4 Horrific African Wars You've Probably Never Heard Of

[@captsavage3049]

I just started the video but I already know I’m about to see a Toyota Hilux with a machine gun mounted in the bed.

[@timearle3329]

'Technical-ly' yes! Lol 😂

[@SeanMacRSA]

It's funny because it's true. And that makes it sad.

[@JustinRevis]

Sadly it is the Spirit Animal of modern African conflicts.

[@phyrhfbr1819]

tanks are obsolete and 3 of these with rpgs can swarm and destroy a tank... and the tank won't be able to run faster... or how about drone warfare? you need a vehicle that can outrun the drone long enough to jam it... that's not a tank either... many countries deply weaponized Toyota over armor... Mexico for example in its fight against the cartel... really be stupid to use heavy armor... it seems silly, but I guarantee when someone shouts "technical" it gets immediate attention an respect... trust me 🙏🏻 and anyone who lies and says they don't get anxious, is just lying... light infantry usually doesn't have much to deal with them, and a single one will alter your whole strategy and will keep coming up in discussion... you know Toyota is loving this 😅

[@alexanderb996]

​@@phyrhfbr1819"Tanks are obsolete" a sure-fire sign someone has no idea what they're talking about

[@amb163]

My mom and older brother were born in Liberia. They left the country in the 70s, but my aunt and uncle were there when it first started. They were warned that Taylor and his army were coming through the town where they lived, and immediately got their stuff together to flee. The couple that warned them were not so lucky. She was murdered with machetes for being white. Her husband, black, was murdered for being a "race traitor." Charles Taylor had a kill list with many prominent business people on it -- my uncle being one of them. I won't go into it, but the things they saw as they left were absolutely horrific. I never heard my uncle talk about it, but my aunt wouldn't tell us anything until the early 2000s. She acted as a liaison between the other Liberian refugees and the UN to coordinate aid distribution and the clean up of bodies left on the side of the road, amongst other things. I can't even imagine the trauma she experienced, and she was one of the lucky ones.

[@emeraldheart415]

I'm so sorry for what your family went through. Sending you all love and healing from Australia ❤❤❤

[@YayaToure1247]

People murdered for being white in Liberia?!? Liberians calling people "race traitors" this doesn't make sense because those same charles taylor soldiers were killing members of their own race that belonged to different ethnic groups. A white person would have most likely been an american and would be valuable to keep especially for the reputation of the NPFL

[@bethroesch2156]

I'm so sorry for what happened to your family. It's hard to believe what cruelty we are capable of doing to others. We may be human but we're not humane. I hope their life is good for them now. 🙏🏼♥️✌🏼

[@_bellatrix_potens_-bps-8366]

@@amb163 Heartbreaking to hear. Wishing you all peace and safety now ❤️

[@JayantKashyap]

Thank you for highlighting these horrific clashes. It is unfortunate how quickly these have faded from our collective consciousness.

[@brianmeen2158]

I think it’s pretty natural or Normal to Push terrible events to the backs of our mind .

[@margaretwood152]

🤔💬 " Power Corrupts........Absolute Power Corrupts *Absolutely. "*_ " Those Who Seek To Rule Are Among The *_Least_*_ Suited For A Position Of *Leadership. "_

[@terencefranks1688]

if you can find it,view the 1966 Italian made documentary AFRICA ADDIO & you'll see for yourself that there's never been peace in Africa,since 1960,when the Congo achieved independence from Belgium & the violence there has never dissipated,due to tribalism & certain other factors,inclusive of the 1960's cold war period. i lived in southern Africa for much of my life & there has never been real peace in most countries throughout Africa,since the 1960's !

[@yutakago1736]

There is a Chinese saying "Good people don't have long life, evil people live for thousand years." This seem to be true in Africa.

[@secondchance6603]

And now they're (African men) flooding Europe with their barbarism and savagery.

[@brunozeigerts6379]

I remember one haunting scene from Hotel Rwanda. The main character is driving down a road at night and wondering why it's so bumpy. He discovers it's due to the fact that the road is covered with bodies!

[@SeanMacRSA]

Unfortunately the African way is regularly needing a liberator to liberate you from your liberator.

[@Truth259]

I'm pretty sure that's the European way..

[@Legion-p6y]

It’s cultural

[@ryansauchuk7290]

Africa is basically a series of Far Cry games

[@ryansauchuk7290]

Don't worry just call the Russians in for help I'm sure they are a friendly altruistic people 😂😂😂

[@ToucanSonofSam333]

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[@likatalikata3823]

Sudan is at present experiencing part 2 of the Darfur war. The ghosts of that war have now wrecked the entire country.

[@sabrinarodrigues629]

Consequence of arab colonialism

[@williamanderson6006]

@@sabrinarodrigues629 yep never their fault

[@schloops8473]

and on top of that, they have russian mercenaries committing unspeakable acts

[@sabrinarodrigues629]

@@schloops8473 exactly. Wrecked by Islam and now China. Blame placed on the West.

[@kevclaremcd]

Very good, and unfortunately very sad summation of the situation in some of these horrific wars in Africa. I spent 4 years in the Central African Republic and if I could make one small point, you're right when you say the general translation of Anti-Balaka is normally translated as anti machete, however, to a lot of its members it means anti- Ball (bullet) AK (AK47) and they wear all sorts of Gri Gri and amulets that they firmly believe that will stop a high-velocity round from an AK-47 assault rifle.

