3576
    @m.k.3576 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    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.

    • @juniorjames7076
      @juniorjames7076 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

    • @HughJass-jv2lt
      @HughJass-jv2lt ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No one really "likes" the U.S...
      If given the chance to defect.....
      They will 😜😜

    • @klainleo4438
      @klainleo4438 ปีที่แล้ว

      United state do not have any influence in Nigeria as a Nigerian from a edo state that is facts ‘

    • @ayatkusaug3129
      @ayatkusaug3129 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nigerians value Americans so much so am not shock you say they have influence over you

  • @user-ct7jl1if9q
    @user-ct7jl1if9q ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Славься Россия! Славься Русская армия и русский народ! Смерть предателям, трусам и врагам нашего Отечества! ❤❤❤

  • @dookiepost
    @dookiepost ปีที่แล้ว +92

    I congratulate Russia and Wagner for somehow being able to gaslight much of the world into thinking Russia is somehow anti-imperialist, what a joke.

    • @MimiPlaysViolin
      @MimiPlaysViolin ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Does anyone think Russia is anti-imperialist? I’ve never heard that in my life.

    • @thekaiser1156
      @thekaiser1156 ปีที่แล้ว

      They're anti everyone else being imperialist. They're not imperialists themselves, all these countries just really want to be friends with Russia. Just like Iraq really wanted some "freedom" and "democracy".

    • @bramposthumus9300
      @bramposthumus9300 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MimiPlaysViolin Plenty on the African continent that believe this. They have fallen for the lie.

    • @zeroyuki92
      @zeroyuki92 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      An imperial entity could act as an anti for a different imperial entity, I suppose

    • @DifferentRussian
      @DifferentRussian ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MimiPlaysViolin Well, it's not about gaslighting you, now is it? You, and everyone you know are just people half the world away who have no power over anything.
      It's about gaslighting the actual world, the majority. First World is just a tiny minority in it.

  • @shawnwesternevilmediadwbbcetc
    @shawnwesternevilmediadwbbcetc ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wagner=humanity

  • @hassanmagaji1792
    @hassanmagaji1792 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Prighozin indeed met his end. Shirvan you are an accredited expert in geopolitical forecast.

  • @fahimshamsuddin672
    @fahimshamsuddin672 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    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.

    • @juniorjames7076
      @juniorjames7076 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @deliojones9527
      @deliojones9527 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are laughable. Get recent updates, Prigo is in Africa working for RU

  • @arailway8809
    @arailway8809 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Looks like an army without a country to me.
    Thanks Shirvan. Clean work all the way.

    • @imgvillasrc1608
      @imgvillasrc1608 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Still waiting for a new mega PMC named "Prussia"

    • @JacksonMcgarvey2665
      @JacksonMcgarvey2665 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@imgvillasrc1608Prussia? Prussia is part of Germany.

    • @ericp1139
      @ericp1139 ปีที่แล้ว

      This has been a problem foreseen years ago. Look up videos warning about the proliferation of PMCs.

    • @ansonang7810
      @ansonang7810 ปีที่แล้ว

      History repeats there was a big merc corp in Europe late middle ages. Different states and kingdoms employ them as merc.

    • @snakebyte98
      @snakebyte98 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@imgvillasrc1608You know that Prussia has nothing to do with Russia? Prussia is an old name for Germany

  • @everett8165
    @everett8165 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Please stop accepting MasterWorks ads

  • @Zer-o-ne
    @Zer-o-ne 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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!

  • @kifkroker6483
    @kifkroker6483 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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.

  • @Ethan-cz8xq
    @Ethan-cz8xq ปีที่แล้ว +43

    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.

  • @popkhorne5372
    @popkhorne5372 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    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.

    • @lucascherpeau2135
      @lucascherpeau2135 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      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.

    • @MrGaters34
      @MrGaters34 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@lucascherpeau2135 Same. Last video he pretty much implied that France planned the Rwanda genocide.

    • @Mopmipmup
      @Mopmipmup ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@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

    • @minei1696
      @minei1696 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ​​@@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.

    • @MrGaters34
      @MrGaters34 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@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.

  • @yesun-erdeneodmunkh4858
    @yesun-erdeneodmunkh4858 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    France be like: 95% is ours and 5% is your from your uranium 🤣🤣🤣

  • @igormysagora8927
    @igormysagora8927 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Welp, an unnatural end of Prigozhin already happened

  • @alexernst9448
    @alexernst9448 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    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.

    • @dougdupont6134
      @dougdupont6134 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      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...

