Why Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso are forming a new country

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[@rmmvw]

ECOWAS decided to close their ports from the Sahel Confederation to economically pressure them. Morocco is using this opportunity to open its ports to them. It's usually said that there are no such things as friendships, just shared interests and you can see how the entire African continent practices that to its full extent.

[@funghi2606]

Are they even connected to Morocco?

[@rmmvw]

@@funghi2606 only through Mauritania and Algeria. I don't see why those countries wouldn't want to be connected though

[@Robespierre-lI]

Morocco is often a little too desperate.

[@cuber5003]

Sounds like a publicity statement for political clout, Morocco is somewhat geopolitically close to France and I doubt they'll seriously act on it.

[@afgsuga407]

@@rmmvwmauritania will but Algeria won’t. Kinda defeats the purpose though as they can use Mauritanias deep water port

[@mrtno4582]

Alliance of Sahel States... the mighty ASS....

[@freeman10000]

An alliance of tin-pot republics.

[@ThePanEthiopian]

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[@larsstougaard7097]

Bad ASS 🌬🍑🫢😵

[@Popsiclestick27]

"Alliance of Sahel States, but you may also call us.." "ASS!" "No no, the Sahel Confederacy" "Isn't that kinda negative?"

[@lostinthesupermarket]

still better than having countries named Chad or Niger

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I know...

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Morals don't pay the bills

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[@SadSlav]

"Regime change is a funny thing" So memeable

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That meme is so Western

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@@royalroyal2210If you know, you know 😏

[@anon2034]

It's hilarious!

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Insert Myanmar dancing girl with coup in the background.

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[@Feeldartcorp]

You forgot to mention a very important information about Morocco signing a deal to give the three countries an access to the Atlantic Ocean through Dakhla port in the moroccan western sahara

[@junsuaiiim998]

We cannot expect a Turk to talk truthfully about Africa

[@willieduffie4967]

Yeah......that seems to be an "important omission?"

[@chrisjackson6605]

Via western Sahara...

[@mortenpoulsen1496]

The atlantic via an airport ? 😂😂

[@Serge-cm5my]

​@junsuaiiim998 He's Azerbai

[@Rickrickrickg]

We'll probably see more confederations in South America and Africa in the near future. Industrialization and the need to advance economic opportunities outside of poverty will only force states to pool their resources together

[@ashapuhin72]

more likely that were going to witness the rise of madmax environment as this goes on... the world is almost on the brink of another dark age,. the bronze age collapsed, and the most recent dark age , was preceded by mass migration , andits happening again..

[@ScuffTuff]

You say this but this one is pretty likely to collapse under insurgency fighting and the East African Federation just keeps becoming less and less likely every time they add a new member to the negotiating table before even getting anywhere. I’d be surprised if we saw one in Latin America although I could see some countries integrating more through their already existing economic blocs. MERCOSUR and the Pacific Alliance both have potential although the latter hasn’t really done anything at all in recent years with Mexico more focused on North American integration and most members being in the CPTPP anyways. MERCOSUR on the other hand could always work closer together but with 2 major poles in Buenos Aires and Brazilia, I highly doubt they’d look towards confederation. I do think expansion to Chile and Bolivia would benefit them a lot though. They should be making moves towards improving free trade, mutual market regulations, and a common currency. I don’t think they can implement a common market until they’ve solved several internal security problems but I do think they have a point to start at for a regional economic bloc developing similar to the successes of the EU or ASEAN.

[@dannyboy-vtc5741]

Nah, you underestimate people's greed and corruption, do you remember the arab union? How long it lasted and why it collapsed? It's like when people say kosovo and albania or modlova and romania will unite, i always laugh at that, as i know how politics works in reality, have seen it from the inside. Do you know all those ministers, and all imployed in their departments, all clerks employed in national assembliea, all national agencies and organisations, constitutional/supreme courts judges and justices and all employed there. And besides just the financial and power benefits for those that rule the country, there's also the question of sovereingty, yoi are taking someone to rule upon you. So it never works out, it could in some union where everone is equal like the eu, but you never the less give up on a part of your sovereingty, for that you need to have very strong administration and legistlature, so very stable countries, and the benefits from it to outweight the negatives, so it rarely works like that.

[@iandavidvillaloboswong5180]

There is one famous confederacy on "South America" that is bound to come back one day

[@iandavidvillaloboswong5180]

Also countries in South America are doing just fine theres no real need to go back to the old borders because we simply dont have any enemies. So we are free to just do things at our own time and not worry about combining strength or whatever.

[@BrileyBeConsulting]

This use to be the location of the former successive Empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai, albeit a slightly different footprint. Their cooperation has some historic undertones.

[@trueblueclue]

Real. History doesn't always repeat but it certainly rhymes.