[@Uncle_Cousin]

I have read that "Anti-Balaka" is a reference to the way the French refer to the AK round, "Balle, Ah Kah." The Muslim fighters are heavily associated with AK rifles, thus the mostly Christian groups opposed to them are "Anti-Balaka"

[@joshuahendricks9558]

Its wild, I live in South Africa and even we don't hear anything about the horrors happening just up north.

[@SeanMacRSA]

And yet we have soldiers stationed in CAR as part of a AU and UN peacekeeping force.

[@yanina.korolko]

It depends if you are white or black living in South Africa

[@cl0udbr3ak]

@@yanina.korolko No it does not, it depends on wether you read the news or look at history. Idiotic statement.

[@AyandaKula]

​@@yanina.korolko Why is it dependant on skin colour?

[@yanina.korolko]

@@AyandaKula because white people in South Africa do not care about what happens to Black people in Africa… 🥹🫣🫢. Because there is still racism in Africa.

[@TM-yn4iu]

"Embers", as you mentioned, along with the smoke rising from them are rarely noticed. But this represents something for many who can't comprehend. But this reference was hyperbolic, but understood! Truly appreciate your capturing and reporting on this evil sequel of events here. I am lost on the worldwide media focus on hype for the moment.

[@donaldgoodinson7550]

I am ex Rhodesian and was foolish to move to SA.All the problems we had with comrade Bob ruining the country has followed us here.Was thinking of moving to Thailand but we hesitated and left it too late.Now old age prohibits us from even walking into town,a 5 minute stroll away.

[@bocagoodtimes1460]

So sad…..wish you the best.

[@corvusglaive4804]

Just go back to the UK

[@gharib6458]

No respect for Apartheid. Zimbabwe certainly isn't great, but you won't find love for Rhodesian apartheid here.

[@donaldgoodinson7550]

@@gharib6458 You fool,go back to school.Rhodesia never had apartheid

[@bocagoodtimes1460]

@@gharib6458 Facts are facts🤷🏼‍♂️

[@bigwooly8014]

Well, Simon, I heard the part where you ripped on the US for doing nothing. I missed the part where you ripped on any of the countries on the African continent for not doing anything. Why is it always the US that's expected to step in. Edit: regarding the DRC story

[@johnsekhukhune1730]

Because the United States chose to be the police of the world. So let them police. I mean they have bases literally everywhere in the world they use their there are soft power manipulate. outcomes.

[@snapdragon6601]

We tried to help African countries in the past by assisting UN food deliveries. In Somalia they thanked us by shooting our helicopters down then stripping the bodies before dragging them through town. They made a movie about it called "Black Hawk Down". After that there wasn't much appetite with Americans to help people who don't want to be helped.

[@G_Diddler]

@@snapdragon6601Afghanistan?

[@zill0678]

@@G_Diddler what about it? we went their to kill al qaeda for the September 11th attacks and we stayed there 10 years too long

[@bigwooly8014]

@snapdragon6601 I believe you may have missed my point. In one breath, he will condemn the US for not having done anything while giving the rest of the world a pass on their inaction. Then, in other videos, he'll rip the US for always intervening and forcing our way of life in other countries. All the while, many Americans (myself included) think we should stay the hell out of other people's business. No UN assistance. Zero food, medicine, business opportunities, nothing. Helping the citizens of despot countries only benefits their governments. Let them hit rock bottom, and the citizens will deal with it how they see fit. They brought on the famine and violence. They can figure out how to get out of it.

[@jasonx4937]

As someone born and raised in Africa....why is it Europe and Americas problem to stop our genocides? Do we stop your genocides? Not really

[@combonium]

As a born and raised African, I struggle to see who else will stop them

[@G_Diddler]

You angry they stopping your genocides?

[@windmillsofhatred]

Guilt

[@drgunnwilliams8239]

Africa for Africans. Solve your own problems. WR do not care if you fight to that last person. It would be prefered.

[@Lb57e8xb]

Hahahaha no. ​@@windmillsofhatred

[@TheMrAnderson]

Sometimes I wonder how Simon can deal with all that he reports on. It never gets any easier to more you see

[@ToucanSonofSam333]

This video was hilarious

[@WyattOShea]

@@ToucanSonofSam333 Shit bait

[@richardaubrecht2822]

From time to time someting really scars him (like certain Peruvian serial killer, or certain Hongkong murder), but he is quite a scatterbrain, forgetting things left and right. He happily admits this stuff on Brainblaze and Casual Crminalist. It might not started as such but i guess it is a good ddefense mechanism.

[@MindBodySoulOk]

He has a fascinating egg skull.

[@markwaki3950]

Thanks for highlighting this. Some seeds you've sown will grow

[@Stribogboi]

I'd like to see a video on the war going on in Cameron. No one really mentions it and I can't find much information about it online.

[@jeremymerrifield7244]

@@Phil_X splitting hairs Numbnuts

[@alisonbrandt5901]

I had thought that the Cameroonian "anglophone crisis" (as the government calls it) might get a look-in here, but not yet. Then there's also the stuff going on in eastern DRC, Mali, Mozambique... ... ...

[@t3hwaddledee]

It’s very hard to find info about the Anglophone crisis after about 2020 even though it’s flaring up again now. I’ve taken to local news and looking past the obvious bias someone who lives there will have. A decent source on the ground is Ma Kontri Pipo Dem, it’s is heavily biased against the Amba boys but it’s a better source than our large news networks. I also check the conflict section on AllAfrica.

[@kyledabearsfan]

Odd in an age of information, how much information we dont get.

