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April 26, 2026
The MoA Week In Review – OT 2026-084

Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama:

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Use as open (not related to the wars in Ukraine and Iran) thread …

Posted by b on April 26, 2026 at 14:17 UTC | Permalink
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Thanks for always delivering, b. 
 
I’m thinking (like a few others, probably) of that “assassination attempt” and concluding that the timing is less than convincing. Also, as things emerge, I’m not convinced that those who said that the “ear shot” a while ago was fake, were conspi. Finally, I think the FBI et al are overdoing it over there.

Posted by: Avtonom | Apr 26 2026 14:31 utc | 1

Prep for Hard Times, they a comin‘
 
hope you got a veggie garden, lots of  hand tools from garage sales, excess inventory of imported food – soap…..and of course are practicing how to slash your household dependence on buying gasoline for mobility. 🚴🚶🚴🚶🚴🚶
 
 

Posted by: Exile | Apr 26 2026 14:37 utc | 2

thanks b
 
there is so much i don’t know much about! i don’t understand what is happening in mali and i don’t understand this new focus on private finance…. i am completely mystified by both topics…  so, i will take advantage of reading some of the links you’ve shared… much appreciated and to the other informed commentators here too.. thanks..

Posted by: james | Apr 26 2026 14:46 utc | 3

The Negro Network is organizing a back to Africa Conference this June. Illuminating 9 minute Promo Video in link: 
 
https://thenegronetwork.com

Posted by: Exile | Apr 26 2026 14:46 utc | 4

Fascinating to watch a room full of mocksloppers, playing “extras” in a sloppy assassination drama.
 
Most sat there like stunned flatheads, waiting for someone to feed them their lines.
 
only a few were actively attempting to get vid and vibe and info on what was happening right in front of them
 
 

Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 26 2026 14:48 utc | 5

How this “Tinariwen” people has changed…..from playing the authentic free originiary people from the Teneré desert, ten years ago singing against the destruction of Teneré and foreigners sowing disunity amongst its people…..now they fight along the Ukrainian neonazis and fake “jihadis”, managed by transantional finance and corporations, to precisely gwet their lands exploite and destroyed as we witness in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Iraq, but no so far, in Lybia….
 
https://youtu.be/boiiiVh52v4?si=eDmV5XDqLOS2nH7c
 
It gets clear that anybody who is rised from anonimity and poverty to the stardom of the Western music industry becomes a slave and mercenary of the opressors and exploiters´ cause…..
 
A shame!
 
Alleged touaregs sold to the worst kind of bidder….
 
P.S: Btw, a lot of people shown today in videos filmed yesterday in Mali´s several locations where a coalition of “Jihadi International” under the direction of Ukrainian neonazis and Western intelligence services intended a coup d´etat, are wearing jeans….in suffocating Mali already in early May…..these are not touaregs, but wanabe Westerners sold to the best bidder….like those we have witnessed throughou history in the Soviet Union, Iran, etc….motherland and life sold cheap for a pair of jeans, which is not only an uncomfortable clothing in such a hot climate, but also a sign of your mercenarism….recalling your typical Maidanite and Azovite in jeans shorts… ubiquitous in the first years of the “War in Ukraine”…..even in the Odessa Masacre events….
 
A Western mercenaries uniform….
 
 
 

Posted by: Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 14:50 utc | 6

Since TPTB plan with decades in advance, wondering whether this alleged past ecologist stance by “Tinariwen” ( as we have witnessed happening with all those Western “ecologists” being uncovered as Western corporations´puppets….like Annalena Baerbock and the like who clapped the blowing up of vital energy infrastructures in their own country on which its national industry was depending on….) was constructed just to fight and destroy those energy infraestructures who do not belong to Western corporations in the Sahel….

Posted by: Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 15:03 utc | 7

@Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 26 2026 14:48 utc | 5
 
There are videos of people even grabbing still not opened bottles of champaigne and wine in the middle of the chaos…..
 
It looks like this White House correspondents are well underpaid…or, is it simply the famous US culture willing ot be impossed everywhere and on every people around the globe by “brute force” ( War Sec dixit…)….to take advantage of self-created chaos to grab what does not belong to you……

Posted by: Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 15:09 utc | 8

Wondering whether someone can explain why VP JD Vance was first evacuated, very fast, before POTUS……
 
Is it because who really governs the USA is Peter Thiel & CIA?
 
So it looks like…..
 
https://t.me/CerFunhouse/1140

Posted by: Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 15:12 utc | 9

@Posted by: Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 15:09 utc | 8
 
Just found the graphic testimony of “great” US culture…..
 
https://t.me/putingers_cat/15150

Posted by: Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 15:13 utc | 10

Mali Thread:
 
https://x.com/malkoomx00/status/2048412528238002519
 
“On April 25, 2026, a massive coup attempt was launched in Mali by terrorist groups (CSP-DPA, AQMI) backed by foreign intelligence services, mobilizing approximately 12,000 fighters across the country…”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 26 2026 15:14 utc | 11

Re: Chinese Tech.
 
The footage of the recent Chinese autonomous humanoid robot Marathon Runners keeping pace with human runners is stunning. But I was relieved to learn that they needed quite a few battery changes to complete the course.
 
Chinese researchers are beavering away on Graphene, an almost theoretical single-layer grid of Carbon atoms which has the potential to allow the production of batteries with 10x the energy density of conventional batteries.
 
There’s a great doco from 2024 called The New Trade War which explores some of the fruits of China’s Research Investments. China is mass-pruducing hi-tech stuff which The West is still trying to invent.
 
I’m convinced that China.gov has stock-piled all of the Military Junk it thinks it’ll need to stay safe and is now focused on making China, and the Co-operatve Nations of the World, a better place.
 
I can’t imagine a better World than one United In Harmony. Unfortunately, the pseudo-Christian West is too Jewed-up to pursue and share such a Delightful Dream ) – :

Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Apr 26 2026 15:49 utc | 12

MALI (26.04.26) – Summing up yesterday’s battles…
 
So yesterday, the “united forces” of the terrorist groups “Azawad Liberation Front” and “Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb”, prepared by Western special services with large-scale forces (up to 10-12 thousand people in total), attempted (if we analyze the entire scenario of yesterday’s events) a de facto coup d’état in Mali.
 
To understand. They attempted to seize key objects in the capital. And first and foremost, the presidential palace. In addition, major cities of the country (Gao, Kidal, Kita, and Sevaré) were attacked with the aim of seizing city administration buildings.
 
By the way (this was not reported yesterday, but it became known in the morning), in the areas of the cities of Kidal and Gao, Ukrainian and European mercenaries participated in the attack on state objects and government forces (hence the informed Ukrainian military information outlets). Given that the militants were incompetent, the task of covering their attack from the air was entrusted to them (using MANPADS “Stinger” and “Mistral”).
 
It was they who shot down our “helicopter” (though they were later themselves destroyed).
 
At the same time, it was primarily thanks to the courage and heroism of the “African Corps” (“AK”) (Mr. Ambassador) that yesterday we managed to prevent a “Syrian scenario” in Mali. The units of the “AK” held all significant positions and airfields, as well as the national arsenal in the city of Kita.
 
Also, it was thanks to the skillful actions of the leadership of the “AK” Corps that a competent defense of the presidential guard and national troops units was organized, which did not allow the seizure of the presidential palace.
 
