Will Burkina-Faso and Mali become one country?

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  • Опубліковано 17 лют 2023
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    While on a recent visit to Mali, the Prime Minister of Burkina-Faso proposed that the two countries form a federation to become a 'powerhouse'. But is merger this actually likely to happen? And what would this federation look like in practice?
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  • @TLDRnewsGLOBAL
    @TLDRnewsGLOBAL  Рік тому +798

    CORRECTIONS:
    (1) At 4:07, we say "Wagner aren’t less effective than the French" when we meant to say "Wagner are less effective than the French";
    (2) At 4:28, we say "Burkinabe is the capital of Burkina Faso"; obviously, the capital of Burkina Faso is not "Burkinabe" but Ouagadougou, and we meant to say that "about 50% of Burkinabes approve or strongly approve of military rule" i.e. the polling referred to in the video was carried out across Burkina Faso, not just in the capital.
    Apologies, these are careless errors that we shouldn't be making, and we hope you nonetheless found the video informative!

    • @westcoastwilly6261
      @westcoastwilly6261 Рік тому +63

      Love the honesty though. Thanks for doing what you can to curb misinformation (says me; a lazy fool who will never fact check any of this) 👍

    • @westcoastwilly6261
      @westcoastwilly6261 Рік тому +16

      Correction: Mildly lazy/mildly over employed by this capitalist nightmare of the 1930s.

    • @alexandernico8930
      @alexandernico8930 Рік тому +5

      Everyone makes mistakes once in a while

    • @majormoolah5056
      @majormoolah5056 Рік тому +10

      The British do have a very strong national instinct to downplay the French :D

    • @IronWolf123
      @IronWolf123 Рік тому +4

      I thought Burkina Faso changed their capital recently so “Burkinabe” got me confused. Thanks for clearing it up.
      Btw I always forget Burkina Faso’s name; only remember Upper Volta

  • @briancops3798
    @briancops3798 Рік тому +647

    The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou not Burkinabe.

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 Рік тому +79

      Oh god I haven’t watched he whole video yet don’t tell me he actually says that 😭😭

    • @aamaravel2493
      @aamaravel2493 Рік тому +19

      @@bababababababa6124 reporters these days

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 Рік тому +76

      @@aamaravel2493 4:25 NOOO he actually said that I can’t believe it 😭😭 TLDR needs to stop glancing at Wikipedia for 3 seconds before every video and do actual research 😂what are they doing

    • @spaghettiisyummy.3623
      @spaghettiisyummy.3623 Рік тому +4

      Pronounce it, then.

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 Рік тому +54

      @@spaghettiisyummy.3623 Wag-a-do-gou , really isn’t that difficult when you look at it for more than a few seconds

  • @theconqueringram5295
    @theconqueringram5295 Рік тому +514

    With so many secessionist movements out there, it's interesting to see two countries try to unite. Now, let's see if they'll succeed to unite, but history tends to say no.

    • @ismailahmed7994
      @ismailahmed7994 Рік тому +24

      The track record of this happening in Africa doesn't show any success: Ethiopia+Eritrea, Somalia+Somaliland, Egypt+Syria, Senegal+Gambia. All failed. Wouldn't get my hopes up

    • @FuraCaoLoko
      @FuraCaoLoko Рік тому +47

      ​@@ismailahmed7994 The only example that worked is Tanganica and Zanzibar, but that happened just a few years after their independance.

    • @kalebnbrown
      @kalebnbrown Рік тому +1

      Worked for the USA!

    • @BonsuBigWhale
      @BonsuBigWhale Рік тому +2

      Afrika is not ole the 50 USA.states.
      It is more akin to the 500 First Nations of the Americas.

    • @tomlxyz
      @tomlxyz Рік тому

      ​@@BonsuBigWhale even the US states have secession movements, like some want to break up California

  • @MiningTheWorldYT
    @MiningTheWorldYT Рік тому +96

    Fun fact: Burkina Faso and Mali combined would be the world's 4th-largest gold producer (behind China, Russia and Australia).

    • @AtillatheFun
      @AtillatheFun Рік тому

      Dutch disease. This gold stat means nothing.

    • @rjp2755
      @rjp2755 7 місяців тому

      Africa is so rich but so poor

  • @Istorian
    @Istorian Рік тому +504

    The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou, their people are known as Burkinabes. I'm generally very supportive of your videos, but this is a very basic thing to get right, please don't make such simple mistakes...