[@fathertimegaming17]

Sometimes you have to put in a little effort and go and find it.

[@realdreamerschangetheworld7470]

Sometimes it’s obscurantism by overload. Where there is so much information *and* misinformation you don’t even know what to search for.

[@bjsteward17]

Because who cares lol

[@bjsteward17]

Because who cares?

[@kyledabearsfan]

@@fathertimegaming17 oh I agree. Even these videos have bias and require further research. It's on oneself to figure out the truth.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:55 - Chapter 1 - The 2nd congo war 5:05 - Chapter 2 - The darfur conflict 9:00 - Chapter 3 - The central africa republic civil war 13:00 - Chapter 4 - The 1st liberian civil war

[@goinhot9133]

Africa holds back Africa

[@redemption3830]

The parasitic west holds back Africa...let that sink in you ignorant fool.

[@Nikon-m8u]

wrong, absolutely wrong.

[@goinhot9133]

@@Nikon-m8u lol right it’s everyone else’s fault North Africa is essentially a dumpster fire

[@akken2112]

Actually, its centuries of colonialism, neo-colonialism and imperialism that "holds back Africa". You really need to educate yourself.

[@Hudsonrulez]

​@akken2112 All the colonial powers have left. Want a non African example Hait. GET WOKE GO BROKE. 😅😅😅

[@cantsay2205]

It's just old news at this point. "There's a war in Africa right now" there's like 10 going on there, maybe more, and that's how it's always been. It'll be more shocking when there's finally peace all through Africa. Give us something to be surprised by.

[@sarahissersohn5495]

I would respectfully encourage you to examine your bias here.

[@cantsay2205]

@@sarahissersohn5495 reality isn't biased. Do you get surprised when someone who always gets back with their abusive ex gets back with their abusive ex? No, of course not.

[@GenXerReacts]

Just an FYI if we assume the population of the Central African Republic (CAR) is 5.6 million and we assume (as in 12:40) that 5.6% of the country has died due to civil war that leads to a body count of 313,600!!!

[@Moeabdoo]

As a darfurian my self I'm thankful for the exposure our suffering is getting

[@botbat9645]

ود الغرب ما بيسر القلب! الانفصال سمح يا جماعه

[@Moeabdoo]

@@botbat9645 سودان واحد غصباً عنك

[@botbat9645]

@@Moeabdoo امشي يلا على تشاد يا عب انتو سبب الحرب

[@Moeabdoo]

@@botbat9645 تعال سوقني انت دا انا قاعد غصبا عنك وعن اهلك

[@botbat9645]

@@Moeabdoo اصبرلي بس الحرب تنتهي 🤌 نجني نركبك انحنا الجياشة بعد ما الجنجا ركبوكم وبعدين نفككم صامولة صامولة

[@theremasked7749]

Should make one of these for every continent. There’s so much that hasn’t reached the popular conscious

[@ryansauchuk7290]

The obscure but ongoing Canadian Beaver war tearing apart the country

[@lewjames6688]

The African pygmies were almost wiped out due to express cannibalism used by competing armies in one of those African wars. The western press ignored it. It's amazing how the western press has this phobia about reporting black on black atrocities; until it simply can't be ignored, like in Rwanda.

[@michaelspringer4532]

Well over here in the west if you mention black on black your labeled a racist .

[@jonmichaels-se9xk]

Biafra, I'm very surprised you don't mention it. Informed people know but most people choose not to be informed.

[@ITBECMAN]

I think he’s done a video on it

[@rujekonyamande469]

​@@ITBECMANreally?? Little did I know

[@Edyime]

I have a one pound bank note from biafra

[@benjaminepstein5856]

Equilamentable. That's a ten dollar word and suitable for the subject matter. Just got to the end and it's a George script. Well written and respectfully told about sensitive subjects, classic George.

[@sociallyhostileelement3425]

If the monster at the end had truly been converted, he would WANT to die for his past atrocities. Eternal salvation does not mean freedom from earthly consequences.

[@daubentonsbat4257]

I was in Chad 1985-6. Pretty lively, but managed not to get eaten.

[@amochswohntet99]

😂🤣

[@ryansauchuk7290]

You're a real chad

[@cornellkirk8946]

Totally justified! What’s sad is them having to explain their actions afterwards. We should support the decisions we make

[@andrewbetts5358]

Unfortunately this is tribal Africa. Go back to the times of Shaka Zulu and you will see how this dwarfs what happened here. Reality is that this was most likely what Rome was like towards other nations when they conquered, slaughtered and pillaged.

[@botbat9645]

Lol those wars are caused by political reasons not racially motivated although tribalism had an important role for creating the tension but not the main issue 😊

[@andrewbetts5358]

@@botbat9645 wtf read up on your history. Zulu kingdom was non existent before Shaka rose to power. Before him there were other tribes, but he either decimated them or incorporated them into the Zulu tribe. One of the reasons why the Xhosa tribe is situated where it is or the Matabele in now Zimbabwe. This was before the white man even set foot in some of those areas.

[@botbat9645]

@@andrewbetts5358 dude chilax im not South African im from Chad i dont know anything about sa other than Nelson Mandela and the great boar war i was talking about conflicts in the post colonial Africa

[@Tempest_Murder]

For what it's worth, gen. butt naked has at least accepted responsibility for his actions and went fully down the religious path living in constant guilt and shame, admitting that his actions were unforgivable and has since been trying to reach out and rehabilitate young people affected by the war with the ill gotten wealth he acquired during the war. It doesn't excuse any of the actions he's done in the past, but it's still miles better than most destitute warlords post conflict.