[@yaldabaoth2]

Scholars may know that but that means nothing. There is no nationality in the region, only tribes. 2/3 of the people there can't even read. And that is why the region will always fail.

[@jfost281]

Absolutely OP, and these empires were some of the wealthiest and most learned of the era. Despite initial impressions of the Sahara Desert, it's trade routes were a link to North Africa, the Mediterranean and the rest of the world. Obviously, the age of the camel is long past for trade, but it will be interesting to see what the long-term adaptive strategies of this Confederacy become.

[@andremiller1566]

Exactly. An empire is it's true & stable form. Proven by time and power and was only upended in 1893. The most powerful thing to do is revert to true form. Painfully and immediately. The longer they take the less likely they'll ever do it.

[@cuber5003]

@@andremiller1566 that's a little misleading, the empire itself was destroyed in 1591, it just survived as a small rump state around a place called dendi until 1901. Rump states can actually survive quite a while in the right conditions.

[@Mr.Autodelete]

Isn’t it true that the CFA frank was made specifically so the French could basically import their resources for free?

[@WallStreet-ou3ub]

Yes

[@massinissadiche1880]

not free but at a lower price

[@james6401]

No doubt. Scale it up and you get the American dollar sucking off the whole world.

[@ugwuanyicollins6136]

And have an almost monopolistic power on their trade

[@Mr.Autodelete]

@@ugwuanyicollins6136 does this video does this video seem to have a western bias I just don’t know what conclusions to draw on any of these major conflicts right now I like this channel and real life lore but are there any sources any of y’all recommend?

[@slee2819]

Three warlords forming a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual “confederation,” while Islamic Jihadists roam the countryside. What could possibly go wrong with that?

[@uviweboyana8936]

They can use French as a de facto language They share the same ethnicities... so why not give it a shot

[@elvinaduda4657]

Warlords? STOP watching CNN. They are military juntas supported by the populations and overthrew dictators who have been ruling since independence

[@Eoin-B]

@@uviweboyana8936 A bunch of dictators won't share power even if it means they will be stronger overall. If they tried it, it would break into civil war almost immediately once somebody asks who will lead us "before the people have an election" that probably won't ever come?

[@jabrae312]

​@@uviweboyana8936 they don't even remotely share ethnicity, wtf are you talking about

[@giljuwu9728]

They're not "warlords". What war have they waged? You seem very uninformed.

[@florianmaier104]

Niger, Mali and Burkina have already withdrawn from Ecowas in January 24.

[@Kassiem_42]

Either this video was recorded earlier or they didn't do their research properly

[@ozcanvural06]

from 71 iq lore? 10:32

[@Kassiem_42]

@lloyd9500 Thankfully I was never subscribed. Just came across it in my feed haha. Also, the reporter comes across as biased and doesn't tell the complete story. There are definitely better pages out there.

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Gone downhill from the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war ​@@lloyd9500

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[@celdur4635]

This is literally what happened in Europe and everywhere else before countries centralized. Africa needs to go through this process as well. Until new solid borders are formed.

[@topiheimola69]

Exactly, borders they themselves have formed and not colonists from 300 years ago

[@celdur4635]

@@topiheimola69 Try 130 years ago, but yeah. It wouldn't even say its the colonists fault. Since no african state was centralized.

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

@@celdur4635 Africa has literally had its own empires. The Songhai, Ghana and Mali empires in the region covered here.

[@celdur4635]

@@ArawnOfAnnwn So? they were not comparable on their centralization levels with the processes in other continents

[@minestar2247]

@@celdur4635 false, there are examples of centralised African states and even empires, even other than the few exceptions that weren't fully colonised

[@bradsillasen1972]

I hope all the sponsorship comments are taken to heart. I suspect that Caspian Report uses some sort of intermediary to garner sponsors, but due diligence is up to the consumer.

[@Numba003]

Whatever happens, I hope peace increases and suffering decreases for the common people of these nations. Thank you for the news update on this. I didn't realize these three were discussing a confederacy. God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)

[@omgitsoats-h2e]

The return of the songhai empire?

[@anon2034]

When?

[@anon2034]

@dunkcsa9780 True!

[@CraigTheBrute-yf7no]

Inshallah

[@vincem2759]

More like the Mali Federation

[@wyihupoip8105]

Yes, it appears so. It is important to note that this is what the populations of this countries want. I've been there.

[@menofyes1069]

The real reason why France getting so hawkish to Russia lately...

[@bigcity2085]

Wagner got fired by Mozambique. How comical. russians are proving to be incapable of anything these days.

[@minestar2247]

Yep, macron wants to go full Napoleon, but it won't work

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[@roanwestraat9604]

It's crazy how quickly france has lost their African influence in this region. The last 5 years has been insanity in terms of global politics, changes have been quick and confusing. Thanks for bring some semblance of explanation to these things.