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 Рік тому +53

      This is an occurrence in every video pretty much

    • @Precel42
      @Precel42 Рік тому +111

      TLDR stands for Too Long, Didn’t Research

    • @ichiro5384
      @ichiro5384 Рік тому +9

      @@Precel42 darn

    • @QuandaleDingle-ji2tj
      @QuandaleDingle-ji2tj Рік тому +12

      how do they keep getting it wrong

    • @journey-gm6sv
      @journey-gm6sv Рік тому +22

      @@Precel42 especially on non-western issues. I wonder if they realize their white liberal bias.

  • @ryancresswell4398
    @ryancresswell4398 Рік тому +242

    I was just in Burkina 🇧🇫 and spoke to a couple of people about this. They all pretty much said it's not reality, and when the next coup happens, the idea will be off the table.

  • @YahBoiCyril
    @YahBoiCyril Рік тому +57

    I swear west Africa are contractually obligated to suggest merging mali with something at least ones a year.

  • @isaacasare7584
    @isaacasare7584 Рік тому +50

    “Malifaso” is such a cool name though

    • @remyzzzzz
      @remyzzzzz Рік тому +6

      or Fasimalo ;D

    • @ft7037
      @ft7037 Рік тому +6

      I don’t know if it would work though. See, “faso” means fatherland in Bambara. Actually the official name of Mali in Bambara is “Mali ka faso jamana”, literally the fatherland of the country of mali. Locals and neighboring countries won’t recognize “malifaso” as a blend of Mali and Burkina Faso but as someone trying to speak Bambara with poor grammar 😅😂

    • @stephenanderson1594
      @stephenanderson1594 Рік тому

      If they add Guinea it could be Malifaso New Guinea, West Sudan or North Ghana (Mali was the Ghana Empire historically)

    • @Tu51ndBl4d3
      @Tu51ndBl4d3 Рік тому

      @@stephenanderson1594 Mali was the ghana empire? Could you link me a source saying that? I have never heard that before

  • @okoswiata3988
    @okoswiata3988 Рік тому +128

    Love the fact TLDR renames the capital of Burkina Faso without the whole world knowing about it. Wow 😀

    • @adhiwicaksono6149
      @adhiwicaksono6149 Рік тому +9

      You can't expect the British of all people to actually know basic work of journalism!

    • @okoswiata3988
      @okoswiata3988 Рік тому

      @@adhiwicaksono6149 hahaah yeah

    • @Morelife22
      @Morelife22 Рік тому

      ​@Charlie I'm 100% sure that no one in Peckham knows that😂

  • @Awesomewithaz
    @Awesomewithaz Рік тому +297

    African unity is always good to see

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 Рік тому +48

      I agree, but I don’t think Mali and Burkina are in a position to unite when they each have their own glaring issues. Unifying will not magically solve the terrorism problem in both countries, it may even exacerbate it

    • @nbosamaz1290
      @nbosamaz1290 Рік тому +8

      ​@@bababababababa6124 their issues seem quite similar to me🤔 we won't know until they try so I think people are just being too negative just for the sake of it

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 Рік тому +19

      @@nbosamaz1290 I hate being negative especially about Africa, being African myself I always try to stay positive about our situations, however I just can’t see how this possible unification will solve any of the issues that both countries have. Call me a pessimist if you want, but you can’t blame me considering that both countries have tried this unification thing multiple times with other countries and it has failed spectacularly every single time. I don’t see how this time will be different. Both countries should focus on their own issues first before considering taking a step like this

    • @nbosamaz1290
      @nbosamaz1290 Рік тому +4

      @@bababababababa6124 indeed, there are still a lot of steps that need to be taken before complete integration within our continent, but there are some things integration can help fix such as a single currency and full implementation of Afcfta

    • @GwainSagaFanChannel
      @GwainSagaFanChannel Рік тому +3

      I might be European but I see a lot of similarities with Africa and Latin America and I do not see it likely Africa will get a regional currency anytime soon if you look how unstable several countries are maybe in countries which plan to unify but not all across Africa as a whole especially not how Africa is way more unstable due to cultural and linguistical divides while Latin America has more similarities than anywhere else in the world but they also are having a hard time implement a regional currency I do hope it will happen it can give Africa better economic position

  • @Wowwhut
    @Wowwhut Рік тому +32

    Malibu cracked me up, thanks for explaining this hard and very fascinating topic.

    • @hughmungus1767
      @hughmungus1767 Рік тому +3

      Another possible name might be Bulima, which could be easily confused with Bulimia....

