War Boys

Ben Cohn and Mose Blaunder

A geopolitics and history show hosted by Ben Cohn and Mose Blauner. cohnreport.substack.com

Episodes

  1. 05/02/2024

    War Boys Episode Four: The Sahel

    The Sahel region includes the countries of Chad, Niger and Mali that have all seen significant periods of unrest and coups overthrowing oftentimes democratically elected governments. Recently, Niger has expelled US troops and ordered the shutdown of one of America’s most important bases in Africa. Islamic terrorism is rampant in the region and the security situation does not seem to be improving even with the arrival of Russian advisors at the behest of local governments. Sources: https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/violent-extremism-sahel https://apnews.com/article/niger-chad-us-troops-withdrawal-russia-aa852a79bac39aaa679af3663b56deaa https://apnews.com/article/niger-military-government-soldiers-killed-8fc819fdec7af1be019049d54c866e5a https://apnews.com/article/niger-coup-extremism-west-africa-ecowas-6cc3fa0b61adc6d9bcb2fb9745c4dcdf  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68879696 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/25/220-civilians-burkina-faso-human-rights-watch-killings-two-villages https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-62052598  https://hir.harvard.edu/how-france-failed-mali-the-end-of-operation-barkhane/  https://warontherocks.com/2022/02/why-france-failed-in-mali/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/12/russian-military-trainers-niger#:~:text=Russian%20military%20trainers%20have%20arrived,as%20it%20fights%20Islamist%20insurgents https://web.archive.org/web/20190303005008if_/http://www.navyband.navy.mil/anthems/anthems/chad_may1990.mp3 https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-niger-russia/ Music by Nadia Mécheri & Jean-Louis Lamande: https://archive.org/details/hoggar-musicadelostuareg Cover Image: Christina Peters, Picture Alliance/Getty - https://www.internazionale.it/magazine/thomas-eydoux/2024/04/11/i-megafoni-africani-della-propaganda-russa Get full access to Cohn Report at cohnreport.substack.com/subscribe

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A geopolitics and history show hosted by Ben Cohn and Mose Blauner. cohnreport.substack.com