[@DanM-pw9nl]

Don't these three countries still use the cfa franc? Regardless of their issues with France isn't it still profiting from them even now?

[@roanwestraat9604]

@@DanM-pw9nl they are doing everything they can to decouple from the currency. It's worth mentioning that using the currency does not mean that the host country is profiting by default. That said France still retains some strongholds like the currency and uranium mines in Niger.

[@1antag0nist53]

More like how utterly long it took. France has been continuing colonial practices WELL after the norm

[@jpb2366]

its the hand of russia behind... weakening the Euro so they lower their contribution to ukraine...

[@kyouskeuzumaki9673]

@@DanM-pw9nlthey are creating new gold currencies for adoptions or their own dollars too and for private sector

[@francisco2767]

disliked for the betterhelp sponsorship, cool video though

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Why?

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@@MusicForHourssthey’ve been caught stealing and selling personal data

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@@MusicForHourss they recently settled with the FTC for selling their customers' personal health data (including mental health questionnaires) to Facebook, Snapchat, Criteo and Pinterest, despite telling customers and their support agents that it was private. They also had a HIPAA logo on their website with no matching compliance process in place.

[@francisco2767]

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​@@ymtzlgnah, just like google and others.

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CaspianReport and RealLifeLore must be sleeping together.

[@akashd5690]

I watched same topic from real life

[@crafterrium8724]

sleeping with each other *

[@michaelcole7359]

Morocco made a deal to allow AES to use their ports. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have already left Ecowas. The countries are having resounding success against the radical Islamic terrorists.

[@minestar2247]

Hey, maybe that African union project can actually work one day, sooon

[@ricardoxavier827]

@@minestar2247 red and green africa cannot unite. Nigeria nad ethiopia must split based in who is green and who is red.

[@minestar2247]

@@ricardoxavier827 what do you mean? What is red or green Africa? And why do you want to split them away?

[@joeshmoe8345]

Your English has gotten so good

[@SarahH0g4n]

And more Zionist

[@RowanJones-lp6iu]

More gooder

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

its AI.

[@mikabitar2945]

Goodist

[@1Beta1]

​@@rizkyadiyanto7922Proof?

[@jameschristophercirujano6650]

Good that Chad isn't there. The world would lose a Chad if they wanted to be in too.

[@yahkahivalentinaketor-tay5768]

Chad and Guinea and even Senegal are on the bubble. Now, there's BRICs + and her New Bank. The global South is about to be free. Nkrumah is giddy right now. The BSR is here!

[@salakasto]

It's named about Lake Chad, so we would still have a Chad don't worry.

[@thehorde4868]

😂

[@jameschristophercirujano6650]

@@salakasto But we'd lose the Chad shape.

[@Robespierre-lI]

This entire endeavor is incredibly unsustainable. These nations will only thrive if they find ways of dealing with corruption, jihadism, infrastructure problems and being very landlocked in a region that is experiencing desertification.

[@Grimloxz]

⁠Man, the folks on here just comment so confidently yet out of their 🫏 with near ZERO knowledge of the region’s history. The same ethnic groups that are today fractured due to imposed colonial borders were once unified under various empires and states. Songhai, Karen-Bornu, the Mossi States, the Hausa Confederation, and of course the Mali Empire among others inhabited the same range. They supported numerous interconnected and enormous well-planned metropolises over their vast empires that encompassed a welter of the modern day “midget” nations. The walled cities found there boasted a mixture of earthen and brick works roughly 3 stories/10 meters high with a circumferences as lengthy as 80miles/120 kilometres. Kano, Sikasso, Gao , Kong, Djenne, Sokoto, and still others. They weren’t the dusty towns highlighted in Caspian’s reel footage. For those who doubt, I too had no idea until I saw the early European renderings of them and then the ruins myself. This is no Graham Hancock fantasy. The point being centralisation now would represent a _return_ to prior levels of integration and governance not the introduction of something novel or foreign. But the haughty arrogance and ignorant dismissiveness of many of the commenters is quite instructive. But even _IF_ that weren’t the case, regions like Indonesia, India, and even Europe have integrated. Why not Africa?

[@Jaromir-Druzba]

Finally a proper comment! Problem is that for a long time, thanks to media, education and cultural influence it is perceived as if the Europe-centric (including USA, Canada and so on) development is the only one and the only successful. And it is the "western civilization" that brought "light and prosperity" to some "natives" in various parts of the World. But the reality is far more complex. There were many strong and developed countries and unions before that. Take Sultanate of Oman that stretched from his current location all the way down to Zanzibar, for instance. They even figured out how to build new fortresses so that the Portuguese wouldn't reach them by their cannon fire from ships (instead they needed to disembark and attack if they wanted to achieve something). etc etc etc. Many other things go for India (let's not dig into the various states that were there before UK), China and many other places. So for vast majority of people the processes going on in Africa, Asia and South America are usually from the realm of Rivendell and Minas Tirith. )))

