/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

>>2782071
when multipolarism goes wrong again

>>2782071
Every goddamn state in this world that is not Iran or Afghanistan work with Israel man. Even Turkiye and Pakistan had unofficial technological exchange with the settler entity. I dont want to paper over the Gaza genocide but we have to ask here which one is the priority, defeating American economic hegemony or doing global BDS? The standards which these guys imposed on themselves ironically make them loop back all over the horseshoe into being ultraleftist

defeating american global hegemony by working with american ahahahahaha

Benin’s Wadagni wins presidential election with landslide 94% of votes

Benin’s Minister of Finance Romuald Wadagni has secured a landslide victory in the country’s presidential election with more than 94 percent of the votes, according to provisional results.

Wadagni is the chosen successor of Benin’s President Patrice Talon and was backed by the country’s governing coalition.

Benin’s governing coalition holds every parliamentary seat after the Democrats failed to win 20 percent of the vote in the January 2026 elections, the threshold needed to enter the National Assembly. The Democrats won about 16 percent.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/13/government-candidate-wadagni-on-course-to-win-benin-presidential-vote

>>2782884
Whats the state of Benin? prolewiki tells me nothing. Is Benin based or not

>>2782889
its a french neocolony, completely subservient to it
its where french forces retreated to along with ivory coast, their last two stronghold in the region after getting kicked out by the sahel states

>>2782957
Oh, thanks for explaining. Then that election is not exciting…
flood

>>2687625
based

Togo is pushing for a global shift in how the world is seen. The West African nation is urging the UN to adopt a map that more accurately reflects the true size of Africa. Matilda Mothoatlhaga reports.

>>2782957
it must be more complicated than that surely?
niger's chinese-built pipeline running from koulélé to the port of cotonou goes through benin

Zimbabwe's iconic stone birds were taken by colonialists. Finally, they're all back home

The grey, soapstone carving was repatriated from neighbouring South Africa - it wound up there having been ripped from its column, then sold to British imperialist Cecil Rhodes.

On Tuesday, South Africa repatriated the bird, along with eight sets of human remains, previously exhumed in Zimbabwe by colonial researchers and donated to a South African museum.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cje4p7780vno

>>2785314
reality is always more complicated once you get in the thick of it and the details, but thats the gist, and indeed benin blocked oil in that pipeline to fuck with niger on order from france after niger kicked them out. Things got worked out eventually.

>>2788037
hope this wont escalate too much, any better source?

>>2788037
Nkhruma and Sankara weep

>>2788037
this is a troll or glowie making up shit

There's a jihadi Tet Offensive going down in Mali. JNIM and their Tuareg allies are overrunning towns and cities (Sevare, Kidal, Gao) in different parts of the country. Also Kati which is outside Bamako and apparently inside Bamako. There's also talk that that defense minister's house was attacked.

Are our wholesome anti-imperialist juntas gonna get fucked bros

go give me the 10 bulletpoint update and who is our guy and what the fuck is going on with mali

who funds the jihadis? Wasnt Wagner there to defend against them or something?

>>2792436
bulletpoint update is not an african value, but a western degeneracy

Some italian maoist org in 2017 said the islamic state was anti-imperialist so this is actually a anti-imperialist-anti-imperialist-inter-conflict

>>2792559
I never said I am not a degenerate western man. Okay, maybe a good article explaining the situation?

>>2792439
Wagner are extremly incompetent and failing to beat the Jihadis, the Jihadis were helped by Ukraine for a bit, but most of their support is local, they're winning because Mali and Wagner is corrupt.
>>2793010
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260426-new-fighting-erupts-in-north-mali-s-kidal-as-army-clashes-with-rebels
Mali is withdrawing from some key cities, the end of this war is probably a de facto independant islamic state in Northern Mali, don't think they'll be able to take the rest of the country.

>>2793448
>Wagner are extremly incompetent and failing to beat the Jihadis, the Jihadis were helped by Ukraine for a bit, but most of their support is local, they're winning because Mali and Wagner is corrupt.
wagner (actually its called africa corps now) is mostly light infantry, the problem isnt that they're incompetent or corrupt (although they likely are, given they're mercenaries fucks), the problem is they dont have much heavy equipment or air support and arent many (and the most skilled guys prolly were kept in russia for the war). They're a small support force mostly there to help with shit like training or radio jamming
And I suspect france is helping the jihadist too. Just after france was kicked out mali had managed to retake kidal, a feat french military never helped with, and now they're becoming stronger and striking back and there were report of ukrainians helping them out, so its safe to assume the west empire is backing them as retaliation for the sahel states giving them the boot and nationalizing shit.

>the end of this war is probably a de facto independant islamic state in Northern Mali
thats the situation since more than a decade at this point

Suriyak got some intel from Wagner: sadly the Malian gouv strategy seems to be like Assadist Syria, with "repositioning and defense" to protect the main centers of power and leaving the rest of the country to rebels

>>2796697
This really has the potential to snowball into something much larger, there are already insurrections in other Sahel countries, no one is going to do anything to save them is Russia can't. Libya, next door, is still divided, and there is a large muslim population across the Sahel that are disfavored and discriminated against and that might be convinced to join Al Qaeda/Isis, there is also no international appetite to do anything about it.

