The Cynic
Yesterday, I told you that in a series of wars to bring the world to a normal (unipolar) situation, there will be a proxy struggle for Africa.
In Africa, the “predatory” interests of all states that control world politics converged, so a proxy war between China, Russia, France (EU), and the United States is inevitable here.
The coup in Niger hit the French “nuclear” industry significantly, so the French are obliged to keep this fragment of the former French Empire under their control.
Reading:
The Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS), in which the pro-Western Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria and Ghana play a key role, issued a de facto ultimatum to the putschists in Niger: the restoration of President Bazum’s power within a week. If this does not happen, a military operation against the putschists is not ruled out. In the meantime, neighbors with Niger are suspending economic relations and closing borders.
This is not the beginning of a big war for Africa – this is the preparation of starting positions because “your” proxy zones must be kept under your control.
The coup in Niger is a pro-Russian coup, and it was probably financed at Russian expense.
It is important to note that after the coup, the putschists removed the French flags, hung up the Russian tricolor, and then began to sing anti-French slogans in a crowd and loudly shout the name of the international terrorist Putin.
Wagner, as far as is known at the moment, did not take part in the coup.
But Niger, as part of the French colonial system, must be returned to Western control. Otherwise, France, as one of the key EU states, will lose its energy control lever. This lever is not just lost: it is transferred into the hands of the Russian Federation and the new military regime.
Therefore, at this stage it is necessary:
1. Organize a complete blockade of Niger, while simultaneously preparing military structures for a military operation to eliminate the putschists.
2. Transfer additional military resources (including equipment and personnel) under the border.
3. Prepare for a possible outbreak of “Wagner forces” in Mali and Burkina Faso.
4. Prepare the French contingent stationed in Niger for a direct confrontation with the putschists.
5. Develop tools for the rapid suppression of civilian forces that actively support the putschists.
ECOWAS has exactly one week for this set of measures.
Economic measures will not affect the putschists, so it is necessary to proceed from the fact that the main way to resolve the situation is military.
Further, from a strategic perspective, it is necessary to work out an operation to eliminate the “Wagnerites” regime in Mali and Burkina Faso in order to restore ECOWAS as an African proxy coalition.
The global parties have no more than 20 years to gain a foothold in Africa before its redistribution. If the West loses these territories as its proxies, then the PRC (as the suzerain of the Russian Federation and the assignee of its influence) will enter into a direct strategic clash with an incomparably larger resource base, which cannot be allowed.
