I'm over here in Ghana and I felt shivers down my spine when you said that 60% of Burkina Faso has fallen!!! Literally no one in my country is talking about the fact that we may be facing a potential refugee crisis in the near future. Or even worse, sharing borders with an Islamist state.
I think it's because politicians tell themselves "maybe nothing will happen." Same thing happened to us in the US. When Venezuela collapsed because of the embargo against them, a lot of Americans didn't talk about it and those that did said that it was deserved. Now we are completely overwhelmed with refugees and instead of recognizing our fault in the crisis, we are crying. I'd you keep ignoring today, you will pay double tomorrow
Really appreciate when you put maps on screen, there's quite a few videos that talk about so many different countries and Nations at once that it tends to get confusing. The more maps the better
it's great for americans which are stupid enough not to know how to point out usa on the world map. which is the main audience of this videos. the rest of the world doesn't need the maps
"it's not a 25 minute video; it's their lives." Really powerful, and I felt guilty I was thinking of the broader geopolitical implications than of their suffering.
Those implications are real and should be considered. Emotion is for those too weak to think clearly. These horrible countries are self-ruining however sad those on the losing side may appear. Nations are people and failed nations are failed people.
trust me most Burkinabé and i know a bunch are happy with Traore and look forward to see if he can deliver on his numerous promises. Rwanda had to take a step back before it went forward and that usually the case when u cut off corrupt ppl with influence away from their source of thievery. France was bleeding those countries dry with the help of such kind and their expulsion impacted their pockets, thus why they will create conflicts with the imperalist to reestablish that status quo, which creates what's going on here. However, this guy is quick to call them rebels just like they initially called Kagame a rebel but don't care as long as its Europeans benefitting from an agreement. France for example under the former regime was taking most of the gold mined in the country to be refined in France, and the agreement only granted 5% of revenue back to Burkina. you never see any of them make a video calling France rebels or the initial leaders rebel for shorting their nationals so bad, but soon as strong leaders get tired of their bs, and try to do right by their ppl, they get the rebel title, so they can use that as a ploy to create conflict under the guise of fighting rebels so they reinstate the status quo
Media: There is a civil war in Africa. Potential viewers: That's not news. That's always happening. Media: This isn't profitable. Throw all news about this in the garbage and start talking about celebrity gossip instead.
This channel is a blessing, I’m an American and the last time I had even heard of Burkina Faso might’ve been over 10 years ago on a middle school geography test, so much of us around the world couldn’t even point to the country on a map, which is heartbreaking when there’s so much suffering going on there, thank you so much to bringing attention to these issues when the global media neglects to do so
He purposefully goes out of his way to not mention the crimes of France and Europe that were still occurring. Even three days ago Ukraine gave vital information to jihadist to kill government soldiers.
If you want to know some facts on Burkina faso check out inter vlog what your hearing from this lier is propaganda what a joker but can you amagin if people actually believe him nato un eu usa would be kill thousands and thousands of people who love their present of Burkina faso Ibrahim traore the same thing what is happening to gazer will happen to these lovely people lovely country but may be that is what you want more blood shed stay the hell out and let them govern their own or is it You can't bear to see black people rise We don't need your aid full stop
One small RU-vid channel my a**, you guys are bringing awareness to the issues around the world, and as an American (with Nigerian roots) it’s rare if EVER we hear about the issues in Africa or the West Indies. We appreciate you my guy ✊🏾.
@aemyay5169 there's a war and genocide everywhere you look on thus planet no one's looks away or turning a blind eye just if you can't fix or solve the problems you got you don't add to them and it's all perspective every side has there reasons and I'm not defending anyone's actions of any nation just who are you or anyone else to tell others how to manage there home and live there life
I mean, when you consider all the current conflicts in Africa alone (Libya, Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Western Sahara, Somalia, DRC, CAR, Cameroon, Ethiopia, and I’m sure I’ve forgotten some more), Burkina Faso just seems like one more conflict in a continent full of them. There’s an attitude of “A conflict in Africa? What else is new?”
