US has began withdrawing Troops. How will this affect ECOWAS and the Sahel region as a whole?

Meanwhile, hundreds of Nigeriens marched through the streets of Agadez Sunday calling for the U.S. troops to leave. The protesters carried banners and chanted slogans. Reports say the march was staged shortly after the withdrawal agreement was reached.

I would take this with a grain of salt due to VOA being funded by the US government but wouldn't be surprised if the military junta were instigating and using the civilians as a tool to strengthen their legitimacy.

I'm curious to hear your thoughts.

1. Which African country do you think is leading the way in technological advancements?
2. What innovative solutions have you come across that are making a difference in people's lives?
3. How do you see the tech landscape in Africa evolving in the next 5-10 years?

Title. Thanks.

I am in my 40s and part of my hobbies is studying language and history. I plan in the next years to visit Zimbabwe, Ghana, and South Africa and have a very basic knowledge of Afrikaans and work on basic Zulu but wanted to ask what West African language would be good to have if I visit Ghana and some of the surrounding countries?

I know English and French are spoken but just for general cultural understanding and politeness what would folks from the region recommend?

There’s a song I’ve been listening to recently by Mournira Mitchala called “Tourapna,” and there’s a part where she mentions other African countries, and I understand all of them except ONE 😭 It’s been bugging me all day, so hoping someone can help. I definitely hear Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Malawi, South Africa, Namibia, Benin, Togo, and Liberia, but there’s one before Tanzania and it’s throwing me off.

Link here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L1IhrBUS9DI&pp=ygUIVG91cmFwbmE%3D (part I’m mentioning starts at 1:51)

Japan, Singapore, West Germany all became advanced in a matter of decades after WWII. Why has no African country achieved advanced status? What will it take to happen?

Anyone who prowls the internet has definitely stumbled on descriptions of simple technologies posted by users worldwide. I am referring to simple hacks and innovations using basic materials which will prompt one to say "that is useful" or "why aren't we adopting this". There are many creative and innovative ideas about, reusing plastics, simple agricultural methods, ways to make simple tools, ingenious ways to do every day things and machines for everyday toils.

This reminds me of an old joke that said Africans cannot be spies like James Bond or the Russians or the Chinese. Because while their spies make effort to get a sample or photo of a schematic diagram or code to send to their engineers to recreate or manufacture hi-tech machines, technology, or systems, Africans can have the actual contraption, and they would not be able to make it. Why are we not using our overflowing raw materials to make electric irons, use solar power, store water, grow abundant food, use waste etc on commercial or industrial scales?

If there is a technology centre, it will curate such simple technologies, including old forgotten ones to be used as training material for trade schools, summer training for the millions of our youth and villagers. It is with such ideas that China has managed to organise to become the technological centre of the world, beating the imperialists at their own game.

We should be able to go beyond carrying loads on our head, carrying babies on the back with flimsy cloth, leaving herds to graze instead of being corralled, using loose stone to maker cookers and being confined to 500-year-old basic technologies.

We have to start somewhere on a community scale

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There already is a African Union, but should there be one similar to the European union. A shared currency between all African nations with a attack on one of us is an attack on all of us approach to war.

What do you all think?

You follow someone into their old posts and comments and find he's a racist bigot, but pretends to be African.

Hi!
I'm doing a project where I read books that take place in various countries. My goal is to read at least one book for every country in the world. Does anyone have recommendations for non fiction books that take place in Africa? I'm most interested in topics related to the present day.
Two books I've read so far are Africa Is Not a Country and Born a Crime.
Thank you!