…Timeline, continued
Jan 2024: #Blinken tried appeasement and pitched #US as a better security partner for #Africa in place of #Russia’s #Wagner mercenary group
Feb 2024: #ECOWAS tried appeasement (in vain) ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111987078253232097
March 2024: After high-level talks with US diplomatic and military officials this week, #Niger practically said #FU to US, and stopped short of saying US forces should leave.
So, the question now is: Who is begging whom?