[@Inoffensive_name]

Your legitimacy as an information source really takes a hit when you accept sponsors like Betterhelp

[@5C2WMedia]

So he could say the sky is green but that doesn't matter so long as he picks the right sponsors

[@DanM-pw9nl]

That's not really the same thing

[@Inoffensive_name]

@5C2WMedia Oh, you're spouting false equivalencies instead of asking questions or debating in good faith. Let me do that too. So someone speaking falsehoods doesn't diminish their trustworthiness? You'll continue believing anyone no matter how many lies they tell? We should believe everything someone tells us when they're motivated by money? Why would you say and advocate for all those things? You sure aren't smart if you genuinely believe all that, which I've decided that you do.

[@5C2WMedia]

@@Inoffensive_name 👍

[@Cookinlikesanji]

I aint reading allat​@@Inoffensive_name

[@zainmudassir2964]

Re-establishing the Great Mali Empire

[@Findgod222]

Nah songhai empire

[@thedstorm8922]

It looks like the Songhai

[@minestar2247]

Let's hope morroco doesn't invade it again for gold, oh wait, too late, morroco already got there

[@stellacwickbell7739]

Never invade mali

[@biggiebagel]

Imagine forming a military Confederacy and someone asked "what should we be called?" Then someone replies "How about ASS?"

[@minestar2247]

They speak frensh, it's probably SSA or something, but it's still funny none the less

[@elpito9326]

It's the AES in French

[@biggiebagel]

@@elpito9326 but in English it's ASS lol

[@gabrielonibudo5566]

@@biggiebagelit could just as easily be SAS or SSA, so it’s not a big deal. You’re just choosing a weird one.

[@G73Server]

@@gabrielonibudo5566it is, the oroginsl is french snd you are just translating

[@intelligencecube6752]

I’ve only just noticed how your accent has been slowly melting away! It’s a little bittersweet, I liked the way your voice sounded before 😅 But at the same time I’m glad you’re feeling more comfortable with another language! Keep up all the good work you’re doing, Caspian Report!

[@jessl1934]

He's using AI to change his accent to be less noticeable, that's why the bass is blown out in the voiceover audio

[@adityagodbole9413]

Loving the new regular content

[@hans7856]

The way to make this work is to invite Guinea or Mauritania (the most likely countries to agree to that), build a harbour there and construct loads of trainlines inland.

[@johnsinclair4621]

*and let China construct loads of trainlines inland.

[@hans7856]

@@johnsinclair4621 Hahahah, they probably would. Though that would just be exchanging bad for worse.

[@al-muwaffaq341]

Lol good luck with Guinea. Guineas leader use to be in the French foreign legion and his wife use to be a French police officer.

[@AlexTorres-fo5eo]

@@hans7856 How so?

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

They've already signed an agreement with Morocco and Mauritania.

[@vulkanofnocturne]

I hope it works out for them.

[@ansumanc]

its africa, you expect it to work out? 😂😂

[@minestar2247]

@@ansumanc Yeah

[@minestar2247]

Maybe I should go into politics to make it even more beneficial to my country

[@TyroneLangam]

​@@minestar2247Best of luck to you

[@arailway8809]

I am very pleased with your work, Shirvan. The Sahel is a wonderful place to put railroads and increase agricultural production. Rails to the sea would give them all stronger economies.

[@bolsa3136]

Yeah, desert land great for agriculture

[@monty3281]

@@bolsa3136go look up how independent organisations and food banks are working with local populations in the sahel to transform the region into an agriculturally productive area, you will be surprised how much the sahel can be developed if resources and well intentioned people pool together

[@MisterManTheBestMan]

@@bolsa3136 There is a demand for agriculture. Railroads can meet that demand from what little land is arable. It's a different question if the people can pay for that service.

[@arailway8809]

The Sahel receives 8 to 32 inches of rain per year. I admit that 8 inches is desert, but 32 inches of rain is farmable agriculture in the good years. Farmers always hope for the good year. I have great hopes for the Sahel.

[@SebiSuper9mil]

would be a good video had it not had a BetterHelp scam sponsorship

[@clmk28]

A land locked confederacy will always be at the mercy of their maritime neighbors. I think they seriously need to rethink their long-term strategy.

[@nicholasbrown668]

yes, they should invade their smallest maritime neighbor

[@wizdalmar7559]

@@nicholasbrown668but they have gold oil and diamonds 🤣🤣🤣

[@azahel542]

Great! Instead of failing alone, they can fail together!

[@douglassun8456]

Three poor, landlocked countries join forces to become... one poor, landlocked country... but bigger.... Okay.

[@azahel542]

@@douglassun8456 And they're all led by military juntas after a hostile takeover. It won't lead to any infighting at all!