[@johnmcm7690]

I would agree if his victims chose this. This is just him making himself feel better. Which he does not deserve

[@jeramysamarawickrama7633]

​@@johnmcm7690 so what he should contenue being a warlord ? 😂

[@thepax2621]

*Hmm* This feels like a topic for "Warfronts"...but whatever 😅 Works for me 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@rujekonyamande469]

Maybe warographics is not getting enough attention I.e why he decided to bring it here

[@ryansauchuk7290]

​@@rujekonyamande469the name was changed to war fronts

[@TheMrAnderson]

Sadly, this has been going on for a long time. I've seen a little about these wars but not much

[@bruceyawen6160]

Its really frustrating that so many actors tried to help in africa but nothing ever works...

[@bocagoodtimes1460]

“Africa will always be Africa”

[@schloops8473]

not always but it is currently suffering from russian and chinese colonialism

[@jefryt67]

​@@schloops8473and French, American, British and others taking natural resources.

[@closer20jc]

Lol and...... french?​@@schloops8473

[@NigelBrobbey]

​@@schloops8473who told u thise lies .Africa is rather suffering from western neo colonialism and western puppets leading the countries

[@kambrose1549]

People will always be people. All ethnic groups are guilty of atrocity and violence against their fellows.

[@thepax2621]

People are overflooded with news and information about conflicts. Even someone would like to keep track of everything... hardly possible.

[@Squival138]

I'm not even American but why did you make it seem like it was their problem to step in and somehow solve the issue and their fault for not doing so?

[@BigDaddyButtMunch]

America forced communists into power in Rhodesia and south Africa, ruined the two best countries

[@alyssarichardson2544]

I swear Africa is like playing life on nightmare difficulty, complete with seemingly respawning demonic hordes 💀

[@timothyknight2236]

The people of Africa is what keeps Africa what it is...............

[@pradeepmagan6951]

Why should the US get involved, there are enough African countries who can do something

[@Sparkypark]

Don’t think anyone is inviting you to get involved

[@steampoweredgamer1080]

US gets involved in everything else no one asked them to yet here we are. Self elected world police are racist it would seem.

[@Warspite95]

@@Sparkypark Uh, Simon dinged the US for not doing anything about the darfur genocide.

[@brianonuanain7535]

While I appreciated his efforts to draw our attention to these conflicts, singling out the US for condemnation was really bizarre. The suggestion being that if only other nations had been aware of the genocide, obviously they would have acted, militarily if necessary, to prevent further atrocities.

[@ThisIsPodcastSpencer]

Ah yes, I'm sure the poor, weak, destabilized countries will be able to help more than the "richest and most powerful nation in the world" 🙄

[@brandanpalmer]

I think there should be an honest and open discussion on whether or not the aid given by Europe and North America (and Asia as well) makes these problems worse, not better.

[@richardbradley2335]

im so glad there all coming over to Europe.

[@VisibilityFoggy]

The writer of this one is quite arrogant and judgmental about supposed "inaction" by the rest of the world. Is he willing to sacrifice his child in a European deployment to a civil war in the DR Congo?

[@kellylyons1038]

Westerners need to stop throwing their influence around in non-western countries. Us trying to "help"/"save" other parts of the world just makes it worse. We need to let regions handle their own issues. Esp since we often have a hand in the conflicts starting, or make things worse by imposing things that benefit us when we leave.

[@VisibilityFoggy]

@@kellylyons1038 As a westerner, I can represent that most of my family, friends and neighbors have no interest in seeing us being involved in the non-western world at all. Keep the open sewers, theocratic lunatics and centuries-old ethnic conflicts out of our house.

[@f.b.lagent1113]

its damned if you do and damned if you don’t, when there are interventions those desperate for victimhood cry for all sorts of stuff to put the blame on Europeans and USA specifically

[@Salahudiyn777]

@@f.b.lagent1113all of you are stupid, the DRC has been under colonial run till the 60s. The the Euro powers paid various groups to start conflicts. Y’all are the problem.

[@jefryt67]

But the valuable resources....

[@Dangle147]

Beasts of No Nation was really good movie that showed the things child soldiers endured

[@johnhaworth7034]

Yes it's a brutal film

[@ThisIsPodcastSpencer]

City of Joy is also a good one that discusses the brutal sexual violence women experience in DRC

[@PH-jv4ik]

Also Africa is really really big, lots of countries lots of possibilities for war.

[@realdreamerschangetheworld7470]

The equivalent of “4 Asian wars you’ve never heard of” 😂

[@PH-jv4ik]

@@realdreamerschangetheworld7470 exactly

[@swlak516]

Bro this continent can’t catch a break I swear

[@JosephHolness-u2m]

Perhaps the human element should vacate the continent and give it back to the Wildlife.

[@nicolemaddison2945]

I taught children from Cambodia, Vietnam, then from all areas of the Former Yugoslavia, Nigeria, Afghanistan, then I too became traumatised.

[@FerreraGlen]

Why call out the US for doing nothing? Why is it the USA's responsibility to take care of the world?

[@tobiastofthansen7104]

They made it that Way stupid. Its been American policy since Nixon 😂

[@skforgplus]

Because US is acting like they want it to be their responsibility?

