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Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Subsaharan: 7:44am On Apr 29, 2022
SuperSixSeven:
Good and now? grin You start talking about "China".. but fact is: Taiwan was never part of PRC.
PRC and ROC are claiming sovereignty of the whole of China, PRC replaced ROC in the UN security council in UNSC in 1971

https://electthecouncil.org/timeline-post/china-replaces-taiwan-in-the-unsc/

Its even written in the constitution of Taiwan

The ROC constitution, meanwhile, still claims Taiwan, China, Mongolia, and the entire South China Sea as its territory, reflecting Chiang’s desire to restore control over areas the Qing Dynasty ruled or claimed at its height, before European, Japanese, and American colonialism began eating away at it
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/07/taiwans-status-geopolitical-absurdity/593371/

Taiwan is a "self governing" province of China that is the reality
FoodRe: List Of Items I Just Purchased With N800 Today In Birnin Kebbi (photos) by Subsaharan: 3:15pm On Apr 28, 2022
nick50:
Crude oil money is being used to subsidise the cost of living in the north and some southern fools accept that.. everything should be cheap up north cos successive governments usually pump billions of dollars into the agricultural sector and it is usually shared to thier northern brothers alone..if north think they are the food basket of d nation then they should allow Nigeria to split let's count scores
Na hungry go cause this post because tell me how crude oil join Onions and pepper na?
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Subsaharan: 1:35pm On Apr 28, 2022
ariesbull:
Where will the gas come from in your train? I hope it will not be Biafra territory, what if Biafra comes b4 7 yrs or what if they sabotage it? Why dont Nigeria pacify Igbo, give them presidency and carry them along
A country of 200m people that you want us to be dashing the presidency like burial rice?

Is there any thing like ethnic presidency? you'll need the consensus(not coercion) of all Nigerians to be president, not cheap backmail.

You are here talking for the political class wey no send us, you think there's anything like tribe where all these ones dey?

They only use it to whip up sentiments and they always succeed. they all have the same interests, power and keeping it.

make you no gree make them use your head free of charge again o
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Subsaharan: 1:24pm On Apr 28, 2022
ariesbull:
Giant of afrikuuu no dey oooo


Four African countries were invited to the defence summit organised by the United States to push for more support for Ukraine against Russia.

The U.S. hosted the defence officials of several countries on Tuesday at the Ramstein U.S. air base in Germany for the conference.


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/526281-four-african-countries-invited-to-u-s-led-ukraine-defence-summit.html

https://www.dw.com/en/us-plans-regular-ramstein-air-base-meetings-on-ukraine/a-61593717
na them sabi wetin dem go find for there o

IMHO, any discussions Nigeria should be involved in must be UN led, If those countries want to pitch their tents with the 'big boys' na dem sabi

so na Liberia, Kenya and Tunisia you wan carry yab us? No be see finish be this?
Foreign AffairsRe: Battle Field Discussion (picture/video) Of African Military . by Subsaharan: 1:14pm On Apr 28, 2022
bidexiii:
Nigerian soldier killed self after being discovered To be working with Boko Haram/ISWAP


after he was discovered and apprehended for conspiring with Boko Haram/ISWAP in the ongoing face-off between the military and militants, Zagazola learnt.

An Intelligent officer, told Zagazola Makama, a Counter-Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad that things began to be suspicious about the soldier when he dissapeared from his duty post for two days.

Read more ;



https://zagazola.org/index.php/breaking-news/nigerian-soldier-killed-self-after-being-discovered-to-be-working-with-boko-haram-iswap
Nawa! he was in the intelligence corp? Wahala.

I hope they have enough to dismantle his cell o.
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Subsaharan: 7:17am On Apr 24, 2022
Naijasauce69:
The majority of West Africans are NOT Bantu. Only a few West Africans around south eastern Nigeria and scattered parts of the golf of Guinea have partial to neglible Bantu ancestry.

Horners or cushitec types have historically been very prejudice towards the other “black races” of Africa (West Africans, Bantus, Nilotics, Pygmies, Khoisan, etc). Seeing themselves as being more related to the Caucasians of Europe and The Middle East while looking down on other black Africans which they saw as inferior; despite the Horn of Africa being the poorest most war torn region on the continent.