    • @DaniyalZeX7
      @DaniyalZeX7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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

    • @John_Connor556
      @John_Connor556 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      News flash: he already is 😏

    • @John_Connor556
      @John_Connor556 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

    • @WatcherSCP
      @WatcherSCP ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dougdupont6134 Belarus - translated as northern Rus' (not white Russia). Her name is an old word, from the Old Slavonic language, in which "bely" had 2 meanings - white or northern. Geographically, this country was in the north relative to southern Kievan Rus. That's why they named her that.

  • @dominicwalker1899
    @dominicwalker1899 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    "Politics is not the pursuit of perfection but rather the art of 2nd best" great quote

    • @cartier2312
      @cartier2312 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!!!

    • @miroslavhoudek7085
      @miroslavhoudek7085 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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.

    • @MarvinRB3
      @MarvinRB3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      It's just an inferior rendition of "politics is the art of the possible".
      These videos would be better without the clumsy word play.

    • @zjzr08
      @zjzr08 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sounds like reliable Survivor strategy hehe.

    • @dpt6849
      @dpt6849 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds communist😂

  • @kaushalbhattacharjee4693
    @kaushalbhattacharjee4693 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    "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.

    • @Multi407D
      @Multi407D ปีที่แล้ว +4

      lol this is paraphrased bismark.

    • @Multi407D
      @Multi407D ปีที่แล้ว +7

      “Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable - the art of the next best” - Bismark

    • @PiyushGupta-vx6qi
      @PiyushGupta-vx6qi ปีที่แล้ว

      but why second best, I though it should be who gives the best choice.

    • @kaushalbhattacharjee4693
      @kaushalbhattacharjee4693 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Multi407D Thanks for the info bro! Appreciate it!

  • @odinakachukwubonifacekanu9545
    @odinakachukwubonifacekanu9545 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One day Africa will be free! One day,Africa will rise!

  • @Gentleman...Driver
    @Gentleman...Driver ปีที่แล้ว +174

    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.

    • @cartier2312
      @cartier2312 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!!!

    • @goodlifegreenscapesbrecken5928
      @goodlifegreenscapesbrecken5928 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @rhs5683
      @rhs5683 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What other channels do you like here?

    • @scratchy996
      @scratchy996 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @AsokaTw-mz3lr
      @AsokaTw-mz3lr ปีที่แล้ว

      Everyone owns Africa as according to human evolution humans came from Africa. So it's everyone's home not just blacks.

  • @LeeGoGators
    @LeeGoGators ปีที่แล้ว +209

    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

    • @recarras
      @recarras ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Perhaps. But he looks just too powerful for a fast killing

    • @PMoney-sk7kb
      @PMoney-sk7kb ปีที่แล้ว +82

      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

    • @kingbooomer9231
      @kingbooomer9231 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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

    • @dw620
      @dw620 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Well, Lukashenko will be needing a successor soon... ~

    • @cartier2312
      @cartier2312 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!!!

  • @leepope3500
    @leepope3500 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    After speaking online with several Africans, I'm shocked how popular Russia is.

    • @lm_b5080
      @lm_b5080 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      south african here - our pro-West opposition party will probably shrink in next year's election even further with pro-russia support by africans counting as one of the main issues on which they will lose

    • @camerbayangam4257
      @camerbayangam4257 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is the result of 70 years of Western support to corrupt governments.

    • @fullmetaltheorist
      @fullmetaltheorist ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@lm_b5080Please leave the lies. The anc is shrinking fast. The pro western parties are the ones taking votes from the pro Russian parties. We have already seen this happen in the 3 largest provinces and its happening in the other provinces as well.

    • @MalefuNhlapo-tt2yw
      @MalefuNhlapo-tt2yw ปีที่แล้ว +6

      As South African when war begins I did understand why South Africans support Russia,but I leaned that Russia played a huge role in South African BLACK people during Apartheid to get their freedom, South Africans love Russia soh much media won't share that but Russia is taken very serious not only in South Africa but in Africa

    • @lm_b5080
      @lm_b5080 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MalefuNhlapo-tt2yw malefu how do you feel about Putin?

  • @panamanianviking3153
    @panamanianviking3153 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    10:07 incredible that you predicted this. Oh yes he died in a plane “accident”

  • @murtadaaliomer9344
    @murtadaaliomer9344 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Stop the war in my city Khartoum 😢Sudan

  • @TheXyxy2
    @TheXyxy2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Africa always ends up being exploited by outside forces, plunging them into never ending wars.

    • @cartier2312
      @cartier2312 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!!!

    • @Aeon1019
      @Aeon1019 ปีที่แล้ว

      A sad Reality, intentional genocides for the pursuit of wealth.