[@danishh8454]

​@@douglassun8456but free not a france slave

[@GetFochD]

​@@azahel542peabrain

[@danishh8454]

​@@douglassun8456they have largest gold and uranium reserve

[@ikengaspirit3063]

9:46 Maybe that is what they claimed it is or what they want it to be but that is clearly not the case. Nigeria for example has blocked its borders to trade since the Buhari administration so not free trade and as part of this, they also increased their tarrifs on rice imported from Asia so it isn't a unified tarrif either. Travel may be easier but you'll still be deported without a VISA. Ghana deported Nigerians when its current economic issues started. And those are just the random facts I have come across.

[@eternalm3859]

Morocco already offered granting access to the ocean for Sahel countries via the new Dakhla port currently in construction.

[@minestar2247]

Yay, long live the king Mohamed the 6th

[@maralena137123]

How can the AES use Moroccan ports? Wouldn't they have to go through Mauritania or Algeria?

[@eternalm3859]

@@maralena137123 yes through Mauritania of course. the trade routes are already established.

[@chuckybonty4191]

​@@eternalm3859Mauritania is not part of Ecowas

[@irinakolcheva5212]

Very interesting video! Thanks! ;)

[@matiyak4571]

I'm sure they will be able to elect a leader

[@larsstougaard7097]

Putin will help them succeed

[@indianastan]

Don't bet the house

[@davianoinglesias5030]

😅those are military dictators who came to power through coups😅haven't you people learnt from Sudan?

[@anaskhoiri3653]

Better chose one man Dictatorship first before form republic

[@josephtebay]

​@@davianoinglesias5030I'm pretty sure OP was being sarcastic

[@abelosula9478]

Very informative. Thanks!

[@jabloko992]

I think the only way for Africa to prosper is by uniting more and more into a grand federation. They must forge a shared identity and work towards egalitarian institutions that can put an end to the ceaseless ethnic conflicts. Easier said than done, but the current colonial borders clearly don't work, going smaller also won't work as that would lead to literally thousands of dysfunctional micro-states. The only way forward is to go bigger, make it so that no ethnic group holds enough power in a greater union to swing policies in its favor. Only by fairly including every group with autonomous rights and encouraging cooperation instead of competition can Africa escape the past and the present.

[@DanM-pw9nl]

Larger countries make things worse. Why do you think there are so many independence movements around the world? The area with the resources becomes resentful of the central government taking its wealth. Ethnic groups are forced to compromise on major issues. The religion or race of the current ruler will always receive preferential treatment. Europe is in better shape than Africa yet has much smaller countries. The answer for Africa isn't making even larger countries. Africa is already on the right track, it will simply have inevitable growing pains like all regions do as they develop. China lost millions of people to starvation under Mao. Russia had to suffer through civil war. So did the US. Africa isn't perfect but it will continue to progress

[@asscheeks3212]

The last time someone "unites a contitent" all of europe plunged into war, twice

[@jabloko992]

@@asscheeks3212 ...until they tried again by this time asking nicely and now we have the European Union.

[@jabloko992]

@@DanM-pw9nl "larger countries make things worse" Say that to the United States of America. Or the European Union (yes, I know it's not a country). Or India. What other alternatives are there? Everyone criticises the current borders as those drawn by out-of-touch white aristocrats nearly 100 years ago. Africa is positively a shithole, the few places that aren't could become just as bad at any given moment, because a general decided it's coup time. Go smaller, down to the tribal/ethnic level? Good luck with that, you would end up with literally thousands of small tribes with absolutely no potential to have proper economies, build infrastructure or engage in trade, but plenty of potential to fight each other. There would be chaos and anarchy on a whole new level. The only way forward is to unite. As long as one ethnic group is strong enough to bully the others without oversight, there will never be peace. These are not European nation states with relatively large, well-defined populations of national identities. A large enough federal union of nations is the least bad way forward, I'm not saying it would be perfect, but what other alternative is there? Let the Africans fight each other for another 2 centuries? Until the continent stabilises, there will be no investment, no prosperity, no peace.

[@asscheeks3212]

@@jabloko992 lmao nobody really treats the EU seriously.

[@farazkhan7035]

very good journalism. keep up the good work.

[@brianwhite2104]

You neglected to mention one African confederacy that *was* successful, Tanzania

[@nellym46664]

Bruh, Tanzania was the equivalent of merging Saudi Arabia & Bahrain. Little difference whatsoever.

[@brianwhite2104]

@@nellym46664 In territorial extent, that may be. However, they were considered equal constituent parts to such an extent that the country derived its name from Tan + Zan + ia. That is, the Zanzibar part is given equal weight in the name with the Tanganyika part.

[@minestar2247]

Take that as an example

[@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek]

Thank You For an Excellent Report!!!!

[@TheDarthBuddha]

What we are seeing is Africans Building their own Future for Africa.. Well done..