Over the past 24 hours, according to updated data as of the morning, the losses of the militants amounted to more than 1,000 terrorists killed (not all have been counted yet):
 
Bamako – more than 200 people, Gao – 500 people, Kita – 300 people.
 
And more than 50 units of automotive equipment. This is the result. An excellent one, in my opinion. It’s just a pity that our embassy in the Republic of MALI did not notice this (as well as the dead guys)…

 

As yesterday, I would like to express special gratitude to the journalists of the “African Initiative” in the preparation of this material:

https://x.com/YuriPodolyaka/status/2048414737537360257
 
Great achievement for the RUAF expeditionary force, but surely the Epstein pedophiles will be back with renewed attempts. They must be using a US airbase(s) in the region to ship the weapons to the rebels.

Posted by: unimperator | Apr 26 2026 16:03 utc | 13

🇲🇱🚨 URGENT: Mali’s Defense Minister General Sadio Camara has been killed. A suicide car bomb at his residence in Kati. Coordinated attacks across the country. Bamako. Gao. Kidal. Sévaré. JNIM and Tuareg rebels working together.
This is not just an attack on Mali. It is an attack on the AES. An attack on African sovereignty. The empire never accepted the loss of the Sahel. Now, it is fighting back through proxies.
Mali is bleeding. Burkina Faso is watching. Niger is on alert. The Sahel is under siege.
This is the moment for all Africans to stand with the AES. Not with words. With solidarity. With action. With recognition that what happens in Mali will happen elsewhere if the empire is not stopped.
Mali stood against France. Mali stood against the old colonial order. Now Mali is paying the price. Africa must answer. Not with silence. With spine.
Stand with Mali. Stand with the AES. The fight is not theirs alone. It is ours.

 
https://x.com/Its_ereko/status/2048367139938021412

Posted by: unimperator | Apr 26 2026 16:11 utc | 14

Posted by: unimperator | Apr 26 2026 16:03 utc | 13
 

Great achievement for the RUAF expeditionary force

 
This country doesn’t have an army?
What is the size of this expeditionary force compared to the size of the army?
 
How can you talk about sovereignty and at the same time claim that a handful of foreign mercenaries are doing absolutely everything in a country twice the size of France?
 
Don’t you see the contradiction?

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 16:41 utc | 15

Posted by: unimperator | Apr 26 2026 16:11 utc | 14
 
If, as this article does, all of Mali and the Sahel are presented as merely a Russian outpost defended by a “Russian expeditionary force,” there is no reason to appeal for international solidarity.
 
Other countries have no incentive to defend recolonization in the 21st century.
 
For everyone information, the Sahel is 4.5 times the size of Ukraine.
This fact must be ignored to claim that a few foreign contractors representing less than a battalion can defend it, and do as if “the locals” doesn’t exist.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 16:55 utc | 16

Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 15:12 utc | 9
*** Wondering whether someone can explain why VP JD Vance was first evacuated, very fast, before POTUS…… ***
 
Just clearing the stage for the night’s main actor.
 
And now — having conveniently wiped out any objections — he can continue to build his Nuclear War Command bunker / Epstein whoopee den balls room, under the Shite House.

Posted by: Cynic | Apr 26 2026 17:01 utc | 17

The Diesen/Hudson chat from yesterday is worthy. 

Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 26 2026 17:53 utc | 18

Want to know how deeply the energy crisis protests and blockades resonates with EU oppressed Irish people??
 
Listen to the new hit song ‘Leinster House Traitors’ by Brother Ger, available for free on You Tube……………
 
Up the Rebels and never surrender! 

Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 26 2026 18:04 utc | 19

Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 16:55 utc | 16
 
You appear here at around the Time Traore called off elections in Burkina Faso. You are against those who stand up to western imperialism in the Sahel and against Russia who is helping them.
 
I assume you are what our media would term ‘Political opposition’, similar to the ‘opposition in former Syria. Opposition in the Sahel is funded through Ukraine. About 100 billion dollars has simply disappeared into the vlackhole money pit called Ukraine. About 50 billion is known to have gone into the Jewish gang run by Zelensky and Yermak, but that still leaves a good 50 billion to fund ‘opposition’ in the Sahel and Africa in general.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 18:08 utc | 20

How this “Tinariwen” people has changed…..
Posted by: Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 14:50 utc | 6

What are you talking about ?
 
In the WSJ article, only one guy, Iyad Ag Ghali, who was supposedly a past member of Tinariwen is mentioned to be an AlQaeda leader. He’s not even listed as a band member on their Wikipedia page. Around their permanent members Tinariwen comprised many different musicians who came and went during their history. What one of them is doing doesn’t involve all of them.
 
That said, the band was formed by Tuareg rebels in the context of Tuareg Rebellion against Niger and Mali and became the voice for autonomy. All of them were fighters under the command of Iyad Ag Ghali in the Azawad. When the conflict ended, each of them went their way : Tinariwen became famous and Ag Ghali went on being a mercenary.

Posted by: xiao pignouf | Apr 26 2026 18:10 utc | 21

Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 26 2026 17:53 utc | 18
Yes, I found Hudson’s description of what economic liberalism means to be very informative.

Posted by: Helen Weals | Apr 26 2026 18:17 utc | 22

unimperator | Apr 26 2026 16:11 utc | 14
 
I noticed it sometime ago but it is very noticeable now. Empire is concentrating on taking down Mali first. Islamic extremism in the Sahel began with Turegs coming into Mali from the north. I don’t know much about the Tureg but they are spread right across the Sahara and I would assume colonial borders cutting through an ethnic group like that mean little
I assume they are something like the Bedouins of the Syrian and Arabian deserts. Very fundamental Islam easily converted to extremism.
 
The grouping in Nigeria appears to be separate to the grouping in the Sahel though still operated by the Americans. There supply base is a small american base in Northern Cameroon but I have not been able to find the supply base for the Sahel grouping. Possibly the small base in Cameroon but more likely in Algeria or Libya.
 
The US base at Tanf in Syria was used as the supply base for the extremists operating in the Syrian desert and it will be quite similar throughtout Africa where these Islamic extremist groups are operating.
How involved in this the French are I have no idea. Islamic extremism appears to be A US/UK operation so the French may well be running their own operations quite separate to the Anglo operations.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 18:22 utc | 23

I found the extension of the nakedcapitalism link below in comments there, so this is the full interview by Ben Norton — very plain speaking from both, so as one who is lost oftentimes when economics is discussed, I heartily recommend this:
 
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2026/04/21/private-credit-financial-crisis-us-economy-michael-hudson/
 
Worth it for Michael’s concise explanation of AI – helium – Taiwan – Qatar,  and predatory financial matters in general!

Posted by: juliania | Apr 26 2026 18:38 utc | 24

I just did another search for US bases in Algeria as that seems to be the most likely place for a US/UK supply base to the Sahel extremists.
Google AI came up with this.
Past Speculation: Historical rumors of a secret, U.S.-built facility in the Tamanrasset region exist, but these have not been confirmed and have been officially denied.
 
