[b]At the very moment when the Democratic Party President Barack Obama reiterated in his inaugural address that the United States “must be a source of hope for the poor” and will “support democracy from Asia to Africa,” giant U.S. C-17 aircraft were carrying French troops into Mali, where Washington a year before had put in power Captain Sanogo, trained in the U.S. by the Pentagon and CIA, exacerbating Mali’s internal conflicts.

The speed with which France launched the operation, ostensibly to protect the Mali from the advance of Islamic rebels, shows that it had long since been planned by France’s Socialist Party President Francois Hollande. The immediate cooperation of the United States and the European Union, which also decided to send military specialists to Mali to carry out training and command functions, shows that it was planned jointly with Washington, Paris, London and other capitals.

The Western powers, whose multinational corporations vie with each other to grab markets and sources of raw materials, come together when their common interests are at stake, such as those in Africa endangered by popular uprisings and Chinese competition.

Mali, one of the poorest countries in the world (with a per capita income one-sixtieth of Italy’s, and with more than half of the population below the poverty line), is rich in raw materials. Mali exports gold and Coltan, the proceeds of which, however, ends in the pockets of multinational corporations and the local elite.

The same is true in neighboring Niger, which is even poorer (with a per capita income less than one-one-hundredth Italy’s) despite being one of the richest countries in uranium, whose extraction and export is in the hands of the French multinational Areva. Not surprisingly, at the same time as the operation in Mali, Paris has sent special forces into Niger.

A similar situation exists in Chad, whose rich oil deposits are exploited by the U.S. ExxonMobil and other corporations (but Chinese companies are also coming): what remains of the proceeds go into the pockets of the local elite. For criticizing such a mechanism, Bishop Comboni Michele Russo was expelled from Chad last October.

At the same time, Niger and Chad are providing thousands of soldiers who, under French command, have been sent to Mali to open a second front. The invasion launched in Mali with French forces as spearhead is therefore one of vast range, extending from the Sahel extends to West and East Africa. It is joined to the one in North Africa that began with the destruction of the Libyan state and maneuvers to stifle, in Egypt and elsewhere, the popular rebellions.

This is a long-term operation that is part of the strategic plan aimed at putting the whole continent under the military control of the “great democracies,” which are returning to Africa with their colonial pith helmets painted in the colors of peace.[/b]

donroxy: Without the European/western, mayb till today.....we may never know we have any fortune on our soil.....!!!

What is oil to an African;what is Uranium;what is Gold; what is diamond;what is steel.......Oyinbo developed Value for it and we pay......the political and economy class have been Neo-Slaved so till tomorrow we re still paying!!

donroxy: Without the European/western, mayb till today.....we may never know we have any fortune on our soil.....!!!

What is oil to an African;what is Uranium;what is Gold; what is diamond;what is steel.......Oyinbo developed Value for it and we pay......the political and economy class have been Neo-Slaved so till tomorrow we re still paying!!

thoth:
how did you arrive to such a stupid conclusion ? Which people were the main importers of Gold to the middle east ? Have you ever heard of Askia the Great ? And we never done works with bronze or steel till the whites came ?
Was it Oyibo that made the chinese drill their oil in Manchuria ?

donroxy:
tis never a silly conclusion,tis a Fact!!!

What was Africans(before colonial intervention) using Diamond and Gold for........ Necklace that worth 1million whatever ?...... And Gold for Cash back-up ,hmm?


We are talking about the value of these materials to Africans before western intervention NOT their Value to the Oyibos!!!



Oyinbo revalued them all and we pay!!!


Instead of us to see the larger picture of the world,what do we do......Ethnic/tribal fight!!!

donroxy: @Thoth,

I clearly understand the ''Concept of Money'' cuz it's my FIELD!!!


U re missing my point !!!!


Here......lemme bring u an analogy since,it seems u re conversant with financial Field....!!!


U owned/create something(resource)...... Another man come on board bought/take ur resouces away to create an advance resources/Further production........''value'' has been added to ur initial resources which u lack the technological know-how for advancement.......he paid U(for ur resources) and when u re buying his Item, u pay him(for ur resources ''raw materials'' + ''value added'' to such resources)........now who gain who loss!!!