Man, I know you probably don’t read these comments, but I do appreciate you bringing these stories to us. I have never even heard of this place. You give me new things to pray about every time. It seems everyday we are seeing new wars and rumors of wars. May peace come to power soon.
@@jerrytuxman4421 Nations and Kingdoms have arised and perished since we've built them. But this is the first time in history that we have nuclear bombs so at least the apocalypse will happen fast👀
Don’t take your religion too literally, it never ends well. It’s fine and can be very good to look to the Bible for guidance (especially the gospels, and the things that Jesus himself said), but don’t read too much into Revelation. Look to the message of love and peace, but don’t get pulled into fundamentalism. Compassionate and rational Buddhists, Vaisnavas, Muslims, Zoroastrians, etc., are essentially reading the same thing as you in their holy books, if you just replace some of the names, places and proper nouns.
@@johnwinter7597 except that for one country it'll stay as it always was whereas for the other country 15-50 years from now, there's a chance that it can return to a civilized state.
I had no idea it was this bad honestly like you said it isn't being reported at all and I live in Ghana we are neighbors and most if not everyone know exactly what's happening in Burkina Faso. Thank you for covering this
God, imagine being a Burkina Faso civilian and you're caught between a military junta and the local branches of IS and Al Qaeda. It's one of the VERY few cases where the military junta who conscripts 60 year old journalists to the front lines might be the least worse option.
@@Kaltagstar96 Burkinabe here livin in the Us i was there’s last year and let me tell you that i was safe and most importantly i party hard and went to the villages see my peoples He exceeded people expectations and we thankful for Ibrahim Traore 🤝🏾❤️🇧🇫
It's irrelevant. And this is just a reaction of the hatred of Algeria against France (drop the French language, verse in the hymn hostile to France (Eternal ennemy), link to Russia, propaganda from Russia, immigration very strong and lot of criminals Algeria refuse to take back...). It's logical when Algeria do everything to antagonize France, France will go to a more friendly country.
Thank you, Simon, for reporting this horrible tragedy. Indeed, if it weren’t for you and your team, I would have never known about this, and I consider myself a well-informed individual.
Please let me edit the audio, Simon. I’m an audio engineer and I will do it for free. These vocals are way too harsh. The highs are way too present and your “S” and “T”s are overpowering. I am going to keep commenting and die on this hill until the audio is fixed because I care about the quality of your content and want it to be as good as possible.
I couldn't get through the first minute of this video for exactly this reason. Excruciating. Buddy must be doing his editing with some skullkandy earbuds
youtube, Ibrahim Traore's Achievements by August 2024 Will Blow Your Mind , Burkina is doing amazing, start listening to Burkina news and not some white guys lies.
@@wataman5669 I do try to follow conflicts globally, namely ones in Africa and Asia, but I cannot really control the fact that most English-speaking news sources skew towards conflicts that affect the West.
This one was really stealthy. I do my best to follow world politics, I actually followed Tigray pretty closely, but this wasn't on my radar. Its a pretty old conflict, which I think is part of the reason. And its right next to some other conflicts that get more press, like Mali. Sometimes civil wars simmer, and sometimes they boil. *I really don't think its a coincidence that all of Africa's conflicts right now seem to share borders with each other.
I knew that Islamist insurgencies were a problem all over the Sahel, including in Burkina Faso, but I thought it was closer to a Boko Haram-Nigeria situation (where they brutally control some territory, but aren't really an existential threat to the state) rather than a full-on civil war (more like the CAR). I kept up with some of the news surrounding the coup, but after that, I hadn't heard much of anything about Burkina Faso. I guess I had just assumed the situation was stable; I guess that's not true.
Brings back memories of when I had to do a report and speech about Burkina Faso back in middle school World Geography…I’ve rarely heard the word “Bukinabe” since. Thanks, Simon! And God bless and help that poor country!
@@Fireballun terrorist no longer have control of any province in burkina faso , they have largely been hammered to the border region between benin burkina
at a certain point we just don't have enough resources to help everybody. In the near future, a lot of countries will completely collapse and nobody will be able to help.
