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US agrees to withdraw troops from Niger amid Sahel region’s pivot to Russia (www.aljazeera.com)

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[–] MasterDeeLuke@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Blinken in meetings with African nations pretty much admits that the US is too stretched to focus much on Africa. I remember him saying stuff along those lines when the Tigray stuff in Ethiopia started happening.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

He blinken and Africa decolonised

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 5 months ago

This marks the era of appropriately named US politicians.

[–] RedColossus@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 5 months ago

That’s what it’s looking like, if things escalate with Iran, the US will have to make some pact with Russia.

[–] TeezyZeezy@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Yessss I was waiting for someone to confirm that <3 get fucked empire