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by Chris MacIntosh

You’ll have heard all about the turmoil in Niger. It isn’t just Niger to be fair. If you pay attention, it is ALL of the French colonial territories now getting uppity.

They are decidedly sick of Western powers.

Then there is this…

Russia just told ECOWAS, the Western-led military alliance in West Africa, not to intervene in Niger. Clearly Russia and China are the rapidly emerging geopolitical superpowers as the US and Europe see continually waning influence.

Could Wagner have been involved to disrupt the Western-led status quo?

Maybe. Maybe not, but certainly this war will be fought on multiple fronts. To think otherwise flies in the face of historical precedent as well as basic military strategy. What better way to hit the West via a visibly weak France, than to cut off their main uranium supplier while simultaneously disrupting the Francophone dominion within West Africa.

Here’s further proof of the shifting alliances: the map below shows African countries that have signed military agreements with Russia.

Continuing with the global bifurcation now well underway and looking at trade…because trade flows are a strong predictor of political and military alliances, RT notes that Russia-UAE trade is ‘skyrocketing’.

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