Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Abridged summary of usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com - 13 updates in 7 topics

[Chika Okeke-Agulu]

All this mythmaking and fantasies.
Niger's GDP in 2024 ranged from $18 billion (IMF) to $80 billion (World Economics). It's per capita, about $600.

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• Is the Nigerian Military Combat Ready or Just a Lavish Retirement Club for Billionaire Generals? - 3 Updates
• Simon Mann, mercenary who was jailed for leading an attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea – obituary - 4 Updates
• Ibrahim Traoré - 2 Updates
• How Niger went from 1$ Billion to 300$ Billion Dollars a year - 1 Update
• The whole world warmly welcomes Pope Leo XIV - 1 Update
• AI is coming for middle class jobs, but it will mean a new boom for the working class | The Independent - 1 Update
• Why is Trump 'frustrated' with Netanyahu? - 1 Update

Is the Nigerian Military Combat Ready or Just a Lavish Retirement Club for Billionaire Generals?

Cornelius Hamelberg <cornelius...@gmail.com>: May 11 06:32AM -0700 Maxwell Khobe <https://www.google.com/search?q=Maxwell+Khobe&>   Maxwell Mitikishe Khobe ...more

Okey Iheduru <okeyi...@gmail.com>: May 11 07:12AM -0700 Dear Cornelius:   Thanks for your riposte to the write-up about the combat-readiness of the Nigerian military which I posted on this platform a few days ago.   I'd have loved to bask in your kind ...more

Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovde...@gmail.com>: May 11 04:57PM +0100 Wow.   A great well done, Ohey and Cornelius.   The beginning and the end of it all, in my view-political will.   Do all the political class want a strong military?   I doubt it. ...more

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Simon Mann, mercenary who was jailed for leading an attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea – obituary

Okey Iheduru <okeyi...@gmail.com>: May 10 07:22PM -0700 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/05/09/simon-mann-mercenary-coup-equatorial-guinea-died-obituary/   *Okey C. Iheduru* e-mail: okeyi...@gmail.com Recently published: " ...more

Patrick Effiboley <peffi...@yahoo.fr>: May 11 12:16PM Thank you for sharing this article about the death of Simon Mann. From my francophone point, I only knew about Bob Denard with his mercenary activities in Benin, Comores Islands, etc. ...more

Okey Iheduru <okeyi...@gmail.com>: May 11 06:53AM -0700 *"**Nowadays, mercenaries are being replaced by the digital and with the complicities of our governments...." *-- Dr Emery Patrick EFFIBOLEY   If only Africans know how much money their governments ...more

Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovde...@gmail.com>: May 11 04:58PM +0100 Wow   Can you elaborate Okey?     ...more

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Ibrahim Traoré

Jibrin Ibrahim <jibrinib...@gmail.com>: May 11 01:04PM +0100 Ibrahim Traoré: Has Africa found a new Progressive Hero?       Jibrin Ibrahim, Deepening Democracy, Daily Trust, 9th May 2025       I now know that Africa has been in search for a progressive hero ...more

Toyin Falola <toyin...@austin.utexas.edu>: May 11 12:31PM Jibrin: In some cases, Traore speaks in fluent English! The propaganda can also be set against the background of leadership and governance failures in countries like Nigeria. TF ...more

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How Niger went from 1$ Billion to 300$ Billion Dollars a year

Cornelius Hamelberg <cornelius...@gmail.com>: May 10 07:56AM -0700 *How Niger went from 1$ Billion to 300$ Billion Dollars a year <https://www.google.com/search?q=How+Niger+went+from+1%24+Billion+to+300%24+Billion+Dollars+a+year>* ...more

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The whole world warmly welcomes Pope Leo XIV

Cornelius Hamelberg <cornelius...@gmail.com>: May 10 08:10AM -0700 Transcript of Cardinal Robert Prevost's first speech as Pope Leo XIV <https://www.google.com/search?q=Transcript+of+Cardinal+Robert+Prevost%27s+first+speech+as+Pope+Leo+XIV>   He has only been Pope ...more

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AI is coming for middle class jobs, but it will mean a new boom for the working class | The Independent

Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovde...@gmail.com>: May 11 09:00AM +0100 https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-jobs-chatgpt-working-class-b2747893.html ...more

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Why is Trump 'frustrated' with Netanyahu?

Cornelius Hamelberg <cornelius...@gmail.com>: May 10 08:13AM -0700 *Why is Trump 'frustrated' with Netanyahu? <https://www.google.com/search?q=Why+is+Trump+%27frustrated%27+with+Netanyahu%3F&rlz=1C1YTUH_en-GBSE1135SE1135&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8>* ...more

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[Gloria Emeagwali]

What’s your point?Is it too high or too low?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gloria-emeagwali-9628188

On May 12, 2025, at 09:21, Chika Okeke-Agulu <okeke...@gmail.com> wrote:



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