    • @esanahka9284
      @esanahka9284 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except that they aren't. They are being exploited by themselves and their leadership. They just allow others to be the ones doing it.

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn ปีที่แล้ว +10

      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.

    • @wuhaninstituteofvirology
      @wuhaninstituteofvirology ปีที่แล้ว

      all african countries should unite as 1 & mount the largest standing army in the world & expel all foreign imperial powers (US, EU, russia, china)

  • @cumunist2120
    @cumunist2120 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Did you have this in your back pocket or did you produce this video really quick

    • @Mammel248
      @Mammel248 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Since it doesn't mention the latest news I'm going to guess this video was in production for a while

    • @cartier2312
      @cartier2312 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!!!

    • @papendiayediouf5166
      @papendiayediouf5166 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I think he had already produced it.
      But I highly suspect the comments made from 10:01 to 10:24 were added considering yesterday's events.
      There is a noticeable change in the pitch of the voice.

    • @ericsuarez834
      @ericsuarez834 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He gets paid to say it

  • @goldenstars5181
    @goldenstars5181 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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..

  • @V.A.85
    @V.A.85 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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. 😂

  • @jonathanscott8994
    @jonathanscott8994 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    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.

    • @Haniboy7911
      @Haniboy7911 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      What US military not welcome in our continet we going to remove them all

    • @vulpo
      @vulpo ปีที่แล้ว

      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?

    • @a6ena
      @a6ena ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Because they aren’t really comparable.

    • @atomictraveller
      @atomictraveller ปีที่แล้ว +2

      rofl west papua holmes

    • @joeschroedernz
      @joeschroedernz ปีที่แล้ว +26

      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?

  • @ALSPEHEIR
    @ALSPEHEIR ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When the news changes to fast, but you had already made a video and just don't want to throw away just like that 😂

    • @John_Connor556
      @John_Connor556 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yevgeny has more support from Russian ppl & Putin than ever before 😂.

  • @arailway8809
    @arailway8809 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Three months later and still the best news on the Sahel.
    Thanks, Shirvan . . .

  • @abelardogreen
    @abelardogreen ปีที่แล้ว +20

    They seem highly organized.

    • @mandelorean6243
      @mandelorean6243 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      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

    • @abelardogreen
      @abelardogreen ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@mandelorean6243 Food is everything. I bet he makes a mean omelet.

    • @chamonix4658
      @chamonix4658 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@avraamavramovichyour right but a lot of the points he stated were pretty much facts

  • @LabiBradleyC
    @LabiBradleyC ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Francophone Africa is incredibly unstable and is constantly internally divided.

    • @noahjones1192
      @noahjones1192 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Way to go France

    • @divinewind6313
      @divinewind6313 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@noahjones1192Also Belgium.

    • @spacecraftcarrier4135
      @spacecraftcarrier4135 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Same for Anglophone Africa lol.
      Sudan, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, etc.

    • @Yoshi14832
      @Yoshi14832 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      By design

    • @njerurichard3581
      @njerurichard3581 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@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.

  • @vishwanathan94
    @vishwanathan94 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Politics is not the pursuit of perfection but art of the second best" .... wow!

    • @DanM-pw9nl
      @DanM-pw9nl 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I didn't understand that quote

  • @Tmb1112
    @Tmb1112 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @animaaura
    @animaaura ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Why do you keep promoting Masterworks? Like seriously, why?

  • @sladewinberry8283
    @sladewinberry8283 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    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.

    • @cartier2312
      @cartier2312 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!!!

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn ปีที่แล้ว

      "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.

    • @LackofFaithify
      @LackofFaithify ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @joythought
      @joythought ปีที่แล้ว +32

      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.

    • @jimgaston9863
      @jimgaston9863 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @ES-vb6pf
    @ES-vb6pf ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Who’s worse, Russia or France? Sad situation

    • @3an3al37
      @3an3al37 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Британия

    • @ciaranReal
      @ciaranReal 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@3an3al37what?

    • @z_A_S_T_R_A_v
      @z_A_S_T_R_A_v 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      France.

  • @YiShin-pf1dq
    @YiShin-pf1dq ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @CaspianReport I must say, I am very thankful that videos like the ones you make exist on TH-cam 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.

  • @TheGeopoliticsMan
    @TheGeopoliticsMan ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "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.

    • @cartier2312
      @cartier2312 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @cadenbigler ปีที่แล้ว +16

      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

    • @TheGeopoliticsMan
      @TheGeopoliticsMan ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

    • @gustavju4686
      @gustavju4686 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do wonder what that means for the stuff in the video. I can see Russia nationalizing Wagner at some point.