[@craftsmanceramics8653]

You mean monkeys $hit in trees? What could ever go wrong with 3 warlords with no shared cultural heritage forming a nation-state with no economy, Islamic war bands roving the countryside, growing desertifaction, and must import food to support desertification, *checks notes* A bigger failed state.

[@tbphillips9649]

@@craftsmanceramics8653western bleached demon

[@tbphillips9649]

@@craftsmanceramics8653typical western caveman comment

[@craftsmanceramics8653]

@tbphillips9649 caveman where?!?! You have the west to thank for our industrial age. There is a reason why sub-saharian Africa is a smathering of failed states...

[@tbphillips9649]

@@craftsmanceramics8653 you are the caveman are dumb

[@elephantman2112]

BetterHelp? The company, founded by an IDF veteran, which is notorious for being loose with its clients' confidential information? Well, I guess it squares with your recent editorial turn....

”You sing the song of whose bread you are eating” - Finnish proverb

[@minestar2247]

The idf? Ok, here is another guy I can bully

[@giljuwu9728]

Many people from safe, wealthy countries talking crap about realities they do not understand here.

[@alrxandersmiths242]

Africa needs great condenseing making bigger stronger country’s that can provide for more people. Having a bunch of tiny country’s fighting one another is how Africa has always worked and we should change that

[@boosterh1113]

What would hold those nations together? People need a reason to tolerate their tax dollars/francs/dinars being spent to the benefit of strangers hundreds of kilometres away. You either need some sort of common identity, so people are willing do that, or you need an enlightened despot who is so much more powerful than any of his rivals that he can force people to do this for long enough that they develop a shared identity. The large states of Asia and Europe (e.g. France, China, Russia) can rely on the efforts of emperors past to (often forcibly) homogenize their people, while the large states of the New World (e.g. US, Brazil) are new enough that their regional identities haven't drifted too far away from their common roots. But Africa is a mess of different tribes and nations, each with their own language, customs, history, and grievances. Moreover, there is no African version of the Roman Empire, Qin Dynasty, or Abbasid Caliphate that might give them a historical/legendary base on which to build a common identity. Any commonality has to be built up from scratch, either with agonizing slowness and constant (re)negotiation, or with brutal repression and forcible assimilation. Notably, the two major African countries (Nigeria and Ethiopia) are in a near constant state of turmoil and civil strife, specifically because their governments cannot balance the priorities of all of their constituent tribes against each other.

[@DanM-pw9nl]

Larger countries make things worse. Why do you think there are so many independence movements around the world? The area with the resources becomes resentful of the central government taking its wealth. Ethnic groups are forced to compromise on major issues. The religion or race of the current ruler will always receive preferential treatment. Europe is in better shape than Africa yet has much smaller countries. The answer for Africa isn't making even larger countries. Africa is already on the right track, it will simply have inevitable growing pains like all regions do as they develop. China lost millions of people to starvation under Mao. Russia had to suffer through civil war. So did the US. Africa isn't perfect but it will continue to progress

[@davroch7620]

It's funny, your videos are always a collection of nonsense reflecting the politics of NATO or American neoconservatives, with beautiful moving images and a voice trying to sound serious. That's why I watch your videos, you are a compass pointing south. Just having an opinion contrary to yours is not far from the truth. 😂

[@samedwards6683]

Thanks so much for creating and sharing this informative video. Great job. Keep it up.

[@svennielsen633]

I have no trust in any of these regimes.

[@minestar2247]

Who not? At least they are honest in their goals, and they 're fighting imperialist domination

[@MA-go7ee]

​@@minestar2247maybe because spending five minutes to look at the history of military regimes in Africa tells one that they're completely self serving and only use anti imperial rhetoric to win over gullible idiots like you.

[@wyihupoip8105]

Caspian Report has gotten it wrong many times. In fact, this channel gets it wrong very often. 😂

[@MStonewallC]

"We'll call it [Something Fake] for convenience" c'mon now.

[@alexishernandez294]

Excellent news ! And well explained ! Great job !

[@wizzzer1337]

This feels like trying to make Austria Hungary after WWII

[@minestar2247]

The eu exists, don't forget that. And no, cause austria Hungaria started as an Austrian empire, so there's a big difference

[@jeffgrove1389]

You’ve neglected the French holding and exploitation of the CFA reserves, keeping these client states fiscally dependent.

[@lukenodag5784]

He's a nafo bot

[@WLH3eLiTe]

That’s literally the Songhai empire again.

[@Findgod222]

Based

[@MalevolentBite]

Not literally because that empire had access to the ocean.

[@WLH3eLiTe]

@@MalevolentBite all they need is Senegal

[@MalevolentBite]

@@WLH3eLiTe Now that would be great literal Songhai empire lol.