Looking up Tamanrasset region -wikipedia. It is an ideal location for a US supply base to the Sahel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamanrasset
 
The wikipedia page on the Tureg includes a map.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuareg_people
 
The main anglo proxies in the Sahel appear to be the Tureg operated from a US/UK and perhaps French base in southern Algeria. Not necessarily a military base as such but certainly a base of operations and a supply point for the proxies in the Sahel.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 18:55 utc | 25

from Bing, which is a genius when it comes to reading Wikipedia:
query: in 2022, what was russia’s military budget?
“Russia’s military spending in 2022 surged to approximately $102–$124 billion, marking a dramatic increase due to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.In 2022, Russia’s official military budget was initially planned at around 4.7 trillion rubles ($75 billion), but actual expenditures exceeded this due to wartime adjustments, reaching estimates of $102 billion according to SIPRI and up to $124.5 billion when including classified and extra-budgetary war-related spending (covering salaries, weapons production, and other military-industrial costs). This represented a 55% increase over 2021 spending and accounted for roughly 4.1% of Russia’s GDP.”
—–
those evil rooskies are so sneaky and evil, they didn’t even budget for their full scale invasion of Ukraine!
 
I’ve been having a bit of fun asking bing and whatever chatbot Brave browser uses:
 
Can Nicolas Maduro receive a fair trial in the US?
 
what a waste of time. though i did get some interesting replies from Brave to asking, “if money isn’t real, and American food isn’t real, what are Americans working for?” those chatbots may go full commie before humanity does.

Posted by: duck n cover | Apr 26 2026 18:56 utc | 26

Posted by: duck n cover | Apr 26 2026 18:56 utc | 26
 
follow up, from Bing, again via Wiki: what was Russia’s military budget in 2013?
Russia’s Military Budget in 2013In 2013, Russia’s defence ministry budget was planned to reach about 2.3 trillion roubles (approximately US $69.3 billion at 2014 exchange rates).
———–
 
If Russia is going to conquer Europe, they really need some Western advice about military budgets. how can a great country’s military budget basically stay the same for 10 straight years???? why isn’t Putin following the West’s lead???

Posted by: duck n cover | Apr 26 2026 19:01 utc | 27

duck n cover | Apr 26 2026 19:01 utc | 27
 
Western propaganda does get tangled in its own web of lies at times.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 19:03 utc | 28

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 18:08 utc | 20
 
Fuck off troll.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 19:09 utc | 29

Bing: in 2022, what were the combined military expenses for the West in Ukraine?
 
short answer: 
In 2022, Ukraine’s own military spending rose sharply to $44.0 billion, a 640% increase from 2021, equivalent to about 34% of GDP SIPRI+1. This figure does not include military aid from allies….By the end of 2022, the total Western military aid to Ukraine had already reached nearly $100 billion in pledged and delivered assistance.
———-
w/all the degrees in business and finance and all the instruction in Mammon worship, why can’t people figure out who is fomenting war around the world? what is an MBA for? why don’t all these finance geniuses and tech gurus notice how inefficient the NATO military powers are?
 
let me tell you the name of the game
they call it ridin’ the gravy train

Posted by: duck n cover | Apr 26 2026 19:10 utc | 30

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 18:55 utc | 25
 
Stop speculating and writing about things you have no clue about.
 
You are ridiculous.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 19:10 utc | 31

What Will It Take To Get AI Out of Schools?
 
https://x.com/NewYorker/status/2048160249505624476
 
“A 2025 study out of MIT cautioned that ‘the integration of LLMs into learning environments may inadvertently contribute to cognitive atrophy. This danger hasn’t slowed the advancement of AI in schools.”
Notice how often malign consequences of capitalism are always ‘inadvertently’?

Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 26 2026 19:11 utc | 32

Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 19:10 utc | 31
 
What would be your policies for Burkina Faso that would be different from those of Traore?

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 19:13 utc | 33

Sebgo, prior to you rocking up here, I was about the only one commenting on the doings in the Sahel and that only a bit.
 
One very specific comment of yours when you first appeared here is that you wished to set people straight on Burkina Faso/Sahel due to the disinformation that was appearing here. I forget your exact wording but you came here with a very specific agenda regarding Burkina Faso and the Sahel.
 
As I have said in the past, I support any government/country that stands up to western (Epstein class) imperialism.
 
The Sahel + Nigera looks to be something of a rerun of Syria. In this case, extremists groups only operate in the areas of Tureg minority in those countries. It becomes obvious the Turegs are the main ethnic group the US/UK and possibly the French are using to try and take/take back control of this part of Africa.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 19:28 utc | 34

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 19:28 utc | 34
 
The problem is not that you doesn’t know what’s going on.
 
The problem is that you are making up things to satisfy your world view and your ego, and maybe the fakes of your Wagner “friends”.
 
You don’t want to learn and to know about Africa. You don’t even care about the people or the events there.
 
You want to feed MoA readers with bullshit because you know few have informations to counter you.
 
So of course you don’t like the fact I am here. But you know what ? I don’t care !

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 19:35 utc | 35

@ Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 19:10 utc | 31
 
i haven’t been following your commentary at moa too closely sebgo, but your post @ 29 is not a flattering representation of your own ideas on this topic… if you’d like to reiterate what your thoughts are on this general topic which peter au appears to be raising in a legitimate way, i’d be curious… do you have the ability to do this for the followers of moa at this point in time?? as memory serves you have a connection to africa – where exactly, i am not sure.. thanks…

Posted by: james | Apr 26 2026 19:38 utc | 36

In thinking about the doings in the Sahel, it began with Tureg sweeping into Mali from the North.That is where the US/UK base will be. Mostly likely a CIA/MI6 type nest rather than a military base as such. No doubt US/UK special forces types also there but in civilian clothing for the military training ect. Something along those lines is US/UK modus operandi for the war of terror.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 19:41 utc | 37

Posted by: james | Apr 26 2026 19:38 utc | 36
 
I am from, and I live in Burkina Faso, one of the three landlocked countries forming the “Alliance of Sahelian States”, AES in french.
 
I speak about the things going on in our countries, and I don’t care if it doesn’t fit with the wishes of some keyboard warriors or “communication” assets.
 
An old fool sitting in a hole in Australia pretends to explain to MoA readers what’s happening in Africa, a continent he’s never even set foot in.
 
And in real time, he claims to “discover” Western bases in African countries to satisfy his fantasies of foreigner directly supporting jihadists, whom he blithely confuses with separatist rebels and political opponents.
 
He also insists on linking everything that happens in Africa to Ukraine, as if the continent appeared with the Maidan or the SMO.
 
Like Love Donbass, he deliberately cultivates falsehoods about my country and the continent to prevent readers from understanding what’s happening in the world—”agnotologists,” as someone called them on MoA.
This one even claimed that “the idiot Africans” would wage war on each other with the sole motivation of being for or against Ukraine.
 
I mostly ignore them. But if they confront me directly, I’m certainly not going to let them think they’re making the rules.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 19:47 utc | 38

Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 19:35 utc | 35
 
I know exactly what you are Sebgo. You made that clear in your first days of commenting. We see those type in a number of the US conflicts be they proxy or otherwise but you are the first to appear here. The so called moderate or political opposition a they are termed in the western propaganda media.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 19:47 utc | 39

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 19:41 utc | 37
 
Liar.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 19:48 utc | 40

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 19:47 utc | 39
 
I don’t care about what you think, clown.
 
If you lie about my country, I will say so.
You are actually inventing history and making up events !!!

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 19:49 utc | 41

To everyone: the clown named Peter_AU1 want to hijack the thread with the hope to have me banned.
 
Being an old timer of MoA doesn’t make you the owner, nor doesn’t he give you a right to gaslighting people with lies.
 
It is not the first time. Don’t help him.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 19:54 utc | 42

Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 19:49 utc | 41
 
Well tell your handlers give you you’re version of what is going on and put it up here.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 19:55 utc | 43

@ Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 19:47 utc | 38
 
thanks sebgo… i am looking for an understanding that transcends the idea of posters who share their ideas at moa having to resort to attacks on other posters… 
 
as for what is going on with this issue which b has shared some links – see my first post @ 3.. i would really like to know what is happening in mali and the rest of this area… 
 
as for ”having to be their” – many posters at moa don’t live in ukraine or russia, but have an interest in this conflict and have taken the time to study it… because they don’t ‘live’ in these places, doesn’t disqualify their viewpoint… same deal with this war of usa-israel on iran… 
 
the fact is there is a lot of deception and deceit in the media on just what is happening in the world today.. people asking questions is a good thing… and frankly, the track record with regard to what took place in syria shows a huge level of deception that was fostered on people, and typically moa posters are very skeptical and critical of what passes for a legitimate presentation of ”the facts” let along ”the rumours”…..
 
we can keep an open mind and listen to different viewpoints and come to our own tentative views on what is happening in the world, regardless whether we live in a place or not… so, please do share your perspective on what is happening here as i am genuinely interested… thanks!! 

Posted by: james | Apr 26 2026 19:59 utc | 44

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 19:55 utc | 43
 
I understand it is a game for you, to piss this “emotive african”.
 
But you are going to be banned. Again.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 20:02 utc | 45

A few months back now, Trump suddenly taking an interest in the Christians of Nigeria and firing some Tomahawks into empty fields and empty buildings – publicly, nothing more has come of it. Was it done to put pressure on the Nigerian government? Nigeria has oil so possibly that was separate from the operation in the Sahel.
 
The region is a sideshow to the main conflicts, first in Ukraine but now Iran as well. But also tied in as there has been enough in the media about ‘Ukraine fighting Russia in Africa’. Ukraine appears to be the facade for US/UK operations in the region.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 20:09 utc | 46

Posted by: james | Apr 26 2026 19:59 utc | 44
 
Thanks for the reply.
 
Indeed, we don’t always have to share the same opinions to have a discussion.
 
But on the other hand, when we’ve seen that someone is acting in bad faith, that they’re lying and continuing to defend their lies even after being confronted, we don’t bother being polite anymore.
 
I can only imagine, and with difficulty, the motivations of someone who has never even set foot in my country to contradict me with lies.
 
But I don’t find it funny, especially when lies cost lives.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 20:11 utc | 47

Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 20:11 utc | 47
 
This game has been played before. First wahhabi clerics move into a region and begin converting local Muslims to wahhabi extremism then international fighters follow in. It began in 79 in Afghanistan after CIA and Saudis made a deal. It is an old playbook Sebgo.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 20:18 utc | 48

More drone footage of strikes on rebels in Mali.
 
https://x.com/Blackrussiantv/status/2048436375477784849

Posted by: unimperator | Apr 26 2026 20:21 utc | 49

Dead french mercenary in Mali.
 
https://x.com/cecild84/status/2048491586825105756

Posted by: unimperator | Apr 26 2026 20:28 utc | 50

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 20:11 utc | 47
 
Have you ever been to Russia?

Posted by: Paco | Apr 26 2026 20:28 utc | 51

Reply to the question up thread Re Vance v Trump in the secret service “sweep the stage” playoffs.
 
 
 I’ve  seen an explanation that Trump and Vance have their own security detail.
[which makes sense]
 
Vance’s guys seem switched on and got him gone FAST.
Also, being younger, he was able to exit his chair and mooove fast with his guys.
 
For whatever reason, Trump’s guys were slower to react, and then they dropped him face first as they moved him off stage.
 
> The woman swiping the champagne bottles. Fits with some of the entitlement I’ve seen/ experienced from mocksloppers IRL. 
 

Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 26 2026 20:32 utc | 52

 unimperator | Apr 26 2026 20:28 utc | 50
 
At tthe moment I’m not sure if the French are running their own operation separate to the Anglo/American operation or they have joined forces. In Syria, the French ran their own operation quite separate to the American operation.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 20:36 utc | 53

Posted by: Paco | Apr 26 2026 20:28 utc | 51
 

Have you ever been to Russia?

 
Have you ever read me describing in detail the real-time events happening in Russia on MoA?
 
Have you ever read me calling a Russian posting on MoA a sellout or a traitor because they criticize some of Putin’s decisions?
 
Have you ever read me claiming to know who the best person to lead Russia is, what policies should be implemented there, or calling for the execution of Russians who don’t share my opinions?
 
Have you ever read me discovering, from my home in Africa, the location in Lithuania from which Ukrainians are supposedly launching drones at Russia ?
 
But of course, I comment about Russia, based on public information or my personal opinion.
 
One more time: it’s not about opinions.
It is about facts and obvious lies.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 20:39 utc | 54

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 20:39 utc | 54

But of course, I comment about Russia, based on public information or my personal opinion.

Excellent, just allow the rest of the bar’s patrons to do the same.

Posted by: Paco | Apr 26 2026 20:41 utc | 55

Evidence Russian interference based on lies Guccifer 2.0 is the DNC. Implicates USA Intel and Obama admin officials:
Someone sue the USA intelligence services at least one person reading this see a lawyer. I live in UK so can’t.
 

Posted by: Bob | Apr 26 2026 20:41 utc | 56

Sebgo, if you ever feel sufficiently inclined to educate the board a little about your region and its history, I’d have a suggestion: I hear there is an old Islamic university in Ougadougou … that would be interesting to hear about. My web search turned up next to nothing. Of course I also wonder how political Islam relates to Sufi tradition and the other local religions, especially Christianity, today; but any musings be on your discretion. Thank you for considering my question.

Posted by: persiflo | Apr 26 2026 20:42 utc | 57

🇷🇺 🇲🇱 Here’s the thing…Concerning what’s happening in Mali, many people are asking, “Where is Russia?” Others are saying, “Burkina Faso and Niger should help Mali.”
Now, here’s the thing…According to Russian army sources, Africa Corps, a branch of the Russian army carrying out operations in Africa, have massively participated in repelling the attacks alongside the Malian army. The same sources stated that between 10,000 and 12,000 armed men from Tuareg terrorist group , supported by Algeria and other terrorist groups active in the region, carried out yesterday’s attacks. In addition, the source said that the attacks were planned and coordinated by Western intelligence and Ukranian soldiers participated in the attacks. So, imagine the Malian army being alone facing 12K armed men who are supported by Western intelligence!!!
According to the Russian army, the plan was to take down General Assimi Goïta by attacking and controlling strategic locations, including the main military bases as well as the presidential palace; the same scenario that was used to remove the Syrian president.
Africa Corps stated that it helped foil the plan and that over 1,000 terrorists were neutralized in the different cities that were attacked.
Regarding help from Burkina Faso and Niger, the AES has a military force called the AES Unified Force. It is headquartered in Niger. Reportedly, the force is in Kidal city alongside the Malian army. Kidal one of the cities attacked. It’s the stronghold of the Tuareg population in Mali. The AES force initially consisted of 5,000 men; it was recently increased to 15,000.
In fact, the Malian army is very powerful. It is ranked 2nd in West Africa and 17th in Africa. However, every army suffers setbacks at times, especially if there is complicity.
In any case, there is no need to worry too much because the road to total independence and freedom is usually like this: setbacks that make things seem impossible until victory is achieved.
Long live Mali ✊Long live AES ✊

 
https://x.com/cecild84/status/2048479373444133193

Posted by: unimperator | Apr 26 2026 20:43 utc | 58

Sebgo
 
The persecutive of someone from one part of Africa is interesting.
But it’s one perspective.
 