This has been drastically dieing down since the early 2010s but problems still remain.
Thank you so much for your observation, I really appreciate
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Subsaharan:
kikuyu1:
WARNING-LONG READ!

Imagine a situation where you discovered everything you saw and heard was the exact opposite of the truth-all the facts,figures and witness testimony you read was manufactured and/or complete BS.
French philosopher Jean de la Bruyere said it best.

Between 1998 and 2008 I talked to Congolese,Tutsis and Hutus in Nairobi,Kampala,Kigali survivors,soldiers,warlords,rebels,local and foreign journos/aid workers and at least one senior regional CIA agent and visited a Hutu refugee camp in N Tz over the course of running down a E DRC timber concession and other projects in the region. I was lucky to read this book as it came out,written by an experienced ex US Navy intel player,Wayne Madsen,Genocide and Covert Operations in Africa.

It wasn't easy finding out I'd been lied to-the earth actually tilted for a nanosecond as I realised NOT ONLY HAD the bad guys successfully morphed themselves into the good guys but they still continued to victimise the victims.

Later I realised Tutsis trusted me-they identified me as one of them and laughed when I said I'm a Kikuyu Kenyan. I look muchhhh,like a twin bro of this dude,Michael Johnson ex US track star. A Kenyan at Sidney 2000 took my pic with much laughter.
Anyway,imo this is why they told me things they shouldn't have. Things I later found out were true.

I met my other doppelganger,a Burundese Tutsi at Ngara refugee camp a week after 911. He told me things confirmed by others that made me look again at the pulchritudinous Tutsis. There's a foundation of narcissism and dishonesty at the root of their common culture,an insistence on both outright force,cruelty and a racial arrogance. Instead of filling pages of proxy warfare,false flags,victim counts etc.etc I decided to examine this vastly overlooked subset of Rwanda as it informs most of their behaviour and is at the heart of what has befallen the entire region since the mid 90s. .
I looked into the original social setup and found a genuine apartheid structure:



http://udugandans.org/cms/media-section/...-dominance



Even today the 2 rarely mix in Kigali,the Potemkin capital. In a small strictly hiererarchical society everyone knows everyone and intermarriage is extremely low,though surface level mixing takes place. My Burundian pal swore many married to Hutu men cucked them to get Tutsi kids! My first trip to Kigali a Hutu taxi driver declared it true,as did 3 Tutsi men.

Ugandans and Congolese repeated the same and I tried to find confirmation,short of DNA studies,difficult for such a subjective matter. I found some REALLY INTERESTING SHYT I'D HAVE SAID TO ANYONE "GTFOH!" IF THEY'D EVER TOLD ME.



http://udugandans.org/cms/media-section?start=205



http://www.topix.com/forum/afam/T630CFK9S3UKCMFT3/p28



These are neighbouring Ugandans who know what's up! Here it is! Info on gapfuruba ,the code word for the cucking. This is a local explaining the behaviour who learned English as a 4th language,but you get the drift.



[url]tutsi[/url]



THEY STILL DO THIS.



I don't have stats,I can't say 30-50-70% of Tutsis women in mixed marriages do this but its common. A Burundese Hutu women told me of a running joke whenever the women walked away from husbands telling them,"no nigga,Jacqueline isn't yours! Neither are Paul or Umutsoni-go with Marie!" Imagine this shyt happening on the regular! The cumulative emotional trauma and psychological stress of betrayed men.

This is founded upon a Rwandese/Burundese subculture a tendency to lie,obfuscate and dissemble,taught from birth. The Germans first commented on it:



No less an authority than murdered PM Hutu Agathe Uwilingiyimana said as much:
[url]https://lithub.com/the-virtue-of-lyng-unmasking-the-truth-about-the-rwandan-genocide/#:~:text=One%20of%20Rwanda's%20prime%20ministers,a%20part%20of%20their%20culture.[/url]

How else have such an insigificant people gotten away with such demonic f'ery for so long? Shooting down a plane,killing 2 presidents,invading a neighbour nation killing 6 mn and previously committing ruthless false flags in Uganda killing 200 k plus in a straight out ethnic power grab? Its possible their Elite have surrendered to dark entities which happens when people allow their ambition to overtake morality. A certain very specific socio culture shared by Somalis makes this tendency toward evil more than likely.