[@Buurba_Jolof]

​@@MalevolentBite Songhaï hadn't access to ocean. Most of the online maps about african empires are approximative. Songhaï empire was entirely in the Sahel without any access to ocean

[@ajitt9902]

name of the background music??

[@TodaysAnalysis]

First the East African Federation! Now the Sahel Confederacy!

[@minestar2247]

There is also the magrebi union but it's old and failed. Africa is on the road of unionising

[@tytrvd]

Great stuff so much info!

[@timmy-wj2hc]

The French always retreating.😂😂😂

[@JABN97]

They did pretty well during the 2013 intervention, for 1.

[@sans_hw187]

Just like the US then right?

[@pablobilbao9258]

@@sans_hw187 And Russia. These powerful countries rely mostly on their armament, but their forces are not as motivated as those who are fighting for their country's survival.

[@CaptainDiaspora]

You put up the wrong photo for General Tchiani

[@keithtarrier4558]

Very in depth! great upload/video! (as always)

[@rarecandy3445]

im sure that togo and benin will be able to offer some sort of seaport access to the confederation, by violent or diplomatic means. i find it hard to believe leaders in any one of these states havent thought of something to fix that problem in the future.

[@Vista_victorptolemy]

😂😂 any attempt on that will warrant a direct military intervention mainly from Nigeria, which alone is more than enough to deal with the entire Confederacy, this is backed with solid fact. And these juntas knows that

[@Adsper2000]

They would go bankrupt instantly trying to invade and occupy one of their neighbors. They can’t even keep control of their own borders.

[@WallStreet-ou3ub]

If Niger is attacked it would be war with north of Nigeria with is mostly Hausa people

[@sonreo5183]

@@Vista_victorptolemy Nigeria cant even provide security to its own citizens. I believe ECOWAS (with the almighty NIGERIA leading the way) gave an ultimatum but nothing so far...🤔

[@moustaphadiallo600]

​@Nigeriananalyst The proud puppet state of Nigeria can't even deal with boko haram in their own borders. How do you expect them to deal with a logistical challenge outside of their borders? And you think declaring war on a group of anti-imperialists is going to gain any African leader some support. That will most likely spread the coup domino to Nigeria. There's also an ethnic group that lives on the Nigeria-Niger border (can't recall their name) who don't exactly feel like they're Nigerians first. Nigeriananalyst? 😂😂😂 I think not. Change your name

[@nnkk7742]

"The devil is in the fine print." - Butchered. 😭

[@IK_MK]

🇲🇱🇧🇫🇳🇪: _"We want to form a republic"_ Tuareg People: *Are you sure about that?*

[@minestar2247]

The tuareg probably also would have wanted Republics, but europeans suck

[@stellacwickbell7739]

Tureg aren’t same as islamist terriost they’re good people the trrriost are just supported by Libyans people and u know how Libyans treat Africans in thier country at the moment not the best pan African state

[@MakeNoise280]

We pray that Senegal will join this group which will be great advantage for the group as they will gain access to shipping port thru Senegal a win win especially Senegal and Gambia and eventually will Gambia be part and complete the union.

[@Bayard1503]

And with all this unrest the Tuareg still haven't gotten their independent country.

[@electrosyzygy]

Nomadic pastoralists by definition can't have an independent country. They have 'traditional lands' that will always be at the mercy of the sedentary, agrarian and urban peoples. They will eke out an existence from what little resources they have and remain a thorn in the ass of any country they live in until they integrate and abandon that lifestyle. Great music though.

[@minestar2247]

They won't, Algeria is still too desert greedy and that desert is useless because of the lack of water

[@дроу]

1:39 Tchuani shown over Mali, when he is Niger's ruler. Just one minute in and i already see that quality of your videos is still subpar as always.

[@gosnooky]

By all means, write, animate and upload your own videos. Enthrall us with your acumen.

[@drunkenslav2334]

​@gosnooky we just want our homie to be accurate

[@ahmednjidda6182]

Why are you so fixated on a minor mistake, if you understand the message then that the main objective, I will advice you do your own video and have us objectively criticize it, am sure you can di 20% of this in your fisrt try.

[@yux.tn.3641]

think i still prefer East Africa Union

[@ricardoxavier827]

Reds and greens cannot live under the same nation. This break away from ecowas, are made by only greens nations. West africa will never be united as whiles reds be included.

[@martin-daniililjin9612]

I like that author doesn't point to any country to blame for the problems that is happening in these countries.

[@minestar2247]

Maybe they have a European western bias, but at least we know it's france that's the source

[@donaldpetersen2382]

Yay Caspian got the goods

[@NARUTOCHIGGA]

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[@amundammarline162]

The almighty God is with us the Africans...

[@jake_edinburgh]

Add guinea to the mix & they have sea access.