[@joshgoss2946]

It's called the Wilson doctrine and while I agree with you that we should stay out of other countries business we can not allow the weak to be killed we are the strongest in the world it would be like me seeing a child get beat I couldn't just walk away without trying to help

[@mada575]

​@@tobiastofthansen7104Nixon? You mean Wilson.

[@AidenRyanAllure]

Because we in the US throw ourselves into situations with ease with deeply problematic Intentions if not out right maliciousness

[@multiyapples]

How are these not talked about more?

[@WaddedBliss]

Because there's no Jews to blame.

[@Paint-brigade1776]

It’s Africa

[@ryansauchuk7290]

If you can't figure that out you need your head examined but I'll assist you. 1: just like how the news doesn't obsess over the Vietnam War everyday because it concluded years ago. 2: it's yet ANOTHER African conflict meaning it's commonplace and therefore not newsworthy. It's like trying to generate shock that tornadoes are occurring TORNADO ALLEY. 3: Africa and the wider world has been quite clear that they want the white man out of Africa, therefore we are obliging and focusing our attention onto other matters.

[@kingtiger5040]

They're low-intensity conflicts. Bar the Second Congo war,the Liberian/Sierra Leone wars and the Sudanese civil wars,most of them rarely had large-scale offensives.

[@bernardwanjohi7201]

@@kingtiger5040 You cant say low intensity conflicts, the number of civilians that die in this wars is usually appalling

[@pjg_77]

Africa. A dark heart, a savage heart.

[@MrBlaDiBla68]

When being reminded about these senseless attrocities, I always think of this sad and ever true movie quote from Blood Diamond: T.I.A (This Is Africa) ... with little hope for improvement soon.

[@erichpizer1]

the walking dead could have been based upon the realities of African daily life / wars

[@grampabuckshot402]

My uncle served with a mercenary unit in the 60s in the congo I think. Under some guy called Mad Mike Hoar.

[@jpmtlhead39]

Unfortunably most of the conflicts ( Wars) in Africa are very easy to forget despite some of them being an Absolute and Real Hell on Earth. From those 3 months (1994) of the most Cruel and Bestial genocide in Rwanda to the Wicked and Evil civil war in Mozambique with many others in between,it seems that is just a fact of life for us here on the "Developed World". We should be Ashamed for looking the other way around. Like someone said " Evil prevails when good men do nothing ". Well,it seems that Evil still Prevails in some African countries. PS: that someone was Edmund Burke.

[@schloops8473]

You can't blame the West for everything, systematically, and then complain that we aren't intervening. Being thankful, FOR ONCE, might motivate us more.

[@larrycable1948]

You forgot Rwanda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Burkina Faso, Libya, not including the ones that don't even make the news.

[@Edyime]

all of those except Burkina Faso have seen plenty of coverage

[@gordonlumbert9861]

Frankly the US is damned if they do and damned if they don't. So no compelling reason equals don't bother.

[@schloops8473]

yup. Same, at a lesser degree, for Europe. Results? China and russia are colonizing Africa and it's hell on Earth.

[@Flight_of_Icarus]

Referring to anything happening on the African continent as being "beyond savagery" feels like playing with fire, even if it is an apt description of atrocities.

[@alancoventry4406]

How come nobody ever talks about mugabe monster and the extermination of the Matabele?

[@user-jj9eh9vf7u]

What rich cultures! We must welcome as many of those people as possible here in Europe!

[@mueezadam8438]

Google “location of airports” to realize how impossible your fearmongering is. Your way of life hinges on cheap exports from Africa so don’t act all high and mighty

[@kingtiger5040]

If war-torn groups are your issues for immigration,then that would be rich considering how many wars Europe has engaged in since the 18th century.

[@Junje-ri9jo]

⚪️🗑

[@kellylyons1038]

​@@kingtiger5040 so you propose adding more war-like people to an already war-torn region like Europe? How does that make sense?

[@kingtiger5040]

@@kellylyons1038 Nope. Just pointing out the hypocrisy considering the most destructive war in human history was started by a pan-German state,proud of being European.

[@mikeyb4704]

10,000 yrs this is go far they have come.

[@sarahissersohn5495]

Before Europeans inflicted themselves upon the African continent, they were a LOT more advanced than the rest of the world, with the exception of regions of what’s now the Middle East. Ancient Egyptians we’re doing brain surgery while European peasants would remain baffled by and terrified of science for hundreds and hundreds more years.

[@Kakashi_Senseiofficial]

Lmao, europeans have been killing eachother since the first Homo sapiens appeared on the continent, dont try to act elitist

[@drorbenami4827]

As an Israeli, i can't imagine why no one knows about these wars.... How many videos have you made about Gaza, Simon ?

[@CelesteO-h6w]

Praying your you and your poeple

[@danielevans8728]

Terrible business, yes. Tragic business, yes. Business, yes.

[@ToyyHill]

M23 is still active militarily in DRC.

[@michaely8861]

I commend you for your somewhat sarcastic dissertation of the events in Africa. It is truly enlightening that need. It is sad that these countries cannot find the wherewithal to arrive at agreements that would solve these wars.and end these 17:37 that would end these butcheries. Is it truly beyond their capabilities?

[@vicmorrison8128]

Thanks for all the info! Great job! Keep it up! Seems like life has no real value in most places on earth. The League of Nations would have taken care of this.

[@sirridesalot6652]

The League of Nations was toothless which is why it wasn't able to do anything to stop WW2 from erupting.