Ghana parliament passes anti-LGBTQ+ bill

The parliament in Ghana has approved a new bill criminalising homosexuality and the promotion of LGBTQ+ activities.
Identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender or queer can be punished by up to three years' imprisonment. The bill also introduces a "duty to report" prohibited acts to police.
Religious leaders have pressured President John Dramani Mahama, who still needs to ratify the legislation, to strengthen anti-gay laws since he came to power last year.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yedendprko

Senegal approves tougher anti-gay law as rights groups raise concerns

Senegal's parliament has approved a new law doubling to 10 years the maximum prison term for sexual acts by same-sex couples and criminalising the "promotion" of homosexuality.
The measure was supported by 135 MPs, none voted against it while three abstained. The next step will be for the president to sign it into law.
The legislation, which was a campaign promise of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, was sent to parliament after a wave of arrests over alleged same-sex relationships, already banned under Senegalese law.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp857gy1843o

>>2827115
They just want to penalize homosexuality because they want more prison labor. Disgusting capitalists.
https://devafricainstitute.org/from-cells-to-cultivation-adopting-the-traore-prison-labor-model-to-revitalize-ghanas-economy

https://youtu.be/Racjd5A8IDg

many years ago in the early era of youtube i found this documentary called haschisch about a community of rural hash farmers in morocco and it was pretty fascinating, it shows them doing the work of growing and harvesting weed and processing it into hash and selling it to smugglers to scrape out a meager living, hanging out and smoking in their off hours, very candid and authentic interviews with the various people involved in the operation where they just say whatever is on their minds. it's an interesting look into a community of people who live and operate in this unique sort of clandestine interzone between the industrial capitalist western world and the agrarian world of their ancestors. it's a true documentary done in a style you don't see so much anymore, it has no artificial narrative arc or narration of any kind, no corny emotional musical score to manipulate you into feeling a certain way, it's just life captured onto film.

despite the title it goes a bit deeper than just being a documentary about hash farming, particularly in the interview segments where you hear from all these people of different generations and their respective views and outlooks on life. the younger people seem to be a lot more restless and ambitious and disillusioned with this way of life and they have this very idealized view of modern western society and they talk about how they want to leave morocco and go to europe and go to university and have professional careers and stuff like that, one of them talks about his many failed attempts to illegally immigrate through the underground human trafficking network from the middle east into europe and how difficult and dangerous it is.

the middle aged guy who seems to be the boss of the whole operation comes across as somewhat disillusioned with it as well but ultimately resigned to it because a lot of people depend on him and he's been doing this for a long time and it's all he knows and he's not in a position to try to change and do something else with his life, he talks about the burdens and risks and the stress of running the business and how much work is involved and the hassles of motivating his workers because the younger ones just want to get out and try to run off to europe and the older ones like to partake in the product and just hang out and get high rather than work and he himself doesn't even smoke anymore because he's too busy and it interferes with his ability to work and keep the business together.

the most interesting person i think is this old guy who kind of comes across as the wise village elder and has a sort of sage-like personality and he just sits and smokes his hash pipe and talks about philosophy and the state of the world and freedom and the human condition. during his monologue at the end of the film he talks to the filmmaker directly and cites the story of the prophet solomon who could talk to birds and the birds would carry his message across the world, making the point that the filmmaker and others like him in western society are sort of like solomon, that they are free in a way that people in africa are not, that they have the ability to make contact with people all over the world and they have the opportunity to build something new, some new idea that could benefit everyone, and that this is the only way for things in the world to truly change, that when people are cut off from one another their paths are also cut off and they cannot move, but when people join hands across the world they can move.

it's very interesting to hear these kinds of ideas coming directly from the minds of ordinary everyday people who aren't prestigious academics or writers or political figures or anything like that, they don't really have much formal education, probably don't have a lot of book knowledge beyond the sacred texts of their religious traditions that everyone in their society is familiar with, yet they have a very deep understanding of the fundamental nature of the world and human affairs that is very organically formed through many years of life experience and many hours of earnest conversation and contemplative meditation in a world that has very few distractions, where there is nothing to do but work very hard all day and then spend time with your family and friends or meditate by yourself when the work is over.

>>2811993
>there is also no international appetite to do anything about it
what do you mean, the french are hard at work to help the islamists win (although they only want to be seen with the tuaregs azawad guys allied with them, easier for the narrative). they sent a bunch of foreign legion ukrainians with their drones to help fuck mali, everything going as planned for them.

>>2827690
>yet they have a very deep understanding of the fundamental nature of the world and human affairs
doubt, I bet they mostly have some platitudes and usual spiritualist bs to offer in the end. Just cause they arent idiots and can articulate some ideas doesnt mean theres "deep understanding".
still look interesting, might watch it later

did you guys know guinea's military dictator is married to a french cop? lol

>>2838575
satanic

50 years since Soweto.