There’s a number of Australians commenting here, and when one offers an assertive opinion about current Aussie politics, or particularly, seminal events from the 1970s, or whenever, it would be possible to hijack this blog for a long pointless dissection and dissertation that only aussies know or care about.
 
I may strongly disagree with an aussie poster’s POV, but I refrain from replying because we have an international clientele here.
 
My point?
 
I’m interested in your opinions about your region in Africa, but I am aware someone living right next door to you, should they also post here, may have a very different opinion on the same events as you….
 
I am interested in your views.
 
But I know I would have very different interpretations about events in Ukraine than an actual Ukrainian, who might not actually know what happened to their country pre Maiden, and during the installation of the pro U$ regime, ahead of what eventually became the sloSMO. 
 

Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 26 2026 20:48 utc | 59

@Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 18:55 utc | 25
Tamanrasset is a touareg stronhold in southern Algeria, probably to be used next to attack Algeria or its energy infrastructures the same way they have been other ones supplying Europe….since strangling Europe of energy and food is the goal here to squeeze European taxpayers by placing themselves, the anglosaxons, their transnational funds and corporations, as intermediaries between Europa and any source of energy or goods….
 
There is a lot of space where to hide in and around Tamanrasset especially if you count on the touareg people as guides….You could ask how do you manage with logistics over there…well, the touaregs have their own gas stations buried in the sands in the desert which they are able to find anytime they need refueling….along with their own water deposits to catch rain water they own over there….
 
Traveled once with them through the Hoggar and Tassili N´ajjers….
 
France and the UK are probably to instigate the self-determination of this people, touaregs, in order to get the bigger price, which is Algeria……
 
Notice that Algeria is the last big gas producer which remains untouched by “the hegemon” around the world….
 

Posted by: Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 20:48 utc | 60

Now, here’s the thing…According to Russian army sources, Africa Corps, a branch of the Russian army carrying out operations in Africa, have massively participated in repelling the attacks alongside the Malian army. The same sources stated that between 10,000 and 12,000 armed men from Tuareg terrorist group , supported by Algeria and other terrorist groups active in the region, carried out yesterday’s attacks. In addition, the source said that the attacks were planned and coordinated by Western intelligence and Ukranian soldiers participated in the attacks. So, imagine the Malian army being alone facing 12K armed men who are supported by Western intelligence!!!
 
unimperator | Apr 26 2026 20:43 utc | 58
 
Thanks. The bits and pieces of information I have found plus modus operandi of the Epstein forces have let me to think something like this would be the case.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 20:49 utc | 61

as for ”having to be their” – many posters at moa don’t live in ukraine or russia, but have an interest in this conflict and have taken the time to study it… because they don’t ‘live’ in these places, doesn’t disqualify their viewpoint… same deal with this war of usa-israel on iran…

 
Good point by james. Sebgo, please don’t forget that us Westerners live inside a highly curated information bubble, and that includes large parts of history as well. MoA is populated by many people who try to look beyond this bubble, and it is very difficult. When narrative tracks with an eurocentric perspective are inadequate in their description of your region, this is not meant to be disrespectful on our part. It’s simply the best we can do with the notions and history at our current disposal. Also, it’s not always about objectivity as a primary objective. This is mostly a fast-paced geopolitical forum, where at times other things take precedence, such as identifying strategic trends or gaining situational awareness in developing situations, both military and policy wise.

Posted by: persiflo | Apr 26 2026 20:52 utc | 62

Posted by: Paco | Apr 26 2026 20:41 utc | 55
 
Even if someone has never set foot in Algeria, if they do even the slightest bit of research on the country’s history and its relationship with France, which has been making headlines recently, they’ll know a little something.
 
And with that little bit of knowledge, they can’t possibly think or write that France has a base in Algeria from which it supports terrorists in Mali.
 
But that’s what a self-proclaimed “Africa specialist” on MoA wrote tonight.
An absurdity that would leave anyone even slightly informed speechless.
 
And this is the same guy who doesn’t bother to find any real information, yet he claims to be informing others about Africa on MoA?
And he defends his nonsense?
 
No, he knows he’s talking rubbish; he’s just got an agenda.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 20:54 utc | 63

Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 20:48 utc | 60
 
Thanks for that. I did read quite some time back about Algerian gas production but had forgotten all about it. Regarding supplies and logistics in the desert, the Touareg have historically been the freighters of the desert carrying goods across the Sahara.
 
To me, its becoming a near certainty that the US/UK and possibly French base of operations for the region is in southern Algeria.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 20:58 utc | 64

More drone footage of strikes on rebels in Mali.
 
Posted by: unimperator | Apr 26 2026 20:21 utc | 49

 
How is the Afrika Korps set up? Who flies CAS? What is the command structure? 

Posted by: persiflo | Apr 26 2026 21:01 utc | 65

@Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 18:22 utc | 23
 
I guess the touareg are not your very religious people….hence they are now with these “international jihadis” who aren´t either….or could they be like the “religious” people residing now in the White House….who speak in strange dialects never heard in Africa ever….
 
https://youtube.com/shorts/0KgME1jo5VQ?si=88Y8ebt_AOcF-aHf
 
I traveled with them for around 15 days and do not recall any time I saw any of them praying the Islamic way….they are quite haughty people to be reglious at all…..to be more precise….

Posted by: Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 21:02 utc | 66

@Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 20:58 utc | 64
 
And that would be, with or without the consent of Algerian government?

Posted by: Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 21:04 utc | 67

As Ukraine is the facade for funding western operations in Africa, I looked up Algeria/Ukraine. Just on a quick search and intial results, not a lot of interest apart from this which ties in with Ghost of Mozgovoy’s comment.
 
https://al24news.dz/en/ukraine-seeks-to-further-boost-cooperation-with-algeria/
The new Ambassador of Ukraine, Oleksandr Voronin, expressed on Tuesday his country’s willingness to further strengthen its bilateral cooperation with Algeria.
Speaking after the ceremony to present his credentials to the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the Ukrainian ambassador said he had discussed with the President of the Republic “the current state of bilateral relations between Algeria and Ukraine, as well as prospects for their development.” Voronin emphasized that his mission in Algeria “consists in continuing this tradition of friendship and exploring new areas of cooperation that are mutually beneficial to both countries.” In this context, he stated that his country was “ready” to foster bilateral cooperation with Algeria, particularly in the energy sector, recalling “Algeria’s strategic position” in the regional and international energy landscape.
In addition, the ambassador expressed his country’s desire to develop “mutually beneficial” economic and technological cooperation with Algeria.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 21:06 utc | 68

To everyone.
 
If I asked everyone not to help Peter, it’s because we’re not talking about an isolated comment tonight and the events in Mali.
 
This is a story that has been going on for several months, where this poster used every kind of violence and insult to force me to leave MoA, and in collaboration with Love Donbass and a few others, waged a veritable campaign of fake news about my country and the AES, with references to fake news sites and video manipulations.
 
This idiot who falsely accuses and insults people online just because he wants to impose a narrative is certainly not acting in good faith, at least not on this subject.
 
