I was waiting for russian propagandists to talk about what happened to their mercs in Mali, but no, not a word, not a peep. No wailing, no gnashing of teeth, no promise of nuclear retaliation... instead they preferred to talk about Trump's ear:
So the lesson here is that you should never be afraid of kicking russia's butt. The way to world peace is not through appeasement of a genocidal mafia lord, because it only makes him think you're weak. Instead it's by humiliating him and making him feel weak.
(…) About half of Burkina Faso is outside of government control as the country has been ravaged by increasing jihadi attacks, encircling the capital. The jihadis linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group have killed thousands and displaced more than 2 million people.
The violence contributed to two coups in 2022. Still, the military junta that promised to end the attacks has struggled to do so, even after seeking new security partnerships with Russia and other junta-led, conflict-hit countries in Africa’s Sahel region.
(bbc_march05) The Sahel region of Africa is the "epicentre of global terrorism" and now, for the first time, accounts for "over half of all terrorism-related deaths", according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI).