By this point, I honestly thought this might be sarcasm, but as I kept reading, it became clearer that this was not the case:Over the years I have read a great deal of what you have written, but that became less of a habit in recent years.
Trying to locate your email address, I ended up today on your X account. After all those early years of reading you as a positive writer about technology I was completely taken back by what you endorsed on X.
It was so full of hate and anger. Against the WEF, against scientists working for government, about people who worry about global warming, regardless of who caused it, against Liberals and leftists and a whole bunch of name calling.
Central African Republic faces increased rebel activity and spillover from Sudan war, UN expertsThe following report seems to echo both the reports regarding the rise in rebel activity, but also the collaboration with Russian forces. It's also notable that this is occurring alongside the EU-US NGO attempts to further destabilise the region:
The panel of experts cite confirmed reports of air raids by the Sudanese military around border areas and of fighters from the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces crossing over to recruit from armed groups in the Central African Republic.
Sudan plunged into conflict in mid-April 2023, when long-simmering tensions between its military and paramilitary leaders broke out in the capital Khartoum. Fighting spread to other regions including Darfur, which borders the Central African Republic's northeastern Vakaga region. The U.N. says over 14,000 people have been killed and 33,000 injured in the Sudan fight.
The country has been in conflict since 2013, when predominantly Muslim rebels seized power and forced then President Francois Bozize from office. Mostly Christian militias fought back.
A 2019 peace deal did not end the fighting, and six of the 14 armed groups that signed later quit the agreement. The Coalition of Patriots for Change, an alliance of rebel groups aligned with Bozize, was founded in the aftermath of the agreement, but the experts cited no progress and the splintering of some rebel groups.
Mercenaries from Russia's Wagner group along with Russian military instructors have been working in the Central African Republic at the government's request.
The experts said that on Dec. 10, 2023, six waves of explosions were heard at the Russian instructors' base in Kaga Bandoro in the west of the country, and three instructors were killed and seven people injured.
The panel said activities by the Lord's Resistance Army, a brutal armed group accused of mass killings, recruiting boys to fight and using girls as sex slaves, have also been disrupted by the war in Sudan. The LRA is led by one of the world's most wanted men, Joseph Kony, who formed the group in his native Uganda and then scattered his followers across parts of central Africa.
Central Africa says the UN mission MINUSCA supplies rebels in CAR with weapons!
Central African army detained a convoy of a UN peacekeeping contingent and discovered that they transport weapons.
ℹ️ Details: In the area of the settlements of Goya, Mbomo, Zangba and Biamo, a number of operations were carried out with the participation of fighters of the Wagner Group and the allied army of the Central African Republic (Forces Armées Centrafricaines / FACA).
The fighting against the militant group led by Amadou Bangus lasted up to 3 hours in some places. In the Mboki area, a fortified enemy area was discovered, the main part of which was destroyed during the assault. Some of the enemy fled and are now being pursued in the jungle.
And on the night of June 19-20, a day before the major special operation of the Wagner Group and the FACA allies, a convoy of UN troops from the MINUSCA mission (UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission) was stopped and blocked towards the site of the military operation in Ngaboko in CAR/MINUSCA).
Initially, the UN convoy refused the demands to stop at one of the posts, as a result of which the next checkpoint was occupied by defense with full combat readiness. The UN convoy was stopped and blocked. During its inspection by official representatives of the gendarmerie and the army of the Central African Republic discovered weapons and ammunition were discovered, without permission and documents. UN representatives are unable to provide clear explanations for this case.
Later that day, a column of CAR Allied forces was ambushed in the Jacom area, but the enemy lacked the strength to carry out their plan and was scattered by return fire.
One militant was wounded and captured, and he said that his group was expecting help with weapons and ammunition, but it did not arrive, after which the militant commander decided to attack the CAR security forces with what they had.
Comment: A day or so later over in Egypt: