BREAKING NEWS: Senegal invades Gambia

[Awan68]

I feel sorry for Gambia,
Why that country even exist? Its like a country controlling a river or road in straight line

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Its like someone farted in senegal

 

[mike2000 is back]

@mike2000 is back

Was your wife not from either Senegal or Gambia btw?

Have you visited her family yet? I imagine that this would be quite a cultural shock compared to the size of the average British/European family.

Lol how did you figure out?
Well, you are close, but not entirely correct, my lady is mixe race , half Cameroonian(mum side) half French(more French though, since she was born and grew up in France with her parents(eventhough she still has some familly back in Cameroon as well).It's also the reason I started travelling alot in Africa. First time I went to my lady's maternal country of origin in Cameroon I fell in love with the country, landscape, climate , way of life and most of all the people. People in subsaharan Africa are really welcoming and open(the most nice's and welcoming people I have ever met anywhere in the world.). Since then I started going on holidays in as much African countries as I could as far as I had the opportunity and time to do so. It's a lovely and blessed continent. God have the continent almost everything, it's just the leadership and authorities/officials (or peoole when they take office) that are bringing the continent down. With good leadership and awareness , the continent can change for the best.

Plus obviously, families there are quite large compared to ours here in Europe. But they are also very close together and there's this feeling of togetherness compared to our individualistic set up here. It's a nice close knitted familly structure

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

I feel sorry for Gambia,
Why that country even exist? Its like a country controlling a river or road in straight line

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I was looking at Gambia few months back and thought about same thing such a strange topography
and aother country "Mali" is certainly neglected greatly Just like Somalia

 

[Saif al-Arab]

Lol how did you figure out?
Well, you are close, but not entirely correct, my lady is mixe race , half Cameroonian(mum side) half French(more French though, since she was born and grew up in France with her parents(eventhough she still has some familly back in Cameroon as well).It's also the reason I started travelling alot in Africa. First time I went to my lady's maternal country of origin in Cameroon I fell in love with the country, landscape, climate , way of life and most of all the people. People in subsaharan Africa are really welcoming and open(the most nice's and welcoming people I have ever met anywhere in the world.). Since then I started going on holidays in as much African countries as I could as far as I had the opportunity and time to do so. It's a lovely and blessed continent. God have the continent almost everything, it's just the leadership and authorities/officials (or peoole when they take office) that are bringing the continent down. With good leadership and awareness , the continent can change for the best.

Plus obviously, families there are quite large compared to ours here in Europe. But they are also very close together and there's this feeling of togetherness compared to our individualistic set up here. It's a nice close knitted familly structure

I have to thank my memory for remembering that one.

Cool. Mixtures usually turn out well. I have a weakness for some African women (mostly Habesha) myself and the average "figures" (if you like) that you encounter on those latitudes (LOL) but most Arab women have been blessed on this front as well so we cannot complain. Besides we also have our very own Afro-Arabs (descendants of Sub-Saharan Africans and Horners - often mixed with Arabs).

As for large families, Arabs can certainly relate to that as well.

Yes, I look at Africa in many ways the same way that I look at the Arab world of today. Almost unlimited potential but incredibly wasteful. Africa is indeed an incredibly beautiful continent and I have been lucky enough to travel in quite a few African countries (mostly the Arab/Berber North Africa) but I would definitely want to see more. I have heard that DR Congo is a hidden jewel although incredibly war torn.

I watched a documentary about mountain gorillas some time ago and the landcapes that were shown were absolutely stunning.

Anyway Kenya and Tanzania were fantastic nature wise and are often the most picturesque African countries and synonymous with safari. Mount Kilimanjaro, Serengeti, Zanzibar and all that too.

Mozambique should also be incredibly beautiful and very overlooked. I know that both Western and Arab hunters have started to travel there due to lesser strict rules in terms of hunting wild.

 

[Kuwaiti Girl]

Good for Senegal. And good for Africa as a whole, in fact.

