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Joined December 2010
How is that a source of conflict ? Geography is hard to change. Goma will not move away and will not use another export/import route.
This is what the Congo-Rwanda conflict is really about, almost 80% of Rwanda's trade depends on on being being a transit point for Eastern Congo
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These sort of officer bios is why I get extremely short w fellow foreign observers who read an African officer had US training & assume their politics & loyalty from that. The Col. had Malian, Togolese, US, Chinese, & French specialist training, & just led this crucial operation
🇲🇱 Qui est le Colonel / Docteur parachutiste Attaher Maïga @Maiga_At , l’officier qui a commandé les opérations à Kidal ? Un officier au parcours entre commandement, stratégie et recherche Colonel docteur Attaher dit Aroualo Abderhamane Maïga est un officier supérieur des Forces armées maliennes dont le parcours se distingue par une double orientation : l’expérience opérationnelle sur les principaux théâtres de crise du pays et une solide formation universitaire dans les domaines de la défense, de la sécurité, du droit et des sciences politiques. Né le 24 mai 1979 à Niafunké, Attaher Maïga a progressivement construit une carrière militaire qui l’a conduit du commandement des unités de combat à des responsabilités d’état-major, de formation et de recherche. Il exerce depuis février 2026 les fonctions de commandant de la Région militaire n°7, après avoir occupé plusieurs postes de responsabilité au sein des Forces armées maliennes. Une formation militaire construite au Mali et à l’international Son parcours militaire débute à l’École militaire interarmes (EMIA) du Mali, où il obtient entre 2001 et 2004 les diplômes de chef de section. Au fil de sa carrière, le futur colonel multiplie les formations spécialisées auprès de partenaires militaires étrangers. Il est notamment formé aux techniques commandos au Centre national d’entraînement commando (CNEC) du Togo, aux opérations spéciales dans le cadre de coopérations américaine et chinoise, ainsi qu’au parachutisme et aux techniques aéroportées. En 2009, il obtient en Chine le diplôme de commandant de compagnie des opérations spéciales. Il poursuit ensuite sa formation en France, notamment à l’École d’état-major de Saumur, dont il est diplômé en décembre 2012, et à l’École militaire de Draguignan. Son parcours international comprend également une formation au sein de l’EUTM au Mali, ainsi que des formations liées à la planification militaire, au travail au sein de forces multinationales et au système d’information et de commandement des forces. En décembre 2022, il franchit une nouvelle étape avec son diplôme de l’École de guerre de la Führungsakademie en Allemagne, auquel s’ajoute un certificat du cours d’état-major des Nations unies. Son parcours militaire est également marqué par plusieurs brevets et distinctions allemands, dont un brevet de parachutiste en or et une distinction d’aptitude physique militaire de la Bundeswehr. Une expérience opérationnelle au cœur des zones de crise L’expérience du colonel Maïga est fortement liée aux opérations menées dans le nord du Mali. Après plusieurs années au sein du 33e Régiment des commandos parachutistes, où il exerce successivement comme chef de section, adjoint au commandant de compagnie puis commandant de compagnie, il est engagé sur différents théâtres d’opérations. En 2008, il est déployé dans la région de Kidal, à la tête de la 5e compagnie d’intervention du 33e RCP, dans le cadre de l’opération Djiguitougou. Entre août 2009 et mars 2010, il est de nouveau engagé dans le nord du pays, notamment à Kidal et Tinzaouatène, à la tête de la 7e compagnie des forces spéciales du 33e RCP, pour des missions de sécurisation de la zone. Son parcours opérationnel se poursuit avec des responsabilités dans les unités aéroportées et les dispositifs de formation de l’armée. En 2013, il devient chef des opérations du GTIA-EUTM Waraba, avant d’être nommé chef de détachement des forces Waraba à Aguelhok. En 2014-2015, il occupe le poste de commandant en second du 33e Régiment des commandos parachutistes, avant d’en prendre la tête en novembre 2016. Il dirige alors l’un des régiments emblématiques des forces aéroportées maliennes. De Ménaka aux responsabilités de commandement régional La trajectoire du colonel Maïga ne se limite pas aux unités spéciales. Page suivante 1/3…
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i miss when podcasts were like off brand public radio. now they’re like name brand public access television.