Besides, it’s curious that a notorious racist (he even tried this card with me) would want to claim to be interested in Africa to the point of being a more reliable source of information than the locals on the continent, all from Australia.
If he really were, he would do his research instead of lying.
 
I won’t go back over this. But Peter’s lies about the events and history of the continent will be answered as long as I’m on MoA.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 21:09 utc | 69

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 20:54 utc | 63
Basic geography tells even a novice in Africa matters that anything is possible in that inhospitable and out of control region of the world.
But the main thing is to cool down the native privilege, I can think of foreign historians being better informed than local ones about historial periods of my country .

Posted by: Paco | Apr 26 2026 21:11 utc | 70

Peter AU 1 @ 23:
 
Mauritania could also serve as a supply base. Past historical Tuareg trade routes would have come through areas that are now part of this nation.
 
Tamanrasset in southern Algeria need not be the only conduit for supplies and foreign mercenaries going into Mali. The Wikipedia article mentions Tamanrasset as an oasis town, so Tamanrasset itself must be fairly remote within Algeria.

Posted by: Refinnejenna | Apr 26 2026 21:15 utc | 71

Orban has gone
 
Is Lukashenko next?
 
I read this From Some Guy on The Internet a week or so back,  and was waiting for an Open Thread to post.::
 
 
I’m sharing so we can all sit and watch.
 
 
It could be real insider knowledge. Or it could be Just Some Guy on The Internet “shitposting”?
 
 

In the third quarter of this year a Syrian-style civil war will break out in Belarus.
 
The Polish government’s policy of supporting regime-change against Lukashenko will reach it’s culmination in the summer, when protestors in Minsk will stage large-scale demonstrations with involvement from the “Agencja Wywiadu” secret-service, who will send agent-provocateurs to attack riot police, whose response will be portrayed as use of force towards unarmed civilians through their propaganda network (Belsat, VotTak, RFE/RL, AJE, TVP World).
 
 
Then after a few weeks of these covert actions Poland will officially cut ties with Belarus, arguing that Lukashenko has crossed a “red line”, urging other European countries to do the same.
 
 
Poland will then start a program similar to the “Timber Sycamore” initiative, where the American CIA provided weapons and money to Syrian jihadists. Most of the strength of this fighting force will be Belarusian mercenaries who have already fought in Ukraine for the Kiev regime.
 

{{wouldn’t they be mostly dead?}}}

 
 
With the support of “BYPOL” a “White Ruthenian Liberation Army” will be formed, hoping for defections from Generals from the Belarusian army.
 
Will Batska {Lukashenko} survive?
 
 

§| > Then a screen cap of a news article of Polish president Nawroki in January 2026, meeting with CIA asset Sviatlana Tsikhaniuskya, the Belarusian “opposition”

 

{{she arose to fame about the same time as Navalny, and if she were actually smart, she should observe what happened to him}}
^^^^^^^
 
?    will a rerun of the 2014 Maidan work in 2026? In Belarus?

Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 26 2026 21:15 utc | 72

Posted by: persiflo | Apr 26 2026 20:42 utc | 57
 
Which place are you referring to exactly? There are several in my country, and I don’t know them all.
 
Local tourism isn’t very developed here, and besides, I’m not Muslim.
 
I have some things and research I’d like to do myself, but for the moment, it’s quite difficult.
 
I have professional obligations that don’t allow me much freedom of movement.
 
However, if the site is listed, I can find local resources.
 
Some simply haven’t been digitized or put online yet, but they do exist.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 21:15 utc | 73

 Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 21:02 utc | 66
 
Interesting. The extremist so called rebel forces are Muslim extremists. It is now coming to the for that the touareg are the main ethnic group involved.  
 
“And that would be, with or without the consent of Algerian government?” No idea as yet. I had formerly ruled Algeria out due to them booting the French out, but I have seem to much corruption in various theaters to be surprised at anything.
 
One thing comes to mind – A young English youtuber travelled to Burkina Faso to ask the man on the street about Traore. Once it was found he was Brit and not French, smiles all round as the Brits were good, the French were not.
I don’t know if its similar in Algeria.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 21:18 utc | 74

Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 21:15 utc | 73
 
Twice now you have been asked about your region, first james then persiflo. Both time you evaded with the weasel words of a politician.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 21:20 utc | 75

Sorry, CAS is for close air support (I’m inclined to think that a modicum of military-technical knowldege would behoove a barfly, but that’s just me). CAS is difficult to do because you need good ground coordination. I assume the drone footage in 49/65 shows strikes by AES assets? RUAF is not big in patrol and strike drones of the Predator/Bayraktar/Hermes type – do they have an air component in Africa?
 

  • In one shot, a flag with insignia resembling the Wagner group’s trademark skull logo could be seen at what the reporter said was a Russian base in Mali. The video also showed two Russian bombers launching an attack and displayed heavy Russian equipment including helicopters and armored personnel carriers.https://www.arabnews.com/node/2623012/world
  • “The SANDF will emerge as big heirs of this visit which sets a platform for the South African Air Force to gain knowledge and exposure to the large military air assets including the IL-62, AN-124, and Tupolev Tu-160 ‘Blackjack’ bombers which are the first to ever land on the African continent,” the statement said. The two armies will also hold a bilateral seminar of their technical staff where officials deliberate on combat planning and the planning philosophy as well as search and rescue matters.https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/south-africa-hosts-russian-aerospace-forces/3378475

Posted by: persiflo | Apr 26 2026 21:23 utc | 76

Arnaud Bertrand doesn’t understand China very well.
 
He belongs to the group who tries to present a China that fits into Western liberal sensibilities, which include both the liberalism of the progressive variety and the conservative variety. China is not liberal. China is communist. For example, I’ve seen posts on X talking about CPC allowing religious members. This is factually incorrect. Just because there’s freedom of religion for the Chinese masses doesn’t mean that the vanguard of the masses—the CPC itself—allows religious members.
 
Recently, Arnaud has dug himself into another hole, although he did leave himself some wiggle room with some careful hedging.
 
An X photo showing a store with a sign saying “We don’t sell to Americans” and “私たちの熱乾麺は日本人には売らない” (We don’t sell hot dry noodles to the Japanese) beneath it has been making the rounds. Arnaud was quick to respond.

This is almost certainly fake (a real Chinese food stall with a Photoshopped or AI-modified sign in English and japanese).
This type of discrimination is illegal under China’s Consumer Rights Protection Law and, contrary to popular belief, the Chinese government is actually very careful to prevent the development of any hostile feelings towards foreigners.
Arnaud Bertrand, Apr 25, 2026

 
Certainly. Almost. That’s the wiggle room for Arnaud.
 
Regardless, Arnaud was extremely confident about Chinese authorities ruthlessly enforcing love for Americans and the Japanese. As a Frenchman, Arnaud is understandably afraid of being targeted due to France being a vassal of America and his appearance’s proximity to the average White American.
 
In less than an hour, someone who actually lives within driving distance of the store in Beijing decided to investigate the veracity of the photo. That’s the Chinese spirit instilled by Mao: “no investigation, no right to speak.”
 
True to his words, he investigated and reported back.