@@woodchild2093Your opinion is purile. The French had forces Burkina Faso to help fight the Islamist insurgency...until they wear kicked out by Burkinabe junta last year. The problem with "helping" Africa is many of the issues facing the countries there can't be fixed by outsiders. Plus, any country that decides to help will eventually be used as a scapegoat for all the continuing problems. So not only will the help not solve anything but it also allows countries to incorrectly keep blaming the white devil for everything that's wrong. I saw a post yesterday by a Burkinabe blaming France for Burkina Faso's lack of economic development. I'd argue that the country having one of the lowest literacy rates is a much bigger factor. Burkina Faso also has one the highest percentage of polygamous marriage in the world and polygamy is an social and economic disaster for any society. Instead of dealing with the true underlying causes it's easier to just blame Dwight Mann.
this is why as somebody living in close proximity to Burkina Faso i get annoyed when people praise that military guy who cosplays revolutionary, they hardly criticize or find out what's going on they just talk propaganda, that guy is not solving any problems but he distracts the world with 1980s anti-colonial rhetoric, don't get me wrong now I am anti-colonial but that guy is just a grifter. my heart goes out to the people of Burkina Faso ❤🙏🏾
This seems to be the fear. Western nations won't intervene in Africa because they don't want to be seen as colonialist, and often, African leaders will invite them and then turn around and call them colonists. So for better or worse, western leaders have just walked away. And then African countries drink up Russian and Chinese propaganda and end up dependant of them through favours and debt traps.
We don’t need your help Mind your business. You pathetic imperialists secretly fund these wars and create these problems in our continent then you turn around and pretend to be heroes. Stay out!
I think Europe should also look over it's policy of taking refugees from Africa. Since the African population is projected to quadruple until the end of the century. Lots of wars, crisises and misery abound.
@@SafetySpooon Every country has been interfered by other countries, their neighbors or far away empires. This is universal and should not give reason to pity or demands for restitution.
@@pomperidus They already are lol. Apparently the first government were french puppets, then the first coup were french puppets too and of course all the rebels and extremists are french funded(with russian made weapons somehow). All they ever do is blame france for everything.
And did not make any difference, nor increased security, not in Burkina Faso, not in Niger and not in Mali. I will ask for any significant EU or French military victory prior to 2020 to prove your point.
Not being too blunt, but in the top of my mind there's Venezuela, Ukraine, Haiti, and Sudan in crisis with people being killed right now. I'm sorry to hear about Burkina though, but there is a limit to how much tragedy brain can juggle at the same time
Forgot about Palestine and Israel. See what I'm talking about? The world is too messed up to be updated about every godforsaken tragedy. Speaking about our creator, I'm developing an anger towards god. Funny, I used to be an atheist. But after being exhausted of this world I state that if there's a creator he must be an extremely sadistic demon
You forgot about Myanmar and northern China and North Korea, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka only to name a few but if there is ultimate evil there must be ultimate Good dont let them get your loosh bro.
For the average person, yea that's definitely overwhelming. But I assume the people who gravitate to channels like this have a genuine interest in trying to learn about as much of the world as they can, despite the fact that there is an absolute titanic tsunami of information to sift through. Oh also: Bangladesh, Mali (really the Sahel as a whole), Myanmar, Ethiopia and the Congo. Just to name a few more... I do respect the people who take the time to learn about the conflicts of the world, so that those people's suffering does not get forgotten.
I'll just say it..... "Why the heck have we not heard about this?! Islamist insurgency takes over 60% of a sovereign nation and we don't hear a word on BBC?" Thank you Simon, for shining a light into these dark corners. I will be becoming a paid subscriber, as your content is some of, if not the best on youtube, and is about 50% of what I watch these days. Srs.
I thought Burkina Faso and new military "Pan-Africanist" dictator Ibrabim Traore were saving West Africa lmao. Nobody is talking about what's happening on the ground in Burkina Faso, they're too focused on ideology. As a West African myself im happy to see someone reporting on the reality of the consequences of the military led coups instead of glorifying military government takeovers just because they say they hate France(who absolutely deserves the hate, don't get me wrong, France has screwed us over). People are completely ignoring the reality and the negative consequences that average Burkinabé has to deal with because their leaders chose their feelings over the well being of the country.