^^As you can see, Senegal is considered to be a free and democratic country according to Western NGOs.

Africa is actually democratizing and liberalizing at a good pace.

 

[ziaulislam]

if senegal can make the transition quick and safe than that shouldn't be an issue, but the question will be how soon can there troops withdraw

 

[HAIDER]

All i know Senegal produce some excellent musicians and guitarist.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

All i know Senegal produce some excellent musicians and guitarist.

And big football upsets in the World Cup.

I still remember that game, lol. Senegal (absolute nobodies before the World Cup) defeated the reigning World and European champions (1998 and 2000) in the opening game. Not 0-1 but 0-2.

Another thing, every second Senegalese person is named Diouf or N'Diaye.

 

[Thəorətic Muslim]

So another muslim leader to be removed by force.

He lost the election fairly, agreed to leave then when rumors circulated he'll be tried for human rights violations he backed off and ordered the security forces to protect him.

This is a show of force from the African Union. They want to show the world that they are eager to act against dictators despite the fact that most of Africa is ruled by dictators who have ruled for decades in many cases.

It's more of ECOWAS, Nigeria is provided aerial support for Senegalese troops. The ECOWAS is doing alot to "Police" Western Africa, the AU has a losing track record in confronting genocidal maniacs or dictators.

Senegal and Gambia attempted to unify a few times in the 80s, but didn't work out.

I feel sorry for Gambia,
Why that country even exist? Its like a country controlling a river or road in straight line

"Scramble for Africa" cemented claims of each European Imperialist nation, but the outposts were settled long before due to the Slave Trade.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

It's more of ECOWAS, Nigeria is provided aerial support for Senegalese troops. The ECOWAS is doing alot to "Police" Western Africa, the AU has a losing track record in confronting genocidal maniacs or dictators.

Senegal and Gambia attempted to unify a few times in the 80s, but didn't work out.

I am not a lawyer but is the ECOWAS not a regional economic body pretty much modeled after the AU and recognized by it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Union#Role_of_African_Union

Similar to the "Arab Maghreb Union".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Maghreb_Union

Anyway ironic that Nigeria of all countries takes part.

 

[raptor22]

He then changed his mind - 22 years in power, hard thing to give up

I await the announcement - 'Saudi Arabia has decided to offer asylum to deposed dictator Yahya Jammeh of Gambia'

By the way I don't like the idea of invading other countries which has become an accepted norm in the international community to loosen every single knot,conflict and political turmoil by tooth not hand and it narrows down your options just to one that is military option...in any war whether you are on the right side of war or not its ordinary people whom suffer the most at the end of day ...
I think there should be a better approach to deal with these kind of situations ...

 

[Thəorətic Muslim]

I am not a lawyer but is the ECOWAS not a regional economic body pretty much modeled after the AU and recognized by it?

ECOWAS was created long before the AU, and many other regional Economic Unions in Africa actually. The AU like the EU stems from economic organization(s). It's easier for the smaller units be it in Economic or Political corridors to function than the larger AU. AU is just an attempt to appear unified and to enable better bargaining, but not really.

The modern African States are some of the youngest in the world. And after their respective independence they realized the necessity to economically integrate, some nations took it further with political and military cooperation. Many of these blocs are build on shared colonial powers or cross border tribal affiliations, more the former.

ECOWAS is one of the more well established organizations from the 70s. And tends to act in their neighborhood rather than inviting other African nations from outside.

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

All i know Senegal produce some excellent musicians and guitarist.

Very good football team too, also participates in World Cup. Current FIFA ranking 33.

 

[mike2000 is back]

It's more of ECOWAS, Nigeria is provided aerial support for Senegalese troops. The ECOWAS is doing alot to "Police" Western Africa, the AU has a losing track record in confronting genocidal maniacs or dictator

You are correct. Indeed, ECOWAS has been quite effective than other useless African organisations like CEMAC(For french central Africa), or EAC(For East Africa) or even SADC(For southern Africa,).
ECOWAS is one just one of five regional organizations within the African Union. It was created in part to coordinate the efforts of Africans to assist in solving African problems. Given that many member states have their own problems(Nigeria the so called leader included.lol ), it has difficulty in generating forces for operations. However, ECOWAS has made great strides towards assisting with regional stability, eventhough it still requires foreign help to carryout such large scale interventions.