[@misterramon7447]

@@sirridesalot6652 And what great acheivements has the U.N. done? Without the U.S. backing them in Korea in 1950-53 and the stupidity of the USSR walking out BEFORE the vote was taken even THAT historical footnote wouldn't have happened. The U.N.'s track record is NO better than the League's...and yes, I KNOW the Alies started calling themselves the UN before WWII was over but by that time the label was meaningless as the Allies were definiely crushing the Axis no matter WHAT they wanted to call themselves....hell, they could have called themselves Sally Sunshibe by late 1944 and they would STILL have been the winning side. At least the League of Nations had enough integrity to dissolve when it was apparent they were useless....the UN is WAAAAAYY too corrupt to abandon the feeding trough.

[@seanmccarty1176]

The reason we just don't hear about wars in Africa is because there's just been SO MANY. Africa has been ripping itself apart since "decolonization." From my reading it seems there is ZERO forward planning on African governments. There is less infrastructure is Africa today than 60 years ago. There are objectively FAR more genocides and wars. Also it is NOT America's responsibility to fix everyone else's problems. None of you b in the global community are entitled to access to the American taxpayer. We as a population are tired of constant overseas wars. We're tired of being taken advantage of by the global community and especially Europe. You guys need to pull your own weight. This is just one reason Europeans are looked at with scorn in America. You criticize when we help, then cry when we don't.

[@nenasiek]

Thats the eurpean far left, same as yours.

[@kingtiger5040]

If majority of the wars were similar to the likes of the Ogaden or even the Russian-Ukraine wars then maybe Africa would be more developed.

[@misterramon7447]

Explain Liberia in your "decolonization" mindset. Been independent since the 19th century.

[@kingtiger5040]

@@misterramon7447 Liberia was actually somewhat decent albeit somewhat segregated (and judging by how bad the country became as soon as the natives took over, understandably so) prior to the Doe bloody coup.

[@seanmccarty1176]

@@misterramon7447 Liberia is a colonial nation. Freedmen and other black people from the west, from the US and Caribbean migrated to what is now Liberia and colonized it. They did much the same thing to the natives there that the US, Canada, and other powers did to the Indians. Liberia also has a close relationship with the United States due to the circumstances of how Liberia came to be. Liberia can't be included in the conversation about how decolonization has Zimbabweified Africa, when Liberia IS a colonial nation.

[@jhhgchen9891]

Hi sir. I love your videos and think that you have made a very good point with setting out the wars that we forget! However, just a complaint: you ascribe the soldiers of the Congo as having been indoctrinated, bordering on sounding like this is an excuse. I dont think that you would have absolved nazi soldiers so easily. As an African, please, we need to be careful not to take agency away from people. Do not offer excuses for barbarity.

[@likeifear2989]

Bulhayi is a topic on his own. Please give us a video on him because what Wikipedia says about him is wild. And his military unit named Naked Commandos 😢

[@jasongrundy1717]

"So many you can't keep track of." Yup, but it doesn't help that the media refuses to cover any of them in the news because that would be bigotted or something.

[@BTM666-t7r]

So all of the media is racist? Or maybe, just maybe, the western media just got tired of repeating the same story over and over and over, with no end in sight. Even when some nation tries to help they are immediately labeled colonizers. So yeah let Africa take care of Africa.

[@realdreamerschangetheworld7470]

I don’t think it’s the reason you think it is. Western media companies have never had issue with displaying poverty and conflict in African nations. Instead you must think, why isn’t the Myanmar civil war getting as much attention as say, Ukraine or Israel? Is it because the Burmese are some special “marginalized” group whose misdeeds need covering up? No. The world isn’t America. It’s simply that African (especially sub-saharan African) conflict isn’t as relevant to the general western public or their interests. As simple as that.

[@vo7414]

I mean the media doesn't give a shit about Africa . That's why these wars are uncovered.

[@billballbuster7186]

Things haven't changed much in American inner cities when it comes to horrific and senseless crimes!

[@kenbird9017]

, Nigeria North, The Sahel, Mozambique north all on going. Don't for get the Rwandan genocide and Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe genocide and the genocide of white farmers in South Africa. Didn't happen during colonialism, but it happened before and it happened after!

[@richarda2248]

Apparently a video tape of Samuel Doe’s demise was one of west Africa’s best sellers….

[@larryswanson5953]

Coming soon to Minnesota.

[@ttttggggg636]

NOT MANY PEOPLE GET IT. BUT THEY'VE BROUGHT THEIR BAGGAGE HERE

[@deanh1449]

I understand the Hmong (Vietnam allies), but how did Somalians end up there?

[@ttttggggg636]

@@deanh1449 BAD POLICY. ACTUALLY BEFORE TRUMP THERE WAS A POLICY TO DISCRIMINATE WITH REGARDS TO WHICH IMMIGRANTS WE LET IN, IN ORDER TO REMAKE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE COUNTRY (REDUCE THE WHITE MAJORITY)

[@davidsigalow7349]

​@@deanh1449 Obama imported them.

[@sanniepstein4835]

@@deanh1449 Obama.

[@sydneyslaughter7163]

So when are we gonna get a Come And See style movie about the horrors of these wars specifically?

[@johnhaworth7034]

Check out 'beasts of no nation' very good.

[@RochelleLang]

Hmmm…Lotta guns here…I wonder where they got them?

[@BlutoandCo]

Russia

[@rujekonyamande469]

Exactly 💯.... not forgetting that ammunition is very expensive so where do they get the money and the guns etc

[@Paint-brigade1776]

Russia 😊

[@misterramon7447]

The waste majority appeared to be SKS and AK, and I also saw a H&K G3.....SKS, AK scream Russia, China, and their running mates....the G3 is German (European)

[@falconmclenny7284]

​@@rujekonyamande469AK ammunition is not expensive. Supply and demand, and much, much supply.

[@HRHtheDude]

Do you remember the marches and protests held during these horrific conflicts? No? Me neither because there weren't any. Makes you think, doesn't it?

[@realdreamerschangetheworld7470]

Most western nations aren’t directly *sponsoring* or impacted by these conflicts. Also a factor.

[@Talisguy]

What good would they do? The US government is directly financing Israel, so marches and protests against the war make logical sense. It's an attempt to apply political pressure to culpable parties. But what the hell would a protest in New York matter to an African dictator who's already an international parish?

[@HRHtheDude]

@@Talisguy You have both answered my question perfectly - we don't care about international atrocity if it doesn't affect us directly. As I said, makes you think, doesn't it?

[@HRHtheDude]

@@Talisguy Also, you have absolutely no idea whether it would have worked or not because it never happened.

[@HRHtheDude]

Our 'humanity,' it seems, is selective.

[@pooryorick831]

The world seems to be getting more and more violent. I hope this trend does not spiral into WWIII. 🙏🏻🙏🏻☮️🌎🕊

[@kreiner1]

You might want to check the dates on a couple of those

[@misterramon7447]

The World...at least the Human part of it..has ALWAYS been violent and savage...check history...far more years of war than peace, far more hitlers, neros, stalins, attilas, etc than Mother Teresas, Albert Schweitzers, Buddhas. Face it...we are the WORST Species to EVER contaminate Earth.

[@theforrester2780]

Actually the world is becoming more peaceful. Look it up. Ex: mongols killed ~10% of the world population

[@rogersurujbally6209]

I would have included The Gukhurukundi in Zimbabwe

[@ariziethompson1887]

You missed the Nigerian genocide of Biafrans. That's the biggest genocide on the African continent.

[@ADM.II.]

What of the Belgian congo one?

[@PhansiKhongoloza]

​@@ADM.II.he covered the DRC. You shouldn't imagine the Belgian Congo episodes are worse. Because they were not.

[@ADM.II.]

@@PhansiKhongoloza The starvation of the Biafran's as I recall led to 3 million people passing on. Didn't the Belgian congo one surpass the toll?

[@ADM.II.]

@@ariziethompson1887 No it isn't, If I recall.

[@PhansiKhongoloza]

@@ADM.II. Only according to the liberal left. As example the accusations of chopping off the hands of workers who were deemed to working to slow. ...... absolute BS.

[@KenGrimm1949]

One thing about the Darfur conflict which is totally covered up is the presence in Darfur of a particularly rich deposit of pitchblende. Those few government agencies which know of the existence of this uranium mine each have an incentive to hide what they know.

[@johnsekhukhune1730]

Truly word infuriates me about war, are there atrocities committed by those who are by partaking in the war, who just carry out the most atrocious acts, one of those being the mutilation and raping of young children. I just have to say if you do this to a child or to any human being, for that matter yes clearly lost your humanity.😢 I just don't know how you will get it back again.

[@PandaPanda-ud4ne]

They do not believe in humanity, like you do. There was an incident a while back when a white female journalist was raped in South Sudan by some of the militia there. She was gang raped. After the rape she asked one of her rapists why they did that. The rapists smiled at her gently and told her: "It was God, that did it. You are not to blame, nor are we." People like those men live in a universe where your emotions and thoughts are not coming from themselves, but are constructs of Gods and Demons. Probably it was how we Europeans in the Bronze Age thought about ourselves.

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

I watched a count dankula video about butt naked, he's like something from the Aztec empire its unbelievable no ones gotten revenge on him yet.

[@이이-n4z8y]

It gets overlooked, because they are a protected group

[@ADM.II.]

What?

[@firebat2120]

There is a movie on Netflix called Beasts of no Nation which talks about the life of a Child Soldier in a fictional African conflict. Also when it comes to my nation not doing anything for Darfur, F off. We tried to help out in Africa in the past and all it got us was condemnation from the international community, like when we tried to help out in 1993 with Somalia. I don't see Great Britain trying to help out anywhere in the world.

[@glenncheatham1320]

War in Africa? I’m shocked, said no one.🙄

[@MrMhemhe]

On the subject of Blahyi (Gen. Butt Naked) -- unspeakable though his crimes were, it should be noted for veracity rather than mitigation, that he was identified by witch-doctors when he was an infant as someone destined for leadership of their kind. He was therefore reared in a total moral vacuum, and was led to perform his first ritualistic killing while still a child (10 yrs old?) -- Thus far, one might say, a victim of the circumstance of his birth. It was eight or nine years later -- still a teenager -- when he eventually renounced his murderous life. The fact that he has not been brought to some form of justice is indeed shocking -- but his story is not quite the one you tell.

[@jakemocci3953]

“The international community was slow to respond” Why exactly is the “international community” required to police Africa?

[@SeanMacRSA]

@@jakemocci3953 For the same reason African troops were required to respond to both world wars. Because it's the right thing to do. Because the lithium in your phone that you've used to spew such bullshit was mined in Africa by slaves living in terrible circumstances. Because the diamonds you have assembled to adorn your putrid body were taken out of African soil. Because the gold you collect was probably pulled out of African rocks. Here's a stupid example.... NATO went ballistic in 1994 with the Bosnian war. At the same time, something ridiculous like 250 000 Rwandans were murdered in the space of a few weeks. I remember even the South African news reports barely touched on what was going on in Rwanda, and yet we knew every single last detail of what was going on in Bosnia. Seems a little unfair, doesn't it?

[@johnsekhukhune1730]

I don't know if you are living under a rock, but the reason why Africa is the way it is today. It's because of colonialism. You don't know the term look it up please

[@SeanMacRSA]

@@johnsekhukhune1730 You're half right. Some of these countries have been independent for well over 60 years. So you can't blame colonialism any longer. It is true that in Rwanda's case, colonialist history had its role to play in the genocide. But that didn't explain the savagery, the lemming mentality or the reason why normally good, moral, and upstanding people became blood thirsty violent savages. It is true that colonialism was a vicious force of oppression, subjugation, and theft. Bit after 60 years, it is no longer an excuse, ESPECIALLY when you tak the natural wealth of resources, amd abundance of arable land that is rich and fertile and could possibly feed the entire planet without any real effort. The problems in Africa go a little further than this, I fear. Take my country for example. We had the migration of what became the Zulu and Xhosa tribes coming from up north down to the southern coast of Africa at about the same time that white settlers arrived in the Cape. It wasn't until 150 years, maybe even 170 years that whites were first seen by the Zulus. The Zulus were still living in grass huts, wearing loin cloths, and had no need for a wheel. Farming was completely subsistence based, and the Chief was the final arbiter in all matters. There was no form of writing, no reading, no preservation of knowledge beyond word of mouth, and generational story telling. It wasn't just that white armies were better equipped. It was that white soldiers were better educated and actual millennia further advanced than their African counterparts. And here's a stupid example of this. Rome in the time of Julius Caesar (44BC if my memory serves). There are still buildings standing today that Julius Caesar would have walked through. You show me the equivalent structures in West Africa, or Central Africa, or Southern Africa. You can't. Why? They were nomadic, hunter/gatherers, and that's all they needed and wanted because the land gave them everything they needed and wanted. You're going to find the same in the Americas, the East, Australasia,and basically any where that isn't Europe.

[@jakemocci3953]

@@johnsekhukhune1730 Sub-Saharan Africa was still in the Stone Age precolonialism. Don’t blame us for your own shortcomings.

[@PandaPanda-ud4ne]

@@johnsekhukhune1730 Nope. You were brutal and cruel long before anybody white colonized you. You have to take responsibility for yourselves and for your culture, or you will never be free and mature. This is what we had to do in Europe.

[@rage_of_aquarius]

I think the empirialism that set most of these things in order should get a shoutout too

[@IK_MK]

One of the stories about the Liberian civil war i will never forget was the one of 2 infamous generals. 1 was named General Mosquito because just like malaria, he was presumably responsible for hundreds of peoples death And then there was General Mosquito Spray who was known to regularly fight with general mosquito. He gave himself that name out of pettiness 😂

[@AnNgo-uk1gf]

Simon, I usually like your content, but the title is so wrong. If anyone has heard of wars in Africa, they have heard of these four.

[@BornBitter]

Well, that was… horrific.

[@Hoochiemamawrangler]

Beard looks great, bro.

[@237Novski]

Cameroon's anglophone crisis

[@haroldpearson6025]

And theres Ethiopia, 70/80s a violent revolution, at war with Tigre/ Eritrea international war with Somalia.

[@danielsass1826]

Wonder why some groups are incapable of fighting a war without rampant sexual violence. Wild.

[@realdreamerschangetheworld7470]

It is both universal, and universally complexing

[@__T.O.G.]

It happens in pretty much all wars. Look it up.

[@badge5575]

If you think that in any war there is no sexual assault on a mass scale you are greatly mistaken the Russian are raping Ukranians as we speak

[@christopherx7428]

@@__T.O.G. Happens, yes. Systematically, no

[@IK_MK]

​@@christopherx7428literally systematically yes 💀

[@BeauCherizier]

Thank God for America.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Wonderful introduction video about African states tragedy situations which shadowing global superpowers competitiveness for natural resources captures...

[@AidenRyanAllure]

Shadow wars by global super powers. I can never get over the fact that my government I pay taxes to has no problem giving weapons away then being SHOCKED when our weapons get used against us

[@AuntieMamies]

Africa never gets a break

[@perstaunstrup3451]

Another true tragedy of Africa is that these four conflicts, while brutal, only are scratches in the surface. Since the decolonization period in the 1960’s the list of conflicts is so long, and the number of people killed so high that is beggars belief. Yet most counties have exploding populations, resulting in abysmally low median ages (15 years in some cases) that the future is bound to hold even more of this.😢

[@Paint-brigade1776]

Africans, at the bottom of every demographic scale. Every scale. Every time. Worldwide. And no one on earth is in disbelief over this

[@misterramon7447]

Liberia was NOT a colony....been a free state since the 19th century...founding member of the League of Nations.

[@Paint-brigade1776]

@@misterramon7447 totally glossed over the part where the recently freed slaves once they colonized Liberia immediately went about setting up Southern style plantations and re-re re enslaved their fellow African. Just like 200 years before when they had had them rounded up and lined up on shore ready for sale to the west for weapons and whiskey

[@Paint-brigade1776]

@@misterramon7447 never said it was a colony, Mr. Wizard. I said the recently freed American Africans colonized it And still to this day, nothing stands that was not built by the west. (The life of a mud hut has to be what 10 years) and 99% of what the West built is crumbling into dust