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This reminds me of that year Maersk got hacked, and the only reason they were able to recover quickly was because a power outage in their Lagos office took server offline, disconnecting it from the global network. 😂
Nigeria bought it.The CIA was puzzled why it wasn’t getting any read from the machines in Nigeria. No state secrets leaked. So they sent in a crew disguised as company reps check customer satisfaction & servicing to investigate, if Nigerian intelligence patched the backdoor….
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Weird how I still enjoy reading @CombRazor fighting the good fight ! #thatsite iykyk
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That happens all over the continent and it is a problem for the local contractors but there is only one *right* policy response: make imports of heavy machinery and truck duty-free, in all cases, for everyone.
Replying to @moneyacademyKE
They also claim some foreign contractors import large fleets of trucks and heavy machinery duty-free for specific projects, but retain the equipment in Kenya after the projects are completed. The petitioners want stronger re-exportation, tracking and audit requirements for this equipment.
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More equipment available is good for the country Spillover from large infrastructure projects into smaller/private is good for the economy Adding layers of audit and bureaucracy would be bad for the country Reexporting equipment would be bad for the country
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Nobody knows anything about anything That is the first thing you must interiorise as a writer, author, speaker. "It's so baaaaaasic, they must surely knooooow it" No. They absolutely fucking don't That is what you must always keep in mind, when addressing the audience
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The fundament of Trump’s foreign policy has always been the assumption that the U.S. is so powerful it can force basically anything on anyone — the old elite is just too shy & ethical to use it. His presidency is in part a journey of discovery: of the limits of U.S. power.
Trump threatens to cut off all trade with Europe if Canada associates closer with the EU
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These are markets Western capital & orgs largely ignored or didn't interact too deeply with even if they had multinational operations This "financial process knowledge" of issuing loans in Shanghai all way till they pay a local construction worker mixing concrete for a bridge
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This Also « knowing who and how to bribe »
Replying to @MusingsofAwe
An underrated effect of the Belt & Road initiative is it gave Chinese govt, banks & companies a sophisticated & localised understanding of frontier market banking Opening accounts, working with regulators, moving capital, exchanging currency, down to paying day laborers in cash
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Seu Bongo retweeted
Astra Max 15 minutes after giving you a great tomato soup recipe
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Replying to @viyancefavour
Africa isnt even that resource wealthy. It's just that resources are the only thing many african countries can sell. Banglesdesh sells more textiles & garments than Nigeria sells in crude oil and exceeds Congo's total annual exports (which is mainly copper and cobalt).
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And then he meets Cameroonians
do people outside the US say their country is the best in the world or is it mostly an american thing? like, do swedes say "sweden is the best country in all of human history?"
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Africa is in the same time zones as Europe…
A World Cup that its schedules are tailored only to the host country is no longer a global tournament. They just wanted to host it without considering Africa's time zone. They believe they can do it and still generate all the revenue FIFA needs from their own people alone. Because, there's no way they couldn't still have find a time slot between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. African time that would still be as bright as a day in the U.S.
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Seu Bongo retweeted
Being a dad is realizing your dad didnt actually give a shit about your bedtime he just wanted you to go to bed so he could do other things.
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It's the phones. You need more blood flowing to the hand to sustain the continuous use of muscles in the fingers, palm & forehand to type on a phone.
Here's an example of ongoing human physiological change: some people have a third artery in their arm. Some don't. ~10% of people born in the 1880s had the third artery, but ~33% of late 1900s babies have one, and a 2025 Australian cadaver study found it in ~43% of upper limbs.
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Reality is the future of Africa will see a separation between people who complain about others coming to their country x people who go to others countries. Cane your leaders so you do not end up in the latter. It’s going to be tough especially in this age of social media.
😂😂 ok. Thing is that if it was that important an issue we would have bilateral agreements on it (Nigeria & SA have one) or formal inter-regional agreements between say SADC & ECOWAS that grants west Africans the right to reside in SA & vice versa but that isn't exactly the case
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It would take them hours if they didn’t try to maintain plausible deniability. Hours.
France attempted to crudely impose its will on Francophone Africa the same way US imposes its will on Latin America - but they failed; Because France is a much weaker nation, and Africans (especially in the Sahel) were more determined to resist.
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