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   Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Aug-2023 19:11:52 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

   Political corruption in #Gabon 🇬🇦 by incumbents led to this unsurprising event.

   👉🏾 Gabon military officers claim to have seized power after election https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/30/africa/gabon-military-officers-say-power-seized-election-intl-hnk/index.html

   In the past few years, #Guinea 🇬🇳, #Mali 🇲🇱, #BurkinaFaso 🇧🇫, #Niger 🇳🇪 & now Gabon 🇬🇦 have seen coups, in which the new military governments embrace authoritarianism & (usually) #Russia 🇷🇺.

   #France 🇫🇷 is also partially to blame for this, but that is another topic for another day.

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     AJ Sadauskas (ajsadauskas@aus.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Aug-2023 19:30:12 JST AJ Sadauskas

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     @darnell Astounding that there isn't more mainstream media discussion about this, given the global geopolitical implications of this.

     (And yes, racism is absolutely the reason why Kremlin-backed coups across Africa aren't a top news story.)

     And yes, the Kremlin backing the creation of a string of Putin-friendly autocracies across Africa will have implications for Asia and Europe.

     You think these Putin-backed leaders won't break US and European sanctions to do business with Russia? Won't sell them minerals, supply troops for future invasions, or buy their weapons?

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     Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Aug-2023 20:15:38 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

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     • AJ Sadauskas

     @ajsadauskas Yeah, the scary long-term ramifications is that most African nations are resource-rich (rare earth metals, minerals, etcetera), that the West heavily depends upon.

     If #Russia 🇷🇺 & #China 🇨🇳 can foster hostilities between the West & #Africa then authoritarianism could become the norm on planet Earth, with the West facing counter sanctions (this would affect computers, phones, electric batteries, etcetera).