Hating France and begging for their help at the same time is wild. The french soldiers who lost their lives in the Sahel got no respect whatsoever and Africans asked them to leave like they were the reasons for Islamist rise. The French left, all the region is crumbling, islamism is rising, countries are torn between corruption led militaries, brutal russian contractors and merciless jihadist. They got to deal with it
@@parodyclip36 Let's talk about the elephant in the room which is the fact that africa doesn't manufacture any weapons, so the question is where are these jihadists getting their weapons supply from?? I know for a fact that it isn't from the Russians or Chinese, because if that was the case then western media and their shills all over social media definitely wouldn't shut up about it. And of course besides the Russians or the Chinese, we all know who the other biggest weapons manufacturers are, and we also know who has the most military bases on the continent.👀
Regard extérieur très loin de la réalité que nous vivons..le Burkina fait face a une guerre existencielle.l ennemis est implacable et a encore massacré plus d 200 personnes aujourd'hui même.le patriotisme exacerbé que ceux d l extérieur comme vous dénoncer est le seul moyen de rassembler le peuple pour ce battre ou malheureusement disparaître.et dans ce cas il passerons aux pays côtiers voisins.si la digue que constitue le Burkina lâche ils se deverserons vers le Bénin Togo côté d ivoire.je suis pas sur que cesbays ferons mieux que le Burkina.
@@abdoulayeguigma3378 La chute de Gaddafi n'est pas imputable seulement à la France. Sans la France et la coalition de l'OTAN, les rebelles auraient quand même déclenché la guerre civile et Gaddafi aurait très bien pu être renversé sans intervention extérieure. Le manque de projet a long terme à été désastreux pour la région mais la plupart des acteurs de la région étaient déjà en place avant la guerre civile. La chute de Gaddafi n'a été l'engrenage de rien du tout, la situation était déjà instable, ça a aggravé la situation certes mais les problèmes existaient déjà. AQMI existait déjà et n'a pas attendu la chute de la Lybie pour se faire sa part du gâteau. Vous aimez beaucoup trop prendre Gaddafi pour l'homme providence de l'Afrique. Petit rappel que Gaddafi soutenait les dictatures africaines et offraient des armes à qui le voulait, en plus de son invasion de l'Égypte et du Chad.
well put conclusion, Simon. thank you for the video. it feels like this happens in such a far away places, but it can, and will, come home really quickly.
You will regret your Thanking this guy when you wake up and discover the truth...especially about Burkina Faso & the AES! Do your OWN research & NOT rely on this puppet vlogger of the Imperialist West! You'll be very happy that you did!
Burkinabe were sadly in the same mindset as the coastal states when Mali was attacked no one in Burkina wanted to believe we will be next although it was obvious. Unfortunately this is the case for most African countries they sit there and watch Chaos move in and then start taking extreme measures.
One question you haven't asked is what were the Americans and French doing for the last 12 years. America had the largest airbase in that region flying drones, and the French.......?
The rest of the world doesn’t care if it doesn’t affect us in some regard. It doesn’t affect our access to oil or global trade or become a threat to us in some other way. Life is precious except when something more important to us gets in the way
I can legitimately say the only reason I knew about the crisis in Burkina Faso before this video is because you've reported on it before. This is one of the most important news sources, let alone RU-vid channels, in the world today.