Their one of the very very few Africans to have normalised same sex relationships or rather male homosexuality.



Yuhi Musinga,the last mwami,a notorious boy lover,the 7 footer in the middle .
Btw, like Somalis they married their first cousins but went a step further marrying step siblings. In the early colonial era photos you see entire extended families strongly resembling each other almost like a Boorg collective!




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Rwanda

Btw,my Burundese doppelganger I mentioned earlier was a rabid homo-I had no idea!? Also in the flyspotted 2 or 3 table bars in the tiny dusty towns in the countryside its not uncommon to find a Tutsi siting in the lap of his boyfriend sharing a Primus!? Unthinkable anywhere else. In the old days the Mwamis had their own harem of boys,the Intore,to learn court etiquette and um,err dancing.

Fyi,there's a definite direct link between levels of homo behaviour and violence within a society. The most violent people,the Spartans, Greeks,Romans,Arabs,Samurai etc,etc were shockingly homo. Til today most mass murderers,sadists and serial killers are cursed with rectal urges. A KGB defector long ago explained the pathology:
https://www.henrymakow.com/homo_international_controls_ea.html

Think of your BH Kanuris and Fulanis-why kill,mutilate and disembowel the defenseless? What drives them? Rmbr reports of them buggering some kidnapped male students? Its the same reason the Tutsis and their proxies,the rebel groups have killed millions in the DRC. The figure was estimated down:
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/34958903/...iew-congo-war-halves-death-toll/#.XcXxgtK-pqA

In case you've never seen Tutsi women;they resemble Kagame's daughter, Ange. I'm 6' 3" and she's 2 " taller! The height,small waist,giant arse,modest tittays are typical as is the Kushite type straight oval face,prominent nose and large eyes. They're a strategic asset as important as a brigade of spec ops!


https://glpost.com/how-rwandan-fema...nty-to-lure-ugandan-officials-into-espionage/

Tanzania threw out the main Tutsi intel agent,Mike Rwalinda and hundreds of his female spies 5 years back! Even here in Nairobi its known they gravitate toward military and intel guys-at first I assumed it was just protection but now I'm wiser.


[url]http://bakanyarwanda..com/2017/08/president-magufuli-has-allowed-tanzania.html

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Btw,Tutsi women enabled their military operations with intel in Uganda,Rwanda,the DRC and Burundi. Generally they support the tribe's agenda-which is why every Western journo in the Great Lakes has a Tutsi GF and sooner rather than later repeats the standard talking points of genocides and Hutu genocidaires. Men don't closely question sexy byatches!
The Tutsi story is a long one.....
I also find it interesting that Rwanda is a matrilineal society, Nigeria is largely patrilineal

The peoples of W.Africa are predominantly of the Bantu stock.

I've only heard of racial? discriminations in Mauritania (lingering legacies of the trans-Saharan slave trade)

But it seems racial discriminations are more profound in East Africa(Rwanda, Somalia, Ethiopia)

I have also noticed that the power plays in East Africa seem to be ferocious possibility because of the country's largely equal political, geographical, and demographical parity.

I feel like I have to ask this, and I would love your undiluted opinion on this.

why do you think that Nigeria or Nigerians are geopolitical "Lilliputians" you put it, banter aside. how did you reach this conclusion? (I wouldn't mind another lengthy read, lol)

Finally, I enjoyed your piece, thank you so much.
PoliticsRe: ESN Terrorist Bomb Manufacturer Arrested In Imo State - PHOTOS by Subsaharan: 3:31pm On Apr 22, 2022
gidgiddy:
Ha

The Nigerian Police knows how to waste peoples time for no just cause. Which Igbo man does not know that this is "Mkpor n'ana" used mosltly at burials for 21 gun salute? How is this a bomb in anyway?

Its evident that the Policemen who arrested him are not Igbos. How will any reasonable person take Mkpor n'ana for a bomb just because gunpowder is the main ingredient for making it?


What a waste of time!
As you talk finish, you think say you wise abi? continue making excuses upon excuses

He needs Nitrate fertilizer(a major ingredient for IED making) for Mkpor n'ana abi?
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Subsaharan: 10:35am On Apr 22, 2022
kikuyu1:
The whole DRC/Tutsi thing is a long,long,long story involving certain interconnected cultural idiosyncrasies of the latter about women,pathological lying,contempt for others and rampant homo behaviour being externalised onto helpless Congolese. When I get time maybe tomorrow I'll expand-its a wild 110% true story!?
For now Tshisekedi beat the Tutsi candidate Martin Fayulu in 2018 to everyone's surprise. Kenyatta paid for his victory. I heard maybe 10 mn$;a modest sum.-you do know democracy costs money! I'm told that's the real reason why Macron's handlers sent him here in 2019: "find out how these niggas made our man lose!"



https://www.france24.com/en/20190313-france-kenya-macron-visit-economy-trade-kenyatta
I'll be looking forward to it
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Subsaharan:
Naijasauce69:
Ok; but what do you think about Nigeria’s talks with The European Union regarding gas? Also are all of Nigeria’s purchases with Russia on hold now since there getting bogged down in an unexpected long drawn out war with Ukraine?

Nigeria offered itself as an alternative gas supplier to Russia; of course the proper infrastructure isn’t in place to make that feasible anytime soon; but don’t you think Russia would see this as an attack on there biggest barging chip against Western Europe making Nigeria an enemy of Russia.
Nobody is an enemy to anybody, it's just business. Russia and Nigeria are members of the OPEC+ cartel.

would you say Russia is Nigeria's enemy for taking our Indian market by offering their oil at a steep discount?

All Nigeria's oil grades sell above brent, so if we want to compete with Russia we would have to sell at discounts too.

Europe want to totally eliminate Russian sourced energy supplies, Nature abhors a vacuum, NLNG train 7 is coming up it would add 30% to Nigeria's installed gas processing capacity.

We might even get lucky securing funding for the Train 8 and the Transaharan has pipeline.

If we lose the Asian market to Russia, we must be able to secure more access to the European market or we'll get left behind.
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Subsaharan: 8:25pm On Apr 21, 2022
kikuyu1:
Wow! A thumbnail sketch isn't possible-having been to Kigali and Kampala many times and knowing Tutsis,Hutus,Congolese and other observers here in Nairobi the answer isn't simple.
These guys have wanted a Great Lakes project since they lost power at Uhuru: a Congolese general swears this was to be the initial phase of a continental power grab in which they'd rule Africa by local proxies with themselves as overlords much like the DRC til very recently. Look at their history in Uganda-a small rebel movement,the National Resistance Movement led by M7 a Tutsi grew and grew til by massive popular support it overthrew the government.
B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T!? They used false flags killing civvies dressed in Uganda army uniform. Before Obote died he insisted none of his forces were present in Luweero where at least 300k Bagandas died. 2 Baganda buddies confirmed this. The same trick ha sbeen used repeatredly in the E DRC.


https://www.africanews.com/2022/03/29/drc-army-accuses-rwanda-of-supporting-rebel-group//


https://www.e-ir.info/2012/12/19/unpacking-rwandas-involvement-in-dr-congo-and-the-international-response/
Why? Minerals and natural resources.


[url]https://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/economy#:~:text=The%20Democratic%20Republic%20of%20Congo,excess%20of%20U.S.%20%2424%20trillion.[/url]

All these 'rebels' allow the Tutsis to deploy their own forces to the DRC-everyone uses the same trick,the US,France in the Sahel fighting ISIS (safegarding gold and uranium reserves) etc,etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0tsQXSu7oI
That's why Congolese coltan,gold,diamonds,tropical hardwood etc,etc can be easily sourced in Kigali.


https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-how-blood-mineral-traders-in-rwanda-are-helping-fund-congo-rebels-and/

Read this book! The first by a Mainstream Westerner questioning Kagame and all his works!