    • @allangibson8494
      @allangibson8494 Рік тому +1

      Malibu also raises the question of who gets the dream house…

  • @readisgooddewaterkant7890
    @readisgooddewaterkant7890 Рік тому +320

    The problem with uniting burkina faso and mali is that they have quite different culture and prominent languages. In burkina faso mooré is the most common language but in mali it is bambara. if gambia and senegal cant be one country i doubt that burkina faso and mali can be one country

    • @liamthomas8029
      @liamthomas8029 Рік тому +102

      I think that in most of Africa, the common European official languages matter more than the local languages. That’s probably why Senegambia didn’t work out because Senegal is Francophone and Gambia is Anglophone. There’s also separatist movements in the Anglophone parts of predominantly Francophone Cameroon. Mali and Burkina Faso are both Francophone countries though. There’s also East African countries like Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda trying to unite under the common Swahili language.

    • @JohnDiceAcademy
      @JohnDiceAcademy Рік тому +32

      What about India? How are they still unified?

    • @uviweboyana8936
      @uviweboyana8936 Рік тому +31

      Gambia and Senegal are actually very similar culturally with the same religion
      The reason it didn't work out is because they had different colonizers... Gambia(British).. Senegal (French)
      When Senegambia was formed Gambia being a small country felt like they were being swallowed by the bigger French speaking Senegal

    • @jeremybertz796
      @jeremybertz796 Рік тому +1

      @@JohnDiceAcademy Valid

    • @cosmosyn2514
      @cosmosyn2514 Рік тому +18

      @@JohnDiceAcademy (Pan-)Indian Nationalism has had much longer to develop as a concept compared to many other African nationalisms id imagine. And the commenter above you mentioned a common European language is a large factor, in Indias case, English.

  • @britzman9905
    @britzman9905 Рік тому +14

    I hope they merge and call themselves Malibu. That dry joke delivery was epic

  • @abadyr_
    @abadyr_ Рік тому +24

    4:07 this statement doesn't make sense. Did you mean "the wagner group aren't more effective than, the french", or "the wagner group is less effective than the french" maybe?

    • @command_unit7792
      @command_unit7792 Рік тому +6

      The Wagner group is doing more of the dirty work compared to the french forces.
      The French forces felt more like a peace keeping force.
      The Wagner group is specialized in offensive operations.

    • @hissukka6619
      @hissukka6619 Рік тому +9

      @@command_unit7792 as far as i know, that was the job of the french, being a peace keeping force

    • @nbosamaz1290
      @nbosamaz1290 Рік тому

      Their job was to eliminate or atleast lower terrorism within the sahel but it has only grown and emboldened over the years which is why they got kicked out

    • @hissukka6619
      @hissukka6619 Рік тому +6

      @@nbosamaz1290 as far as i know they didn't got kicked out, they left on their own because of the cooperation from the government with the wagner group, you might wanna educate me in this though

    • @nbosamaz1290
      @nbosamaz1290 Рік тому

      @@hissukka6619 they said this, they said that. Who can really tell these days with politics😮‍💨 let's just say they had a "mutual understanding" when it ended😂

  • @bababababababa6124
    @bababababababa6124 Рік тому +133

    This will definitely work and definitely won’t collapse in seconds

    • @mnm5165
      @mnm5165 Рік тому +28

      Yeah what could possibly go wrong with two (possibly three) impoverished war-torn countries forming a single country

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 Рік тому +5

      @@mnm5165 absolutely nothing of course

    • @chrisgaming517
      @chrisgaming517 Рік тому +10

      I'm sure it will be one of the most developed countries in Africa in a few years time,it will definitely have a flourishing economy

    • @davthatguy3052
      @davthatguy3052 Рік тому +5

      @@bababababababa6124 that's not what he said

    • @andrewrogers3067
      @andrewrogers3067 Рік тому +3

      @@bababababababa6124 He never said it would become a more developed country than Europe

  • @alonk1060
    @alonk1060 Рік тому +19

    How many times are we going to see mali attempt union with one of its neighbors? Seriously, it's happened so many times at this point it should be a meme

    • @adhiwicaksono6149
      @adhiwicaksono6149 Рік тому

      Well it's not like there's lack of candidate for the French to stage some coup and ruin them!

    • @TheModeler99
      @TheModeler99 Рік тому +9

      burkina faso brought up the idea this time

  • @agmuntianu
    @agmuntianu Рік тому +46

    for this to work Guinea needs to join also , as it would make the new country no longer land locked

    • @k.umquat8604
      @k.umquat8604 Рік тому +3

      Agreed

    • @gluebox
      @gluebox Рік тому

      This is SUPER KEY. And would free the new nation economically

    • @vervetech9395
      @vervetech9395 Рік тому

      Either Guinea or Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana (with the higher GDP). But I highly doubt Ghana would since they recently sanctioned Mali for the coup and expressed concerns over Wagner in Burkina Faso.