@@FarsightAE It all started with the US invasion of Iraq and after the US and coalition forces won. The Americans half assed the occupation of Iraq. and got rid of 500,000 iraqi soldiers (to save money) who still had their weapons. Did not properly rebuild Iraq (to save money) One US general says at times they only had 1 to 2 soldiers maintaining peace in entire neighborhoods Those fired soldiers then started an insurgency. which the US handled poorly oftentimes angering civilians. Then the US started pulling out of Iraq which left the country to fall into chaos and the insurgents got more powerful and with Russia and America supporting different factions and clashing in Syria. The Syrian civil war started which allowed the insurgency to spill into Syria and allowed them to capture large swaths of lands. Then Daddy USA returned to quell the insurgency once and for all. But they failed to exterminate them so the insurgents split into splinter cells to survive And spread to central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan. North Africa and the sahel region. And Libya which collapsed due to US and Europe backed rebels was used by these splinter cell's to smuggle arms and funds to the sahel region which gave rise to these groups. And these splinter cell's also arrived in Somalia and Ethiopia. There are thousands of documentaries on this subject. Don't be a sheep and watch them to become smarter.
It's not really Touaregs in Burkina Faso. JNIM is active in both arenas, so maybe there are a few Touaregs in Burkina. However, the Movement for the liberation of Azawad and JNIM are as good allies as the communist and nationalist Chinese were during WW2. In short, the Touareg uprising is a related, geographically near crisis, but not the same one.
The Tuareg population is Burkina Faso is negligible. There are only 4 million Tuaregs with the bulk being in Mali, Niger. The only country experiencing a Tuareg uprising is Mali.
Thank you! as Burkinabe here living in the Us 🇺🇸 I can tell you it got a lot better I was there last year for 2 months There’s a lot of misinformation about my Country 🇧🇫 that’s why we banned channels. We love Ibrahim Traore he done ✔️ more than our expectations that’s why we begged him to stay for 5 more years. 36 year old…. young man taking care and risks to protect his country ❤️🇧🇫✊🏾
He actually bought tractors for farms instead of enriching himself. ....we'll see. I understand he has a lot of support but,we'll see how this all turns out. Usually military coups and their leaders don't end up doing good things...they commit atrocities. So we will see what he does.
The best weapon against war and violence from corrupt monsters is knowl. Videos like these are one step closer to teaching the world about the realities faced by our fellow humans in places we aren’t even aware of. Thx for your service and for educating the masses about things that actually matter
2:04, did they just call Traore’s administration a military Junta? It’s done more for the people than anyone in the country has since Sankara’s administration!!!
I would have to say I am truly appreciative of you & your team breaking down in detail such a terrible situation that is horribly neglected in reporting and understanding. It is so sad that the travesty in Africa are so overlooked.
The Travesty is this propaganda-filled video! Pres. Traore is doing an awesome job & every well-informed African ...at home & abroad...LOVE & RESPECT HIM!! God Bless & Protect him against these Imperialist so-called journalists puppets!
Glad you made this but it lacks to cover the newly formed: ASS (Alliance of Sahel States) between BF Mali & Niger, and also the many productive things Traore has done
Anything positive he might have done is greatly overshadowed by his fuck ups and failures. Kinda hard to say you're "saving the country" when you're calling off elections, imprisoning and killing opponents, and expelling vital foreign counter terrorism experts when they are needed most.
@@The_Lunch_Man Please wake up! It's the Foreign aka France & the US ...so- called terrorist experts who started & continues to the Jihadists! As usual...these Imperialist will do ANYTHING to extract & exploit Africa's natural resources....uninterrupted. Their Greed is bottomless....but..their grip is slipping away & they know it! It's no longer 1960....we Africans are awake & will regain our homelands!
you really think mali and niger will help BF? both two countries have problems with terrorist themselves 😂😂 if only you did not kicked the french y'all have some sort of security
Everytime I see an article saying a war in Africa is forgotten but as an African living in West Africa I hear about it all the time, I remember I'm not the demographic they're talking about
While I am very appreciative for a video to be made covering this conflict that I frankly had no idea was happening (the only thing I know about Burkina Faso is I've seen online communists worship Thomas Sankara, that's literally all I know about the country) but my god the sound quality is abysmal. I do truly hope you guys can remedy that at some point because it genuinely detracts from the viewing experience, making it hard to listen to the video with ease with peaks and valleys of volume skyrocketing and subsiding.