The true HISTORY of the RPF dating from their Uganda days. Some insights:
-at least half of M7s rebels of the NRA in the 80s were Tutsi and related Banyankole
-the area that suffered most, Luweero triangle in Buganda lost minimum 200k dead
- one of the NRM hierarchy ACTUALLY admitted they were murdered by his own to put international pressure on Obote
- Kagame may be genuinely psycho frequently publicly beating generals and senior officers gleefully warning the world of his reach after successful assassinations
- DON'T pity those RPF guys he falls out with! Their hands are equally bloody and they've massacred from Uganda to Rwanda to the DRC
- many of this erstwhile gang have admitted numerous times,"yes, we shot down the plane! Dunhh!"
- more Hutus died in April 94 as many of the "Interahamwe" were disguised RPF
- there's a long standing culture of dishonesty in Rwandese society remarked upon by everyone from Richard Burton, the first German explorer, later Belgian colonisers and observant foreigners.
- Saffa NIS on ANC orders caved into Rwanda's demands after killing Patrick Karegeya. These Tutsis even threatened the prosecutor!
I could sense a conspiracy. I saw an article sometime about Rwanda's mining industry. it didn't take a while to figure out Paul Kagame's meddling. with a country as rich as DRC is, it would have all eyes prying. I hope the peace talks work out and usher in the stability yjos country desperately needs but that wish may be a pipe dream as external interests seems to be deeply entrenched. Thank you for you response Sir.
Foreign AffairsRe: African Militaries/ Security Services Strictly Photos Only And Videos Thread by Subsaharan: 12:53pm On Apr 20, 2022
kikuyu1:
SIGHHH....every time I ser news of this terminally fked up place I see one and ONLY one option for the Congolese.
Get an armed force to take de facto control of the entire East to provide security for minimum 30 or 50 yrs in exchange for mineral/timber/agricultural concessions. Blackwater/Wagner or similar large PMC with all and any own assets incl air/brown water/civil eng assets for infrastructure development would be more proactive and responsive than an int'l org though the latter IIRC had srs problems in N Moz. Let the Chinese do what they will. The Congolese capacity for unending suffering while surrounded by inhuman Tutsis means this endless bloodletting can simply go on and on and on indefinitely.


I don't see any other way out for the Congo: this ishyt's been going on for 3 decades now!?
I'm curious and I have to ask, can you help me deconstruct the DR Congo problem? how do you tie the Militias to Rwanda and what is the reason for this support?
PoliticsRe: Insecurity: US Approves $1bn Attack Helicopters, Others For Nigeria by Subsaharan: 9:31pm On Apr 17, 2022
1stGenAmerican:
Typical Nigerian who has to resort to insults and name calling during what should be civil discourse. Luckily you don’t represent the majority who knows how to have a simple debate. You have more to say about a side reply than you do the thread topic. I’m not interested in anything you have to say to me but please try not to get so triggered when reading a discussion board.
Happy Easter Sir
There's nothing civil between me and Neo - colonialists drunk on Hubris. destroying societies and calling it freedom.

Do propaganda for businesses and Investments(FDI) Not military bases.

Africa does not need or want them.
PoliticsRe: Insecurity: US Approves $1bn Attack Helicopters, Others For Nigeria by Subsaharan: 9:05pm On Apr 17, 2022
1stGenAmerican:
Because to leaders of nations that have the resources to help, it doesn’t look like Nigeria’s leaders are very serious about the country’s security because they keep showing that their priorities are elsewhere. When Nigeria gets serious about tackling insecurity, others will take them seriously.
You're just here yarning nonsense, Who cares about blood money? How much is your freedom worth? Keep your bases in America.

Your deep state somehow has found a way to glorify war while your war machine feeds fat on the scaremongering.

If your country in collusion with France did not destroy Libya would there be these elevated levels of insecurity In the Sahel today?

"they will be paid above the local minimum wage" Capitalists scumbag!
Foreign AffairsRe: Ruble’s Strength In Face Of Sanctions May Be Illusory by Subsaharan: 10:42pm On Apr 09, 2022
joyandfaith:
Ruble’s Strength in Face of Sanctions May Be Illusory
April 06, 2022 2:02 PM
Rob Garver
After a sharp plunge in value at the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the Russian ruble has recovered much of its value against other world currencies, a change made possible by aggressive capital controls put in place by the government in Moscow and a continual stream of payments for the country’s oil and gas exports.