    • @silliestsususagest3276
      @silliestsususagest3276 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @icecoffee1361
    @icecoffee1361 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    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 👍🏻

  • @PavltheRobot
    @PavltheRobot ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Caspian, why your videos have a significant drop in audio quality as of recent?

  • @traykunable
    @traykunable ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @MegaStarjames
    @MegaStarjames ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It's not a secret war It's just not being talked about because it's illegal 💯

  • @rabywuk1
    @rabywuk1 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    High quality, engaging and packed full of facts - thank you

    • @wolfswinkel8906
      @wolfswinkel8906 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

  • @user-ec4ti8er4x
    @user-ec4ti8er4x ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The map mirrors Frances secret empire quite closely

  • @andrewdarakis8807
    @andrewdarakis8807 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Africa should be a superpower. A united africa with its own golden currency is the way.......just the way gadaffi wanted it.

    • @markusmachel397
      @markusmachel397 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, the only thing in the way is africans

  • @juhotuho10
    @juhotuho10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the masterworks advertising is really hurting your credibility

  • @theowlfromduolingo7982
    @theowlfromduolingo7982 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Imo “we” shouldn’t always interfere in Africa or rather abuse Africa for “our” own interests. But calling out Russia and China for doing so while the west did the same and is still doing it, seems like a big double standard

    • @phoenixobrien163
      @phoenixobrien163 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't think the West just goes into Africa to abuse their resources Businesses go in and work out contracts where both sides gain.
      The Chinese and Russians go into Africa, lie to the people, and take their resources. They promise schools, hospitals, better housing all if they leave their lsnd. They do, based on the promises. Then the people find out they get nothing, but made to work in the mines for next to nothing. There was a case in point on an African TH-cam channel. I forget which country though. He said the UN ignored their pleas.

    • @LoboalphaMASTER
      @LoboalphaMASTER ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed, this irony always escape the Europeans and Americans . . .

  • @KelvinAcademyYouTube
    @KelvinAcademyYouTube ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🔥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.

  • @professoribrahimbello-kano5364
    @professoribrahimbello-kano5364 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This Nigerian welcomes Wagner.

  • @HShango
    @HShango ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I'm not surprised the Wagner group are in the DRC

    • @carlbates9110
      @carlbates9110 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If a faction is not in the Congo then it’s not a faction to be taken seriously.

  • @Ex-expat
    @Ex-expat ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Another great informative vblog distilling geopolitics down to 10min👍

  • @pitzboechannel
    @pitzboechannel ปีที่แล้ว +102

    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.

    • @TheDentrassi
      @TheDentrassi ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Interesting insight. Thankyou.

    • @gabrielepopa6870
      @gabrielepopa6870 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The father of One of my Friends was in Somalia in 93 as Carabiniere

    • @andrewharper3165
      @andrewharper3165 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.?

    • @cchickenpasta
      @cchickenpasta ปีที่แล้ว +6

      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

    • @user-xm6zs6ez6i
      @user-xm6zs6ez6i ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @b4c9g8m3
    @b4c9g8m3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    For the second time, I find your analysis to be quite biased against France. To mock the French Intervention in Mali - called by their own gvt and sanctioned by the UN - as a uranium grab, is frankly dishonest. It saved Bamako from nothing short than an ISIS takeover. I would have also discussed how Wagner was caught red-handed by drone footage trying to frame the French for a massacre they committed themselves.

    • @Gameboytri77a
      @Gameboytri77a ปีที่แล้ว

      The French government earned the bias!!! There’s no decency in what France does in Africa it is no partnership, no equality, and no humanity - it is solely for their own interests. They continue to subvert and topple governments to this end. African countries don’t even earn equal interests in French banks. It’s long over due for France to be exposed and removed/cut off from African resources. Tell them to sale more cheese & wine to make up the difference. Bring an end to French neo colonialism!
      We’re happy that China/Russia are presenting actual partnership deals/alternatives in which African people benefit as opposed to the one sided extraction from France and the African people they mislead to doing this bidding.

  • @thykingdomworld
    @thykingdomworld ปีที่แล้ว +13

    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

  • @ws1814
    @ws1814 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Why are “French flags” still in Africa anyways? 💁🏼‍♂️That is the question

    • @gustavju4686
      @gustavju4686 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Maybe they're from French Embassies or French government linked institutions in those countries.

    • @CarlosMendes-cn2hc
      @CarlosMendes-cn2hc ปีที่แล้ว

      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".

    • @NPJGlobal
      @NPJGlobal ปีที่แล้ว +2

      embassies,consulate, alliance francaise, or you know... any bazaar or hardware store

    • @l.d.t.6327
      @l.d.t.6327 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      why are Russian flags in Africa?