Brilliant Imperialist Lies & Ultra Informative about how the West is still up to its same old Tricks!! Please do your own research regarding the Amazing progress going on in Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger! Don't allow yourself to be brainwashed by this obvious tool of the West!
Interventions should be carefully planned but we destabilized Northern Africa and the Middle East and that has spread. May have been intentional but you have to have some humanity. Or in the very least you want access to those resources.
Also its worth noting this is our problem in the West as mass illegal migration comes from these places and many of them Jihadis which is gonna be a problem.
It will be the West's problem in due time. These countries were giving the West resources for far below market value. Eventually as ISIS/Chinese/Russians take these resources for themselves, the West will feel the financial impact. There is also a security component as some of these countries export Uranium. I bet you thought the West was there out of the kindness of their hearts or something lol.
It’s kinda scary how much we have to rely on sources like Simon(nothing against him and I absolutely love the work he’s doing) because conventional media is such a catastrophic failure
@@deborahakinyemi1693 ur just gonna make a blanket statement without any evidence? Also funny that u assume this channel is my only source of info, chill out
@@disgruntledtaco3640 I only encouraged your own independent research. I don't have a crystal ball...so I have no definitive knowledge as to where you obtain your news.
Two reasons you ever "hear about this": Either it's a direct threat on Europeans or you can blame Israel and "the Jews". Dozens of conflicts around the world, hundreds of thousands murdered by their own government in Syria, muslims causing endless civilian casualties in South Sudan, Turkey is murdering endless Kurds while it, Iraq and Iran are occupying Kurdish lands the size of Germany but you, my friend, seem to only rage about Israel and gaza.
A couple of years ago, when Burkina Faso and some other African countries were expelling the French forces (who were there helping them keep order against jihadist groups), I can remember thinking, ‘this obviously is not going to be a good thing for them’. I mean, what did they expect to happen?
I understand why, in the short term. France is still exploiting African resources for its own gain and buy off politicians to continue doing it. But, in the long term, throwing out French troops made the growing unrest 10x worse.
I'm very grateful for this update, & excellent journalism. The sound quality of Simon's speech was a bit too quiet sometimes. Please tone down the background ambient music.
This was expected when the French were tossed out by a Junta.Im totally not surprised.Oh boy how long is it gonna take before it goes sideways and than blaming the west.
French here. One of the biggest mistakes in our spec ops in the region (such as the 2013 Opération Serval) was during the beginning of the 2020's especially between 2021 and 2022 ; there were plenty of junta coup like in Mali and each time the French government decided to freeze the operations to prevent any interventionnism difficulties . To my mind, it was this serie of coups that eventually make the local militaries grow enough confidence in order to create their own "western influence-free" Sahel coalition. West Africa is struggling in this terror crisis. On the one hand, local governments deal with inequal wealth distributions, a legacy linked with the ethnic politics in Africa and in our case the "Francafrique" (France-Africa) politics during the Cold War, in short the fact that France has placed obedient leaders (many of them being military officers) to prevent the rise of socialist regimes . These Leaders don't share the ressources with the rest of the population and some communities are rising up, such as the Touareg rebels in Northern Mali (they are also angry about the terrible border management) . On the other hand, islamist groups arrived in Sahel during the 90s (most of them have been chased from Algeria) and they smelled this opportunity to radicalize people against these unfair regimes . I think France should support some rebel groups so they can take power (even if it is not democratic) and they would solve a part of their countries' governance issues with redistribution policies (african economy needs political security, but the governments should also care about other politics). To achieve this, we could follow the ukrainian example (with their interventions to kill Wagner mercenaries like in Sudan or to give intels to rebel factions), yes it would be dirty but an irregular help would help to slow down russian and chinese rising influence. Some will say that the West only has a neocolonial look on Africa (and they had clearly not see our policy under Giscard d'Estaing or Mitterand) but China/Russia-friendly regimes have no problem exploiting the continent .
lol when people know that CFA Franc is an scam so France can control the economy in West Africa(Francophone) maybe listen to what the minister said in the UN meeting not to longer ago. Plus you failed to protect and don't giv them weapon to defend themselves.