Nigerian Oil was discovered in 1957.....and Nigeria has been in existence since when say 1914......NigerDelta has been in existence since when,centuries/thousand years ago (and the Oil has been there) .......lets assume,a particular farmer( an Ijaw man) might have discovered black pool emanating from the soil,say 18century, now, what was the value of such pool of crude oil to such farmer ?


What was the Value of Crude-Oil to NigerDeltan before Oyibo discovery afterall,it didn't fly there the day it was discovered!!!

Same for Gold,Steel,Uranium and so.....on..... We didn't create ''value'' for this things ourselves,their ''VALUE'' was created for us........ And we discovered we also need the ENDs-PRODUCT,then we pay!!!


Have we developed a system or advance in science which will thus make us to develop Value for these resources if not for Oyibo Education and Intervention!!!

Remember,oyinbo education made us realise the significant of all these resources to humanity!!!
U PAY!!!

All this lack of technological know-how,crude means of existence is what we are paying for........


Check around African countries, today,most especially ''blacks''......we could not even give ourselves effective government.....why ?


I aint saying Africans are inferior cuz we have seen proven Africans who defeat even the oyinbo in technological know-how subjected to sane environment like western countries!!!



Lets assume, as we have crude oil.....we are the one that invent motor/engine......ahahaha

we have created our own nuke from our Uranium.......ahaha

among others.......

There are other stones other than Gold,Diamond which are more precious to humanity lying in various African countries today.......small chicks,old women,even dogs shit on it......but we re expecting a day oyibo man go come to attached value to them!!! And we PAY!!!

donroxy: @throth,

al these things happening to Africa today is well planed by the Oyinbos more than centuries ago....and we today generations are still hooked.......mehn, those dudes really played Good Chess!!


It's been Neo-Colonialsim now.......backdoor style.......and it's working damned good for 'em!!


Whomsoever has knowledge(know-how) in a particular environment DOMINATE......so,they do.....and they have made themselves to be available @ each stage of African progress.......so,they know what even my Govt might not know.........!!!!


They have avoided African revolution against them @ all cost.......they know when and how to step-in and step-out !!!!


Really, Africa really need to look within if we re gonna EVOLVE!!!

thoth:

I totally Agree with you on this one, i heard a guy say that Nigeria's known oil reserve will be gone in less that a decade, i heard another one say that Nigeria exports more than 2.5 million barrels per day and it is not accounted for. Now look, really i don't know how true all these are but it sure gives me the creeps just thinking about it.

cap28:


http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-art-of-war-the-reconquest-of-africa/5321312

martinosi:



Africa is being colonised subtlely by both east and west...

Zoharariel:

With the exception of Mother Russia.

thoth:
There is no exception.

NaijaTalkTown:
Even Nigeria is surrounded by "Democratic" drone and military bases in Niger, Chad, and Benin. Unfortunately the Nigerian Navy do not own the ocean that borders Nigeria to the south. To add salt to injury, some so called Niger Delta Avengers are blowing up pipelines with the aim of "totally crushing Nigeria's economy" in other to weaken Nigeria's ability to resist recolonization which is a stated Pentagon and CIA policy and backed by Washington. Unfortunately, people of Nigeria are too dumb to understand that IPOB and NDA are real enemies controlled by external enemies who intend to colonize them, rape their daughters, forcefully take their raw materials and enslave them.

romme2u:


whatever u may wish to think but Africa was conquered and partitioned 200 years ago and we have not recovered from that defeat. the structure they laid is what we are still using, not even an improvement to what they left. we don't have the means, the resources and the technology to fight even IRAN or NORTH KOREA let alone EU and US.

We are not even united neither are we organized. we are not considered in the scheme of things as we cannot even solve our problems.

GOD will not fight Satan the second time after the latter was defeated. the former will just catch the latter and throw him into jail if he so wishes. that is the predicament of africa right now

NairaMinted:


Where have you been dude? Long time!

thoth:
I took my leave for a while. don't know the leave was noticed.

NaijaTalkTown:
You are right anyway. NDA and IPOB were planned in 2000. If NDA wasn't on the Empire's payroll, the Niger Delta region would have been given the Odi 1999 treatment for daring to blow up their oil infrastructure. But we all know the difference between the freedom fighters of 1999 and the 'freedom fighters' of today. And please, IRAN and NORTH KOREA are not 'even'! They are badass countries militarily.