The ruble’s resilience in the face of sanctions may make it easier, at least temporarily, for the regime of President Vladimir Putin to claim a measure of victory over international efforts to turn his government into a pariah. However, the practical effects of the ruble’s recovery may be limited for ordinary Russians, who remain largely cut off from global markets.

Also, as evidence of Russian troops’ brutal treatment of Ukrainian civilians accumulates, and Western governments take further steps to wean themselves off Russian energy, the Kremlin’s ability to protect its currency may weaken.

“I think the natural next step and a big set of questions is around energy revenues,” Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told VOA.

She added, “As the images of atrocities on the ground continue, the pressure to do more is going to increase.”

Surprising recovery

One week before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, the ruble was worth about 1.3 cents in U.S. currency, meaning that it cost a little over 76 rubles to buy one dollar. By March 7, after governments around the world announced a range of painful sanctions on the Russian economy, the value of the ruble had fallen by nearly half. That day, a ruble was worth 0.7 cent, meaning that it cost almost 143 rubles to buy one dollar.


The expectation among many in the early days of the war was that the ruble’s loss of value was going to be a long-term problem for the Russian economy. Crucially, most of the Russian central bank’s foreign reserves — funds denominated in foreign currencies and held at banks outside Russia — were frozen. This left Moscow without the option of driving up the price of the ruble by buying it on the open market with dollars, euros and other foreign currencies.

In fact, the Russian government and its central bank took several steps that drove up the price of its currency. As of Tuesday, the ruble was worth approximately 1.2 cents, meaning that it now costs about 84 rubles to buy a dollar — a far cry from the 143 rubles required just a month previously.

“The Russian central bank more than doubled domestic interest rates to 20%. And they also put in place capital controls — that is, they limited the ability of Russian individuals to buy foreign exchange,” Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, former deputy director of the research department of the International Monetary Fund, told VOA.

Milesi-Ferretti, now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, said another key factor in restoring the ruble’s value has been a new restriction on Russian exporters.

All Russian businesses still able to sell goods internationally are required to take foreign currency earned from those sales and transfer it to the Russian central bank in exchange for rubles.

This creates a steady demand for rubles, keeping the price high, and gives the Russian central bank a new source of foreign currency.

Dubious future

But the price of the Russian ruble in currency markets does not tell the full story of the impact sanctions have had on the Russian economy in general, and on the lives of ordinary Russians in particular.

“Russia's economy, by virtue of the sanctions and the coping mechanisms the central bank has employed, has become much more an internal economy, a smaller economy,” Ziemba, of the Center for a New American Security, told VOA.

“It's important to remember that Russians who used to be able to use their credit cards to purchase goods abroad in the U.S. and Europe, can't,” she said.

This is in part because banking restrictions have made it impossible for most Russian banks to hold correspondent accounts in banks outside the country, which facilitate international payments. Also, inside Russia, major payment systems such as Visa and Mastercard have stopped processing cross-border transactions.

“So, there is difficulty in actually buying goods, both from a financial perspective, but also because a lot of companies have basically said — even if the trade is legal — they don't want to do transactions with Russia,” Ziemba added. “The ability to actually use these assets is significantly limited.”

Energy wild card

One thing that remains uncertain is the extent to which Western governments, particularly in Europe, will be willing to stop purchasing oil and gas from Russia. Currently, Russia is running a large current account surplus, meaning it is exporting far more than it is importing.

In recent days, European leaders have proposed a ban on Russian coal imports and have floated the possibility of sanctions on Russian oil as well. Russian natural gas, which makes up a large percentage of the fuels used across Europe, does not appear to be on the chopping block.

Major action against Russian energy exports could significantly damage the Russian economy, but it is unclear that Western governments are prepared to take that step.

“We’re going to have to see how the war evolves, how expectations evolve,” Milesi-Ferretti said. “Everything is shrouded in uncertainty.”

Source: VOA
The energy beggars would need Cheap Russian gas and oil.