Niger military junta introduces new penal code criminalizing homosexuality with 5-10 years in prison

The new penal code punishes anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practices lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender, Queer, intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) acts” with between five and 10 years in prison and a fine, according to the text of the new penal code.

“This same penalty is applicable to persons who officiated the marriage, to the witnesses of the alleged spouses, as well as to persons who have given their consent for the celebration of the marriage and to the organizers,” the new penal code said.

https://apnews.com/article/niger-homosexuality-criminalized-penal-code-junta-459e5bf803c32a0bc1c709d14aa3b070

US 'pro-family' group worked with Senegal activists pushing anti-LGBT law

Senegalese proponents of a tougher anti-LGBT law discussed campaign strategy and mobilization tactics with a U.S.-based "pro-family" group that ​calls homosexuality a public health threat, activists in both countries told Reuters.
The U.S. group MassResistance, known for its work at home pushing legislation against same-sex marriage and denouncing "the ‌transgender war on cultural norms", has advised like-minded African activists for years.
But now it is trying to take advantage of what it sees as a more restrictive approach by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration towards the rights of same-sex couples. Beyond Senegal, it has been involved in recent advocacy supporting a proposed new anti-LGBT law in Ghana.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/us-pro-family-group-worked-with-senegal-activists-pushing-anti-lgbt-law-2026-03-16/

African lawmakers back push for tougher anti-LGBT laws after Ghana conference

Lawmakers from more than a dozen African countries have pledged to push new bills restricting LGBT rights, after a conference in Ghana that brought together self-described "pro-family" activists from ​across Africa and Europe, participants said.
Organisers said lawmakers from 20 countries ​attended the conference held at Ghana's parliament. It was unclear how many intend to introduce new legislation based on the discussions.
Speakers included Henk Jan van Schothorst, the Dutch executive director of the advocacy group Christian Council International. He urged African governments to resist ​pressure to ban so-called conversion therapy, which aims to make gay people straight.
"These policies are not only reserved for the Netherlands and for Europe. They are coming to Africa," he said of the bans, describing them as "ideological ‌colonisation" by Western ⁠powers.
At the Accra conference, Ugandan former lawmaker Sarah Opendi welcomed the shift. "Let us first thank the ​American people for voting for President Trump. The conversation in America today is different," she said.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/african-lawmakers-back-push-tougher-anti-lgbt-laws-after-ghana-conference-2026-06-19/

>>2843829
the most damning thing here is that this works for the togolese government and the african union which means they either don't care about countries in africa being dismembered to please israel or they're extremely incompetent

Does anyone have any good sources on South Africa and SA politics?

>>2853511
Definitely TRUE and VERY believable.

>>2846409
SA news-media is pretty decent, just look through it for what you want. Otherwise though you'll have to be more specific what you want.

>>2853515
Yeah I can't believe the private military contractors named after a Third Reich unit made up of the dregs of Russian society who are running blood gold mines would be fascists and do warcrimes. How utterly unbelievable.

>>2853772
Who do you think is backing the Tuaregs, and why do you think they'd try to trigger your knee jerk reaction against the forces of a government that recently kicked out the Nato forces occupying it, you fucking dipshit?

>>2855136
Thank you AES ally UAE for this gift to the african peoples!
Soon the the AES Egyptian military will critically escort the IDF into the last districts of Palestine to crush terrorism and safeguard peace and harmony under the PLO two state solution!

Nigeria says 2 nationals were killed during anti-migrant violence in South Africa

Nigeria said Sunday that two of its nationals were killed last month in South Africa following violent anti-immigrant protests targeting African workers in the country.

The Nigerians were killed June 28, two days before an unofficial deadline by protesters for foreigners to leave, the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. One was allegedly killed by police officers and the other by unidentified attackers, it said.

https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-south-africa-antimigrant-violence-5448f808e7830b254de8c70038c08af7

Tanzania’s LNG project nears deal for US$42 billion

Tanzania is approaching one of the most important moments in its energy history. The government hopes to finalize the agreement with the host government for the Tanzania LNG project before mid-2026, an initiative valued at approximately $42 billion that seeks to develop vast natural gas reserves located off its coast.
The project is led by Equinor and Shell, who act as main operators, and also involves ExxonMobil, Pavilion Energy, Medco Energi and the state-owned Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC).

https://inspenet.com/en/news/tanzanian-lng-project-advances-agreement/

Tanzania says no to US specimen sharing, but concerns remain

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania says it did not agree to provide biological specimens to the United States under a new five-year health partnership under the America First Global Health Strategy (AFGHS), but major questions about the deal remain unanswered.
Health Minister Mohammed Mchengerwa has clarified that provisions requiring Tanzania to share biological specimens were not accepted during negotiations.
But the full agreement has not been made public.

https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/tanzania-says-no-to-us-specimen-sharing-but-concerns-remain-5518462