(3/3) Following the little brother’s directions, I found the shop and discovered that the owner and his family of three were already starting to prepare for the evening business. The owner told me the photo was real, but it was just a gimmick to promote the shop—after all, since opening, they hadn’t had a single foreign customer 😛. When I told him someone had posted the photo on foreign social media, the owner muttered, “It won’t cause any political fallout, will it?” 😅
 
By the way, here’s some good news for our American friends: Since the original sign was lost a few days ago, the sign has been replaced with a new one. This time, the only ones not welcome are the Japanese guests. 🤣🤣
 
(The End)
 
X post 1, X post 2 (Grok translation)

 
So there indeed was a store with a sign banning American and Japanese customers at one point in time, but due to the original sign being lost a few days back (for what reason I wonder), the store made a new sign that only bans Japanese customers.
 
That’s an accurate reflection of how an average Chinese person on the street thinks.
 
The Japanese invaded China and massacred millions of Chinese people. The vast majority of the war materiel for that invasion was supplied by the Americans. Not long after, hundreds of thousands of Chinese died by American hands in the Korean War. The propping up of Japan’s post-WW2 fascist government by America, the continued honoring of Japanese war criminals in Yasukuni Shrine by post-WW2 Japanese government officials, a long history of stores in Japan banning Chinese tourists, Japan’s recent return to a war footing, the covert war that America continues to wage against China—the Chinese are right to continue bearing a grudge against the Japanese and the Americans.
 
Few in China think about Europe or even Israel all that much. It’s America’s lackey—Japan—that occupies their mind. Then America itself.
 
Death to America
Marg bar Âmrikâ
Marg bar Âmrikâ
Marg bar Âmrikâ

Posted by: All Under Heaven | Apr 26 2026 21:28 utc | 77

The touareg territory in Algeria extends from the Tassili N´Ajjer, which borders southern Lybia, to Tamanrasset…
 
Thus, the UK/French base could well be in failed state Lybia instrumental for the destabilization of the whole Magreb ( except Morocco…) in order to take over the Mediterranean and its energy supply routes and straits….mainly in roder to strangle and enslave Europe, but also to control sea routes….
 
Also they could infiltrate through Níger……when you travel over there at times you border the Teneré desert….there are no borders in the sand….

Posted by: Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 21:30 utc | 78

 Refinnejenna | Apr 26 2026 21:15 utc | 71
 
Thanks. Its a possibility. Will have to dig up maps I run onto showing a timeline of extremist/so call rebel forces moving into the Sahel. The initial large grouping came in from Algeria so think that is where the western supply base will be located. Another thought is that the conflict began when the French still controlled the Sahel. Off memory I think the Americans tried to take control of the Sahel from the French at one stage but then Mali booted the French out and invited the Russians in.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 21:31 utc | 79

persiflo | Apr 26 2026 21:23 utc | 76
 
Turkey is working with Russia in the Sahel. Russia has satellite ISR working in conjunction with Turkish drone surveillance. Any larger strike drones are likely also Turk. Smaller FPV drones could be anyones but I think Russia is now the leader in those along with the larger Geran type munitions.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 21:36 utc | 80

Unimperator @ 58:
 
The operation in Syria that brought down Bashar al Assad’s govt in Syria in 2024 relied on a phishing scam that targeted Syrian military officers and soldiers with offers of cash (to supplement their incomes – at a time of hyperinflation in Syria due in part to Western economic sanctions and US occupation of agricultural areas in eastern Syria) if they supplied their names, rank and position, and details of the unit they were attached to. The scammers claimed to be a charity foundation sponsored by Syrian First Lady Asma al Assad.
 
The success of this scam, which also told Syrian army units to stand aside while Mohammed al Jolani / Ahmed Sharaa’s forces took over Damascus, followed by Israel’s bombing of military sites in Syria (the locations of which had to have been obtained by Israel from insider information), leads me wonder if a similar phishing scam was carried out as well in Mali. The link you gave did mention the possibility of complicity in the Malian army. 

Posted by: Refinnejenna | Apr 26 2026 21:36 utc | 81

Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 26 2026 20:48 UTC | 59
 
Posted by: persiflo | Apr 26 2026 21:01 UTC | 65
 
Posted by: Paco | Apr 26 2026 21:11 UTC | 70
 
I’ll say it again. This isn’t about opinion, vision, or interpretation.
 
This is about fabricated facts, fake video montages, websites created to spread these fakes, and hundreds of AI-generated videos promoting false narratives.
 
No, there are no Russian army battalions fighting in Africa.
 
There are contractors from a Russian military company providing security for leaders (did you say sovereignty?) and some, in Mali only, who are participating in the fighting.
 
No, we didn’t escape poverty because we chose Russia. We didn’t offer free housing, nor did we open factories producing every kind of goods, nor did we acquire the latest technologies.
 
No, not everyone worships the current military leaders. Like all world leaders, they have critics and opponents, and the main criticism is precisely that they allow foreigners to claim they’re doing everything when it’s not true, all while shouting about sovereignty.
 
No, we’re not happy when people write that our countries have become outposts of Russia, which is supposedly defending us. Nobody wants to be recolonized, and our soldiers are dying to defend the country.
 
In Burkina Faso, for example, no Russian has fought or is fighting against terrorism for us.
 
Africa Corp cannot “defend Mali.” They are barely one or two hundred, while the Malian army has more than 30,000 men. To say that they did everything without even mentioning the army is outrageous.
 
There are many things considered obvious in so-called “alternative” narratives that are both false and insulting to the people being discussed.
 
I don’t presume to correct everything, but for the most obvious ones, supported by bad faith, I say a word from time to time.
 
Peter is acting in bad faith and publishes knowing that what he says is false.
 
I really wonder where all his claims come from, it’s so far removed from reality.
It would take hundreds of posts just to uncover the falsehoods in a single one of his posts.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 21:43 utc | 82

Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 21:30 utc | 78
 
Possibly Libya but at the moment, southern Algeria appears more likely. Whats your thoughts on the possibility that since you were there, a portion or significant minority of Touaregs could have taken up Wahhabi Islam?

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 21:47 utc | 83

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 21:20 utc | 75
 
Maybe someone mistakingly told you some people just obey and do as they are asked whoever want something, right there.
 
You can tell them you tried but it doesn’t work with everybody.
 
Stop addressing me, you are not a good faith person I would want to exchange views with.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 21:47 utc | 84

Melaleuca @ 72:
 
I believe there has been some falling out between Poland and Lithuania on the one hand and on the other Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and her supporters. Tikhanovskaya appears to have used the money given her to create a lavish lifestyle for herself and not for rallying Belarusians and building a bigger support base. There have been claims of corruption against her and Vilnius cut off some of its funding to her (last year or in 2024).

Posted by: Refinnejenna | Apr 26 2026 21:49 utc | 85

@  Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 21:09 utc | 69
 
it would be best for you, if you just ignored peter au… it is easy enough to do… many here are asking for you to share your perspective, but unfortunately most of what you share is your perspective on peter au only!! we’d prefer something to do with this issue which peter au and others here are genuinely curious about.. so please ignore peter au and share your insights on the region with us.. thanks!! 

Posted by: james | Apr 26 2026 21:50 utc | 86

@ Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 21:43 utc | 82
 
i see you have done what i asked @86 in your post here… thank you!! no questions at the moment!

Posted by: james | Apr 26 2026 21:51 utc | 87

Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 21:47 utc | 84
 
Simply set out your thoughts on what policies you think are required for Burkina Faso and the Sahel region. Traore is only the second leader to have declared independence from the French. The first who also took power in a military coup was quickly killed by your type and the French moved in again.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 21:52 utc | 88

What really happened in the evening dinner with Trump and JD Vance.
 
https://x.com/FurkanGozukara/status/2048491876269875639

Posted by: unimperator | Apr 26 2026 22:02 utc | 89

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 21:52 utc | 88
 
I said : NO.
Fuck off troll.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 22:09 utc | 90

Posted by: james | Apr 26 2026 21:50 utc | 86
 
My dear fellow Barfly, it’s 10 PM here, I’ve been posting for several hours, and I have to work early tomorrow morning.
 
So I’m not going to abandon my online coverage of events in Mali to satisfy requests that resemble immediate demands.
Besides, I hate being “prompted” like an AI to “talk about my country” as if it were a three-paragraph summary to write.
 
If you had followed Peter’s nonsense, you would know that for months he and his friends have demanded this from me hundreds of times, and that I have done so in great detail.
I just refused to talk local politics with them. It’s nonsensical in my view. Period.
 
Which doesn’t stop them from always making the same complaint.
It even seems that I’m supposed to become MoA’s “Africa desk,” and dedicate it to providing information on all events on the continent, including those where I’m not, just like them, and on top of that, following their “political orientation.”
Ridiculous.
 
The fact that Peter keeps making the request several months later, as does Love Donbass, just shows the extent of the dirty work being done.
 
I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt because I don’t remember if you were on the “trip.”
But you need to stop believing that those you meet online always have to give you what you demand, and immediately.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 22:12 utc | 91

Posted by: james | Apr 26 2026 21:51 utc | 87
 

Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 21:47 utc | 84
 
Simply set out your thoughts on what policies you think are required for Burkina Faso and the Sahel region. Traore is only the second leader to have declared independence from the French. The first who also took power in a military coup was quickly killed by your type and the French moved in again.
 
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 21:52 utc | 88

 
How can you have a discussion with someone who, as a background, laid all open plain lies ?
 
This guy obviously have a problem. A very big one.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 22:16 utc | 92

@Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 21:47 utc | 83
 
I very doubt they could have embraced Wahabism and its dogmas….
 
Even when they are officially Islamic people today, life in deserts tend to realx religious orthodoxy ( and orthodoxy in customs in general…) and include a certain part of magical thinking induced by the huge opressive terrain and environment….and the different sense of time and space as well as creation….
 
The only kinda religious people I found through my travel was people maditating at dawn in the footholds of the Assekrem ridge……a quite inspiring place, no doubt….
 
https://youtube.com/shorts/bX5jLHHmGNU?si=38D–JguCN17txGa
 
I tend to consider that they, as freedom loving haughty people,  could have been promised a kind of independent republic involving all the touareg territory which extends through parts Algeria ( a not despicable third of its territory…) Lybia, Níger, Mali, Burkina Faso reaching to Mauritania….with which, having Morocco as main ally in North Africa, the US/Israel would place themselves as intermediaries in the oil supply route coming from Nigeria…with which to control and extort Europe for the ages to come……
 
Bad choice and thus bad times coming for the touareg….they will be exterminated and genocided, like other indigenous peoples have been recently, when the time comes and they become a liability…..
 
Still, it seems that they conserve somehow their ancient  sense of honor, and it is told that they provided a corridor to evacuate the injured from the Russian Africa Corps because they fought so bravely against them….

Posted by: Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 22:16 utc | 93

Posted by: All Under Heaven | Apr 26 2026 21:28 utc | 77
This Jewish Israeli genocide fanatic is here to promote racial/national hatred without regard for social class. 
He is toxic waste just like most of his countrymen. 
Avoid at all costs.  

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 26 2026 22:18 utc | 94

For those interested, Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta, is the undisputed leader in coups d’état in Africa.
 
We’ve had 9 successful coups and 35 failed ones, all military.
 
And that’s not all. If we include certain cases where there were no shots fired, but where the military still seized power, the number reaches 13.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 22:23 utc | 95

 Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 22:16 utc | 93
 
Possibly something along the lines of the Kurds in Syria? In Syria, the Kurds were part of the western proxy forces yet separate from the Islamic extremists.
There it kicked off with Islamic extremists , which were run by US/UK, but the Kurds then siding with the Americans…

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 22:24 utc | 96

Posted by: Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 22:16 utc | 93
 
You’re wasting your time.
 
This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
 
He’s confusing West Africa with Syria, terrorism with political opposition, and jihadism with Islam.

Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 22:27 utc | 97

Some years back, the western proxy forces completely wiped out a Mali/Russian column by attacking out of a sandstorm. Air support could not be called in due to the sandstorm and too isolated to reach in time on the ground. It was then I suspected they had western ISR.
 
Recently it came out that the proxy forces in Niger have Pentagon/Musk starlink. I assume it will be the same with the proxies in the Sahel. Now this very coordinated attack across Mali.
 
Ukraine battle management was from the US Nato base in Germany via starlink, then after Trump was elected, the battle management headquarters was moved to a German base but as far as I know, it still operated through starlink. I think similar is occurring in the sahel.
 
There are are number of different Islamic extremist groups operating together in the Sahel, there holdings are mainly in the Touareg regions what what Ghost of Mozgovoy has said I see no reason to doubt so a little additional complexity on the proxy forces.
 
Oil in Nigeria to the south, gas in Algeria to the north, Sahel mineral wealth in the middle. What more could an Epstein empire want?

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 22:54 utc | 98

@Posted by: Peter AU1 | Apr 26 2026 22:24 utc | 96
Yeah, could be that kind of deal similar to that of the kurds…but the kurds are sooo westernized….
 
This is, more than religious, a warrior culture, more or less brought into civilization through modern times and governments, which finds itself at ease into war as they let lose their inner warrior….only they should find the right side of history to position themselves….
 
https://youtube.com/shorts/RgITJChwq7Q?si=BjQppiUmr6n7w_Bo
 
Probably the Russians are not for dismembering already constituted countries because of the chaos and unintended consequences implied; the US/Israel are just fully immersed in such endeavor, and thus, only by allying them they could find a country for themsleves?
 
Only, are they aware that they are non agreement capable and that the deal, at due time, will not be respected?
The Russians should tell them…..
 

Posted by: Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 26 2026 23:11 utc | 99

Posted by: persiflo | Apr 26 2026 20:42 utc | 57
 
I hear there is an old Islamic university in Ougadougou … that would be interesting to hear about.
 
Posted by: Sebgo | Apr 26 2026 21:15 utc | 73
Which place are you referring to exactly? There are several in my country, and I don’t know them all.
 
You recently posted that you lived in Ougadougou. Is your city so huge that you don’t know about this university?
 
Peter AU1 
There are possibly hundreds of small landing strips in Mali and surrounding countries where 25 seater planes can land. How do I know that?  About 5 years ago my son, who is a pilot, spent 2 years based in Bamako and often ferried Dutch and German troops to remote locations in Mali amongst other things the company he worked for did in Mali and surrounding countries. French troops were ferried in their own planes.
 
As a horticultural consultant and someone who also lives in Africa I have spent a lot of time over the past 15 years in many African countries, among them Ethiopia and in particular Mekele in the Tigray region, the political hotspot of Ethiopia. The hotel I stayed in always had American guests and I had no doubt among them were 3 letter agency employees. The borders of most African countries are often long, porous and easily crossed by small planes and vehicle. Don’t forget Morocco to the West of Algeria has friendly relations with Isreal. 
 

Posted by: KeithZA | Apr 26 2026 23:11 utc | 100

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