Power corrupts doesn't it? Now their "cancelled" crazed arses are going to buy it in Rubles.

or their citizens would kick them out owing to the rampaging effects of inflation which would erode their purchasing power

Funny this is coming from "VOA news" (America's official state sponsored propaganda machine)

But their so called emotion fuelled economic experts failed to mention this.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/business/russia-interest-rates-ruble.html

Russia reducing interest rates. In stark contrast to their inflation ravaged Americun and European peers. Inflation is a b*tch isn't it?

This is Russia Central banker's attempt to rake in the benefits of the appreciating Ruble thereby stimulating economic growth.

Most of western politrickcians are going to get kicked out by their electorate. The price the will have to pay for playing God and war mongering
Foreign AffairsRe: NATO Member Slovakia Gives S-300 Air Defense System To Ukraine: Prime Minister by Subsaharan:
Igbofam:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/4/8/slovakia-says-it-has-given-s-300-air-defence-system-to-ukraine
so, you're jumping up and down for an "export variant " (also known as thoroughly watered down version) of a Russian made S - 300 Surface - air missile?

Haba na
Foreign AffairsRe: Ghana Bans Spending In Foreign Currencies, Makes Cedi Sole Legal Tender by Subsaharan: 10:25pm On Apr 09, 2022
truthCoder:
Changing your currency from USD to Naira would imply a direct confrontation with the USA.

It is also a direct confrontation with the world finance powers.

To be able to pull it off, you must be completely independent as a Nation.

Only few countries in the world are capable of pulling this off economically.

The us dollar is over valued and has no parity value since the gold parity was removed decades ago. If fewer countries demand the U.S. dollar, it will negatively affect their economy.

Ghadaffi wanted to sell libyan oil only for gold and this led to the whole west waging a war on him, finally killing him.
True, the de-dollarization of the world economy would lead to the massive erosion of the purchasing power of America and Europe.
This would effectively mean that these countries would loose their wealth and prosperity on the back of massive inflation that would erode the value of their currencies making them poor.

The value of the Euro and the $ is(was) guaranteed by trust and faith of their governments and the petro dollar.

all that faith and trust has been shattered by the weaponisation of the $USD and the Euro against Russia

In reality the value of any currency should be pegged to commodities.

The dollar based world economy enforced and sustained by the petrodollar and Breton woods institutions is fast paced coming to an end.

Western politicians are getting more desperate, and would do anything to ensure that this does not happen.

But, if history is anything to go by, empires that rise at the end of their time, would fall.
This is inevitable.

Nigeria should set herself up to benefit from this emerging world order or continue to be subservient to hegemonies.
Foreign AffairsRe: Ghana Bans Spending In Foreign Currencies, Makes Cedi Sole Legal Tender by Subsaharan: 10:20pm On Apr 09, 2022
Bluntemperor:
No,No,No, they are not copying anybody !
Don't mix the two scenarios,as the Russians are box into tight corners because of Putin irresponsible leaders,whose main objective is to annexed a 42Millons Ukrainians and dubbed it 'special operations' but as we can see now,he has lost but has no shame to tell the Russians populations of 146-Millions People that he should resign!
The Ghanians are building their economy and they should be commended!
Unlike Nigerians that even in party affairs and to get a presidential candidate,it depends on the sharing of Dollars at a Convention.PDP did it in Port- Harcourt,where Atiku,Saraki etc were every where then? Is that not killing of Nigeria economy and where do we copy this act from.Do we see UK Officials,the Americans wasting their Currencies on Conventions and irrelevancy,for if politicians can be doing this,then no hope for economic rebound!
This is now being copied by all the politicians in Nigeria- get to power,get the treasury and recoup your money! Is that the way economy grow?
No wander the Unemployment amongst the Youths is a long trojan in the land of abundance!
Shame to our Politicians ,as they have no solutions again to move the country forward,other than lies!
Do you even know that Ghanians Currency- the Cedi is moving against the Naira? E ckoke,!
Argue with the truth and kiss the transformer!
Your economy is highly dollarized, your CBN is jumping up and down to stem the massive inflation from the never-ending demand of the dollar.

which economy did you say Ghanaians are building again? Zimbabwe go learn work for where una de
Foreign AffairsRe: Ghana Bans Spending In Foreign Currencies, Makes Cedi Sole Legal Tender by Subsaharan: 10:14pm On Apr 09, 2022
Greyworld:
You are dull and it hurts me to tell you. I said Nigeria economy is sick if factor(s) of production aint favorable does that speak well of the economy??