[@s9ka972]

Adding Mauritania benefits more

[@Kinghassz]

Or Senegal or Mauritania

[@Robespierre-lI]

The coastal west African nations have been on the rise, economically and in human development. Guinea is among one of the highest. They almost certainly want nothing to with these sahel states's instability. ECOWAS actually seems to have been working, all in all.

[@Jean_Jacques148]

@@Robespierre-lIthen why is the human rights and development of these countries still been terrible? Also, these Sahel states were *also* a part of ECOWAS, but have have little actual benefits.

[@ScorpioRising12]

💞🙏💫🌎☮️ FREE AFRICA!

[@kiritugeorge4684]

Your introduction to the region didn't even summarise its historical politics. For example, so much prosperity and wealth generated from the region under empires like Ghana

[@brotherlyleader9281]

@@thechairman1306they didn’t need Europe, Europe needs Africa much more than Africa needs Europe

[@moah2012]

The leaders were wealthy, not the average person. Ghana, Mali, and Songhai were servant states. (I don't use the word "slave state" because the servants had some social mobility to be an advisor)

[@kiritugeorge4684]

@@thechairman1306 The empire of Ghana traded with Europeans? Hold up, what are you talking about?

[@kiritugeorge4684]

@@moah2012 Conditions for the average person were far better in the region that amongst its contemporaries. Ancient Ghana for example, was far better than ancient Greece

[@kiritugeorge4684]

@@thechairman1306 The Mali empire was no significant empire by the time the portuguese circumvented the West African coast. In addition the primary form of wealth generation was, amongst sahelian states, gold. If anything, any of your arguments would prove there is a big incentive to kick Europeans out as they corrupted trading patterns in the Sahel.

[@TheOriginalJAX]

"The Devil is in the details" is the expression not "fine print" it predates corporate contracts which is where that phraseology comes from.

[@michaelowino228]

Good video.

[@carl9901]

they need to partner with mauretania, maybe have china invest in a big seaport and train infrastructure

[@sreckom92]

I wish them all the best. Hopefully a unified, strong and independent country. Hopefully more African countries see this as an example and carve their own destiny, not live according to borders and guidelines from non-African countries.

[@JudgeJudith]

Very interesting interpretation

[@sreckom92]

@@JudgeJudith Certain African countries, like Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger were part of the French colonial empire. That is actually a wrong statement. They still ARE French colonies. France dominates economy, politics and resources of these countries, fueling it's own nation, while draining the colonies under very unequal policies. Plus, French military has been very active for the last few decades, protecting it's puppets in seats of power. Cutting all ties with France would be problematic and painful. But they deserve to carve their own destiny, not let others exploit and puppet them. Sure thing, it might turn out ugly. That's why I wish them all the best. I wish they succeed in creating an independent and prosperous state, despite all the odds against them.

[@JudgeJudith]

@@sreckom92 Do you think that military juntas generally share prosperity with their citizens? The “turning ugly” will be starving citizens because their new government has totally isolated them from the outside world.

[@sreckom92]

@@JudgeJudith Well, if I had to choose between domestic military junta, or foreign colonialists, I'd choose the first option. Even if both don't share the prosperity.

[@juliankraus1011]

@@sreckom92 And if you knew the record of military juntas in the region you would't be favoring them at all. You can afford that "choice" because you wouldn't be its victim.

[@Swedish_Remixer]

yes

[@meenoomeenoo4578]

good analysis

[@wassum100]

Thank you for the very balanced commentary.

[@rapanddijermaker]

Great video mate. The picture you used for general tchiani at the start. That's not him, someone else

[@RabeTorc]

France propaganda 😂😂😂

[@dutchie1770]

not including the built in ad, i watched 5 different ads...

[@FarsightAE]

When are they quitting the CFA though?

[@1001Balance]

Yeah that would the best of it. Then they become a shithole with terrible inflation.

[@FarsightAE]

@@1001Balance They keep complaining about CFA and the French influence. Its up to them to quit CFA if they dislike it so much.

[@1001Balance]

@@FarsightAE of course, but nationalism is poor reason. Look what bad currency management leads to in Ghana, Zimbabwe, Guinea, Argentina. It creates a lot of misery for people. Cheaper commodities benefit mainly those that buy the commodities. Actually Europeans should advocate to drop the CFA and have them devaluate the currency every month!

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

Artificially imposed borders need to be abandoned in favour of natural boundaries.

[@DonHrvato]

Very interesting

[@rifmaffia]

name of background music?

[@Nzambi237]

The AES opted out of ECOWAS already... And they'll be fine.

[@MrAlen6e]

The African continent needs to restructured its borders. Its clear the ones created by their former colonist have completely failed.

[@gideonmele1556]

Looking at all if their current internal problems both politically, militarily, financially, and ethnically it seems very unlikely in even the medium term

[@Vitalitymindd]

what is the software that you used for clip 6:59 ?

[@saladmcjones7798]

Lol. I’ll believe it when I see it.