Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mali</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Niger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Niger</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BurkinaFaso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurkinaFaso</span></a>: How a triumvirate of military <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/junta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>junta</span></a> are redrawing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a>’s map…</p><p>Captain Ibrahim <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Traore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Traore</span></a> told his listeners he was speaking to them not as neighbors, but as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brothers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brothers</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sisters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sisters</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedNow</span></a>: “We're moving beyond individual national identities,” Mali’s interim President Colonel Assimi <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Goita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Goita</span></a> said. “Instead of citizens of Mali, Burkina Faso, or Niger, we'll refer to ourselves as people of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AES</span></a> (not ASS for Alliance of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sahel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sahel</span></a> States)</p><p><a href="https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20240712-mali-niger-burkina-faso-how-a-triumvirate-of-military-leaders-are-redrawing-west-africa-s-map" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">france24.com/en/africa/2024071</span><span class="invisible">2-mali-niger-burkina-faso-how-a-triumvirate-of-military-leaders-are-redrawing-west-africa-s-map</span></a></p>