    • @gentlemanrated
      @gentlemanrated ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @Cactusnolia
    @Cactusnolia ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @fotppd1475
    @fotppd1475 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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."

  • @y33t23
    @y33t23 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Parts of this haven't aged well 😂

  • @babushkadedushka7575
    @babushkadedushka7575 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Very timely video, explains, why Putin was quick to forgive Prigozhin. Relocation to Belarus where Chinese have strong positions indicates the reorientation of Wagner

    • @diegotomas2941
      @diegotomas2941 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It never was about putin, its a power struggle between Prigozhin and Shoigu/Guerasimov

    • @atomictraveller
      @atomictraveller ปีที่แล้ว

      you mean the guy with guinea pig in his name

    • @John_Connor556
      @John_Connor556 ปีที่แล้ว

      Africa*

    • @kittyclaws7657
      @kittyclaws7657 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@atomictravellerwhat?

  • @c7b0rg
    @c7b0rg ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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

    • @Jamcsk
      @Jamcsk ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Да, он мечтает о Великом Туране и новой битве за Вену и Будапешт.

  • @Luke..luke..luke..
    @Luke..luke..luke.. ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This aged well

  • @Maelstromme
    @Maelstromme ปีที่แล้ว +13

    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.

    • @isaiahkayode6526
      @isaiahkayode6526 ปีที่แล้ว

      Always has been hell why do you think Putin invaded Ukraine.

    • @fvvvghdhj4051
      @fvvvghdhj4051 ปีที่แล้ว

      ça serait con qu'il glisse des marches d'escaliers de l'hotel le soir même sans que personne ne puisse rien faire

    • @darksector1389
      @darksector1389 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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".

    • @ericsuarez834
      @ericsuarez834 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@isaiahkayode6526the same reason why USA has assured to attack Cuba if China moves troops there

    • @ericsuarez834
      @ericsuarez834 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol so you completely ignore reality only because Russia said so?

  • @da.a1728
    @da.a1728 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Lets be real guys! You dont have to do much to make france look bad! 😂

  • @cozakokotano6448
    @cozakokotano6448 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Meanwhile the western world can do nothing about it.

  • @solyluna1778
    @solyluna1778 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Now, research who Wagner's CEO obeys to, and is funded by...

  • @notdpanda9525
    @notdpanda9525 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Slightly ironic to post this now.

  • @joshuamatiasrecalde5157
    @joshuamatiasrecalde5157 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think Wagner is severely overrated as a fighting force. They failed to secure Russian interests in Ukraine, have so far had limited success in Mali, were humiliated by islamists in Mozambique, and in the battle of Khasham, 500 Wagner troops in Syria were defeated and suffered 300 casualties to about 40 American special forces without landing single hit.
    Wagner is a joke.

    • @PeterA650
      @PeterA650 ปีที่แล้ว

      Huh? Wagner took "fortress Bakhmut" pretty much on their own. And in Khasham, the 40 SOF were saved by massive artillery as well as air strikes from Apaches and even a B52.

  • @FreedomFox1
    @FreedomFox1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Still waiting for Caspian Report to acknowledge the CIA’s support for militants in the Syrian civil war…

  • @thepineappleburster4439
    @thepineappleburster4439 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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

  • @justinpaul3110
    @justinpaul3110 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Well this explains Frances change of heart in Ukraine.

    • @cartier2312
      @cartier2312 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!!!

    • @draphotube4315
      @draphotube4315 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What they do

    • @esanahka9284
      @esanahka9284 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      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.

    • @MuantanamoMobile
      @MuantanamoMobile ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@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 .

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@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.

  • @LukeBunyip
    @LukeBunyip ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Why am I thinking of the Norman mercenary foray into Southern Italy? Thanks Shirvan.

  • @mothepractitioner
    @mothepractitioner ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow. Caspian strikes again 💥🛩

  • @nacerbrahimi9622
    @nacerbrahimi9622 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When can we see mama Africa free from greed , when would our people obtain power on our land once again

  • @milotura6828
    @milotura6828 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    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
      @bramj1130 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Why would they.. Algeria and Morroco arent failed states but functioning countries with a strong identity unlike the countries in which they're active

    • @milotura6828
      @milotura6828 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@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.

    • @chunchunmaru3644
      @chunchunmaru3644 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@milotura6828This is a rare instance where Morocco and Algeria could collaborate.

    • @milotura6828
      @milotura6828 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@chunchunmaru3644 true we can join up and one two them.

    • @sharwama992
      @sharwama992 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bramj1130With a strong identity 🤡