There is insecurity and companies are moving out, that's spells doom for the economy.

Now the reason Nigeria still has perhaps in paper the largest economy in Africa is cos of population.

Now dont mention me again. Go away.
There's no country in Africa that can match the resources(human and material) that Nigeria has apart from Congo DRC.

Don't compare Nigeria to any African country again.

Where dem reach, na where we start
Foreign AffairsRe: Ghana Bans Spending In Foreign Currencies, Makes Cedi Sole Legal Tender by Subsaharan: 10:09pm On Apr 09, 2022
Cocking:
The first question u should be asking ourself is, why are they all moving to Ghana (e.g the likes of JP Morgan moved out of Nigeria, Pz Unilever etc moved out to Ghana majorly due to cost of production and security)... And stop comparing populations where it's not applicable...
Nigeria has a default advantage over any competitors in.Africa.

that advantage is her market. they need gas, and power, Nigeria has this in abundance

while it might be attractive to move in the short term, it would be a disastrous mistake in the middle to long term.

This is the reason Unilever left and came back in 6 months in 2016.

It would be foolish to leave the largest market in Africa where you have established market hegemony to a less attractive market just because of problems that could be fixed and are being fixed
Foreign AffairsRe: Ghana Bans Spending In Foreign Currencies, Makes Cedi Sole Legal Tender by Subsaharan: 10:03pm On Apr 09, 2022
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EducationRe: How Humans Evolved After The Asteroid Hit . by Subsaharan: 2:26pm On Apr 09, 2022
Senomii:
Delusional, you're simply delusional.
Kindly avoid my mentions next time, go for your kind... peace
...and an even more colourful display of Ad hominems to spice up the show
EducationRe: How Humans Evolved After The Asteroid Hit . by Subsaharan: 12:58pm On Apr 09, 2022
Senomii:
Oga! Keep your fuckin, unnecessary explanations and foolish opinions to yourself, you and useless father ain't feeding me neither did any of your family members contribute to my education, I can believe in whatever I want, debunk whatever I want , and neither do I believe in what science says or any religious bla bla whatever, I believe in nothing and no one! And this will forever remain my stance for as long as I'm alive
You just degraded yourself and went down the level of a typical Ad hominem enjoyer.

basic Humoids are so predictable
EducationRe: How Humans Evolved After The Asteroid Hit . by Subsaharan: 12:57pm On Apr 09, 2022
Senomii:
Oga! Keep your fuckin, unnecessary explanations and foolish opinions to yourself, you and useless father ain't feeding me neither did any of your family members contribute to my education, I can believe in whatever I want, debunk whatever I want , and neither do I believe in what science says or any religious bla bla whatever, I believe in nothing and no one! And this will forever remain my stance for as long as I'm alive
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EducationRe: How Humans Evolved After The Asteroid Hit . by Subsaharan: 12:49pm On Apr 09, 2022
Biglittlelois:
So how did humans or animals came to being? won't a male and female be formed first so that procreation can manifest? You think multitude of breathing things were created at once?
you first need in your head to de-construct what you think is creation before you truly understand
EducationRe: How Humans Evolved After The Asteroid Hit . by Subsaharan: 12:49pm On Apr 09, 2022
Biglittlelois:
So how did humans or animals came to being? won't a male and female be formed first so that procreation can manifest? You think multitude of breathing things were created at once?
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EducationRe: How Humans Evolved After The Asteroid Hit . by Subsaharan: 3:37pm On Apr 08, 2022
Biglittlelois:
So how did humans or animals come to being? won't a male and female be formed first so that procreation can manifest? Do you think the multitude of breathing things were created at once?
Think about an orange tree, with multiple fruits at various stages of development. Now I want you to extrapolate that thought with the planet at that stage of evolution.

There would have been different individuals at various stages of development not in one place.

The Homo sapien had to assimilate with other species which ultimately lead to their extinction and the emergence of the Homo Sapien as the sole Human species. This happened over millions of years

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