The French arms trafficker has finally being charged with espionage in the C.A.R a month after he was busted with huge caches of weapons, ammunition and foreign bank notes in the CAR.

Not only that. He was discovered to have aided and trained CAR rebel fghters since 2013.
Lemme tell you how heartless these people are. Its all about geopolitics. The Central African republic was a French colony. Until recently France wielded great influence in the country. After years of French involvement in the country with little improvement in security
The Central African Republic got fedup with France and moved towards Russia. The Russians were all too happy to assist. Heartbroken France was determined to prove the Russians are no better by covertly training, funding and arming rebel groups to keep the country destabilized.
Thats how ruthless a path France is prepared to trod to maintain its influence. They destroy these country's, pat themselves in the back and go back to their beautiful and developed society with a very high standard of living.
However there has been a strategic shift of late. Francophone Africa has had enough, and after trying tirelessly to reverse the trend, Macron knows the gig is up. In West Africa he is fast losing ground with Nigeria. More so as he witnesses Nigeria's unprecedented rearmament.
Despite several coups, even his trusted allies know the ship is sinking and have abandoned ship.

Two days ago France announced its decision to withdraw troops from Mali over the country's " radical islamization". Once again you see reverse psychology at play here.
Radical islamization was the excuse given by France to militarize the region, and even created a military alliance called the G-5 to fight "radical islamizatuon" in the sahel.

Now France is withdrawing its forces in defeat after seven years, citing radical islamization.
This statement right here is proof we are in BIG TROUBLE. The shit is about to hit the fan. Like he did in the CAR, Paris will try to prove there can be no security in West Africa without France by covertly fuelling instability in the region. They will not go without a fight.
Remember last month when Emmanual Macron said "Democracy can wait" in Chad as dozens of pro-democracy protesters were guned downed by security forces?

Remember how he called President Buhari to the side and offered French military cooperation with Nigeria in Lake Chad?
..in a bizzare COVID 19 Summit he held in Paris. Yes it was "bizzare". Africa had the least infection and death rate. No African country asked for help or needed help. But the stereotype of course is that Africa is the begger continent always in need of aid from the West.
He was expecting a positive feedback when the Buhari gets back to Nigeria.
Instead Buhari summoned francophone leaders to Abuja for an extraordinary summit of Lake Chad Basin Commision to discuss the growing security threats in Sahel, political and economic ties.
More symbolic is the fact that Libya and Sudan attended the summit as obesever nations.

Remember Emmanual Macrons remark when CAR President visited Nigeria and said " The CAR is trying to rebuild its army and will needing Nigeria's help"?
The gig is up and i assure you with a 100% certainty, insecurity will worsen in the Sahel. For those in doubt lets go back memory lane to see what France did to french colonies that demanded their right to self determination.
The French brought out a bizzarre document they called " The pact for the continuation of colonization" and forced them to sign this document.

Now, who in their right mind will sign a document like that? Well guess what. They did sign the document...except two countries.
Only two countries had the guts to refuse signing this document. What countries? Mali and Guinea. They stood their ground and refused to sign the document. Guess what happened?

A detachment of French troops went into those countries, destroyed everything France had built
.. and poured concrete into the sewage pipes. They basically devastated Mali and Guinea. The French used Mali and Guinea as an example of what will happen to any country that stands up to France by refusing to sign those documents.

This is the monster we are dealing with.
As they leave they will covertly finance destabilization forces in these countries. Nigeria is the only alternative these poor countries have, and weve witnessed first hand how francophone heads of states almost overwhelmed Aso Rock with visits.
Even Idris Derbys son knows the wind of change has come and paid homage. Nigeria will be the number one target for Paris. They will covertly finance "as grants" certain interest groups in Nigeria who wish to see the country burn to the ground. We seriously have to stand guard
The French man that was caught in the Central African Republic with large caches of arms and money was a former French soldier. Do you really think he was acting without the knowledge of the French government?
I do not wish to sound melodramatic, but it is somewhat heartbreaking to see what former French colonies have to put up with and the United Nations or Amnesty International's continuous silence. Doesn't every African country have a right to self determination?

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