You will likely see US, U K, France and other nations responding to the Mali crisis, with ECOWAS member states providing troops and resources to the extent they are able. The Mission will likely be commanded at the level of the African Union, however, to spread the burden of providing experts among more countries.

To be honest, I'd give these guys a lot of credit for doing work that few other organizations dare to touch on the region. They intervened in Sierra Leone and and Liberia before to stop bloody dictators like Charles Taylor and bloody civil wars eventhough they got western military help, but they were still at the forefront. Something we hardly see anywhere in Africa or even the middle East. They are trying at least

 

[mike2000 is back]

I have to thank my memory for remembering that one.

Cool. Mixtures usually turn out well. I have a weakness for some African women (mostly Habesha) myself and the average "figures" (if you like) that you encounter on those latitudes (LOL) but most Arab women have been blessed on this front as well so we cannot complain. Besides we also have our very own Afro-Arabs (descendants of Sub-Saharan Africans and Horners - often mixed with Arabs).

As for large families, Arabs can certainly relate to that as well.

Yes, I look at Africa in many ways the same way that I look at the Arab world of today. Almost unlimited potential but incredibly wasteful. Africa is indeed an incredibly beautiful continent and I have been lucky enough to travel in quite a few African countries (mostly the Arab/Berber North Africa) but I would definitely want to see more. I have heard that DR Congo is a hidden jewel although incredibly war torn.

I watched a documentary about mountain gorillas some time ago and the landcapes that were shown were absolutely stunning.

Anyway Kenya and Tanzania were fantastic nature wise and are often the most picturesque African countries and synonymous with safari. Mount Kilimanjaro, Serengeti, Zanzibar and all that too.

Mozambique should also be incredibly beautiful and very overlooked. I know that both Western and Arab hunters have started to travel there due to lesser strict rules in terms of hunting wild.

Exactly. You are on point. Mixed race girls(black/white, Arabian/black) are the most beautiful in the world. In fact I have yet to see a mixed race chic that is not beautiful or at least average. They are also usually blessed not just with beauty but also curves in all the right places. Something I have said before on here , Arabic girls as I mentioned a while ago on here as well are lucky just like black/Latinos/mixed race girls to be blessed with guitar shape figures. A real woman to me gifts have not just beautifl face but even more so a gorgeous figure.

It's good that you mentioned CONGO Kinshasa out of all countries. This country is in fact the most naturally endowed In not just Africa (which is an achievement by itself) but even the world. The country is vast and diverse, and has basically almost every major natural resources you can find out there. It used to be called by a French historian a " natural resource miracle" since he couldn't believe how a county can be blessed with so many different types of resources sometimes close to each other. From cobalt to coal, to oil to gold to. Diamond to timber etc etc you name it Congo Kinshasa has it all . However the the country is among the top 10most poorest nations on earth, due to incompetent corrupt leadership, despotism, corruption, civil wars(has claimed over 4-5million lives already and counting, the bloodiest since WWII), tribalism, ethnic favouratism etc etc. It's sad, but common in Africa and other countries even in the middle East. I have been to Congo Kinshasa and the landscape is mind boggling, you only have to see for yourself to believe can't even describe it. However, I didn't go as far as the far eastern side of the country which has more gorillas and wildlife some there is still Rebel groups and warlords who reign there uncontested. It's a shame.
I have been to Kenya and Tanzania but not Mozambique yet(maybe because of language barrier since it's a former Portuguese colony).
All in all, Africa is by far the most beautiful and blessed continent I have been to, and i have been to all four(or if you want) continents on earth.