All this mythmaking and fantasies.
Niger's GDP in 2024 ranged from $18 billion (IMF) to $80 billion (World Economics). It's per capita, about $600.
On Sun, May 11, 2025, 6:23 PM <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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Cornelius Hamelberg <corneliushamelberg@gmail.com>: May 11 06:32AM -0700
Maxwell Khobe <https://www.google.com/search?q=Maxwell+Khobe&>
Maxwell Mitikishe Khobe ...more
Okey Iheduru <okeyiheduru@gmail.com>: May 11 07:12AM -0700
Dear Cornelius:
Thanks for your riposte to the write-up about the combat-readiness of the
Nigerian military which I posted on this platform a few days ago.
I'd have loved to bask in your kind ...more
Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com>: May 11 04:57PM +0100
Wow.
A great well done, Ohey and Cornelius.
The beginning and the end of it all, in my view-political will.
Do all the political class want a strong military?
I doubt it.
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Okey Iheduru <okeyiheduru@gmail.com>: May 10 07:22PM -0700
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/05/09/simon-mann-mercenary-coup-equatorial-guinea-died-obituary/
*Okey C. Iheduru*
e-mail: okeyiheduru@gmail.com
Recently published: " ...more
Patrick Effiboley <peffiboley@yahoo.fr>: May 11 12:16PM
Thank you for sharing this article about the death of Simon Mann. From my francophone point, I only knew about Bob Denard with his mercenary activities in Benin, Comores Islands, etc. ...more
Okey Iheduru <okeyiheduru@gmail.com>: May 11 06:53AM -0700
*"**Nowadays, mercenaries are being replaced by the digital and with the
complicities of our governments...." *-- Dr Emery Patrick EFFIBOLEY
If only Africans know how much money their governments ...more
Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com>: May 11 04:58PM +0100
Wow
Can you elaborate Okey?
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Jibrin Ibrahim <jibrinibrahim891@gmail.com>: May 11 01:04PM +0100
Ibrahim Traoré: Has Africa found a new Progressive Hero?
Jibrin Ibrahim, Deepening Democracy, Daily Trust, 9th May 2025
I now know that Africa has been in search for a progressive hero ...more
Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu>: May 11 12:31PM
Jibrin:
In some cases, Traore speaks in fluent English!
The propaganda can also be set against the background of leadership and governance failures in countries like Nigeria.
TF
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Cornelius Hamelberg <corneliushamelberg@gmail.com>: May 10 07:56AM -0700
*How Niger went from 1$ Billion to 300$ Billion Dollars a year
<https://www.google.com/search?q=How+Niger+went+from+1%24+Billion+to+300%24+Billion+Dollars+a+year>*
...more
Cornelius Hamelberg <corneliushamelberg@gmail.com>: May 10 08:10AM -0700
Transcript of Cardinal Robert Prevost's first speech as Pope Leo XIV
<https://www.google.com/search?q=Transcript+of+Cardinal+Robert+Prevost%27s+first+speech+as+Pope+Leo+XIV>
He has only been Pope ...more
Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com>: May 11 09:00AM +0100
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-jobs-chatgpt-working-class-b2747893.html
...more
Cornelius Hamelberg <corneliushamelberg@gmail.com>: May 10 08:13AM -0700
*Why is Trump 'frustrated' with Netanyahu?
<https://www.google.com/search?q=Why+is+Trump+%27frustrated%27+with+Netanyahu%3F&rlz=1C1YTUH_en-GBSE1135SE1135&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8>*
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