    • @millionairemaine8901
      @millionairemaine8901 Рік тому

      Never thought of it like that but you're right

    • @BonsuBigWhale
      @BonsuBigWhale Рік тому

      Of it would not be Gha n it could not be Cpte D'Ivoire.
      It could only be Guinea, which is why the Biden administration is making its about face to engage Guinea from its position in 2022 when it excluded Guinea from the U.S. Afrika summit.
      But Guineas population is not stupid to return to neocolonial servitude.

  • @KhaalixD
    @KhaalixD Рік тому

    Great video!

  • @getnohappy
    @getnohappy Рік тому +19

    Shhhh, don't say that aligning with your neighbors is good for your economy. It'll make the Brexit'ers angry

  • @ryans6289
    @ryans6289 Рік тому +28

    I think it's possible. Looking back at the history of this continent, societies were either separate tribes or unified under multi ethnic empires. A merge like this is not impossible to imagine.

    • @hkchan1339
      @hkchan1339 Рік тому

      Those involves an initial wave of ethnic cleansing and one dominant over the others, which means war today

    • @justinarzola4584
      @justinarzola4584 Рік тому +6

      Any attempt of African countries unifying end up being failures and worse off for the individual countries, let's see how the east African federation ends up.

    • @Tu51ndBl4d3
      @Tu51ndBl4d3 Рік тому +1

      Societies were seperate tribes? Could you give an example
      And multi ethnic empires? Is that like what rome, the UK, France etc had?

    • @Tu51ndBl4d3
      @Tu51ndBl4d3 Рік тому +3

      @@justinarzola4584 Woah, could you give examples of what you mean. I'm new to African history

    • @itslydia6426
      @itslydia6426 Рік тому +1

      @@Tu51ndBl4d3 the Mali Empire, the Mandinka Empire and the Old Ghana kingdom were all multi ethnic empires.

  • @ouonouanwilfried-desire7758
    @ouonouanwilfried-desire7758 Рік тому +53

    One of the poorest episode quality TLDR has ever put out. Apart from the obvious already adressed in the pinned comment...
    5:38 Mali and Burkina already have the same currency. As every country in WAEMU.
    Also 6:38, the legal basis is the French law inherited from colonialism in 1960. As both are ECOWAS and WAEMU (UEMOA) countries, the regulatory alignment is pretty much already done
    Edit. The video is not bad, by no means, but we have been used to a better standard in mistakes and facts checking by the TLDRs channel. I would appreciate that we maintain the consistency even when you guys decide to tackle a subject that you guys are not familiar with. Other channels or media build a network of local experts to double check the script of videos related to their geographical area. It could be a good way to push TLDR Global in the right direction.

    • @maxdavis7722
      @maxdavis7722 Рік тому +7

      Both countries haven’t changed their law since 1960? If they have then of course there is a lot of alignment to do.

    • @jerdigaming4856
      @jerdigaming4856 Рік тому

      chill

    • @ouonouanwilfried-desire7758
      @ouonouanwilfried-desire7758 Рік тому +1

      @@maxdavis7722 both countries are part of the same economic and regulatory union. Even if some laws have changed, they still have to be consistent with each other. Not to say there is no work to do, bit that's not the herculean task the channel has painted it to be

    • @maxdavis7722
      @maxdavis7722 Рік тому

      @@ouonouanwilfried-desire7758 I still disagree, law is a whole lot more than export regulations. Some parts may have some similarities but you are essentially suggesting that it would be easy for EU countries to combine their law. It simply is not true.

    • @catmonarchist8920
      @catmonarchist8920 Рік тому

      They're always making these mistakes no matter the region

  • @joshuawells835
    @joshuawells835 Рік тому +34

    Interesting to think about. It sounds similar to the proposed East African Federation.

  • @springlink3188
    @springlink3188 Рік тому +6

    Since you're covering Africa, PLEASE cover the Nigeria election in 7 days. This is one of THE most important African elections!

  • @purpledevilr7463
    @purpledevilr7463 Рік тому +69

    Can’t wait for the new Malian empire. I hope the first African Billion will be from here. It’d just be right.

    • @cookiespark6189
      @cookiespark6189 Рік тому +10

      Arent there already african billionaires due to inflation

    • @sneed3040
      @sneed3040 Рік тому +29

      There's at least two African billionaires already, Elon Musk and Isabel Dos Santos come to mind immediately and there's probably more.

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 Рік тому +36

      @@sneed3040 guys… there are AT LEAST 20 African billionaires already 😂😂😂no idea what PurpleDevil is talking about but I guess because africa is poor he assumed there’d be no billionaires from there, but there are at least 10 from Egypt and South Africa alone and Nigeria has a few as well including the richest man on the continent.

    • @josephstalin7276
      @josephstalin7276 Рік тому +16

      There are actually a couple of African billionaires: Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola, Johann Rupert just to name a few

    • @mnm5165
      @mnm5165 Рік тому +13

      Bro there’s dozens of African billionaires already, I get the joke you’re trying to make but damn do research lmao

  • @Madokaexe
    @Madokaexe Рік тому +9

    Now they just need a coastal nation to join this union!

  • @floydtron
    @floydtron Рік тому +19

    FYI - the "j" in junta is pronounced like an "h" just like how the word "jalapeno" is pronounced "halapeno".
    Thank the Spanish for that :)

    • @Terrokkarraa
      @Terrokkarraa Рік тому +6

      While this is true for American English it’s usually pronounced as a normal j in British English ^^

    • @outdoorinwithzach
      @outdoorinwithzach Рік тому +2

      @@Terrokkarraa it's not American English, it's Spanish.

    • @Terrokkarraa
      @Terrokkarraa Рік тому +3

      @@outdoorinwithzach Oh for sure, the word comes from Spanish and pronouncing it like an h is closer to the Spanish pronunciation but it’s usually not pronounced that way in British English

    • @d3thkn1ghtmcgee74
      @d3thkn1ghtmcgee74 Рік тому +2

      Because the British get a pass in butchering words and names in other languages for some reason lol

    • @thepopulationofkazakhstan1116
      @thepopulationofkazakhstan1116 Рік тому

      @@outdoorinwithzach it was originally from Spanish but the pronunciation has now shifted

  • @deathdrone6988
    @deathdrone6988 Рік тому +5

    "not less effective", so they are more effective I assume (probably cause they don't mind using more 'coercive' tactics).

  • @Marylandbrony
    @Marylandbrony Рік тому +4

    A Union between Mail and Burkina Faso should be called “Malibu”.

  • @OnlyTruth2023
    @OnlyTruth2023 9 місяців тому

    We hope that

  • @jbshiva865
    @jbshiva865 Рік тому +2

    I think a military and economic alliance between Mali and Burkina Faso would be better suited than formally united the two nations.

  • @stephenspackman5573
    @stephenspackman5573 Рік тому +5

    A comment about the graphics: the chart of deaths from terrorism is really hard to read, because you label the vertical axis (and caption) as deaths, not deaths-per-, but then you use a line graph and not a bar graph. I honestly can't work out what it is saying (other than as an overall disturbing trend, of course). Are these annual deaths?

  • @ThePanEthiopian
    @ThePanEthiopian Рік тому

    Well I was fantasising about it for some time

  • @braquiochoncv.u5696
    @braquiochoncv.u5696 Рік тому +10

    Mali really be restoring that good old Empire they used to have

    • @barmybarmecide5390
      @barmybarmecide5390 Рік тому

      Mali will fall to Islamists in a month if russia gets tired of carrying their useless gover like France did 🤣

  • @mrsigmagrinder8737
    @mrsigmagrinder8737 Рік тому

    Goes hard

  • @DGoldy303
    @DGoldy303 Рік тому +3

    I think it's a good idea.

  • @Wither5000
    @Wither5000 Рік тому +6

    Africa must unite to be strong.

  • @2dradon2
    @2dradon2 Рік тому +19

    The world should be more united. This is a step in the right direction. We are all human and once we get past tribalistic ideologies, we will fix many of our problems.

    • @lyxandrast0ttr0n1x8
      @lyxandrast0ttr0n1x8 Рік тому +1

      One struggle 🤝

    • @barmybarmecide5390
      @barmybarmecide5390 Рік тому +2

      Somehow i don't think this will help make either country less tribalistic, but always hopeful for the best

    • @adhiwicaksono6149
      @adhiwicaksono6149 Рік тому

      That's not what Paris would want though

    • @Blackfatrat
      @Blackfatrat Рік тому +3

      idk mate, compare countries like Iceland, Norway and finland, where most things work well and people largely share a set of basic ideas, to some of the huge countries with many large different cultures in their borders. How would one realisticly have a discussion in a world government where 1/3 of the population would want to kill all gay people, some people believe insulting their religion is a crime while others want full democracy, and others want a communist dictatorship? Like how would you possibly do this? It would just become a hot mess and end up with noone being happy at all. Sounds nice, doesn't work in practice.

    • @2dradon2
      @2dradon2 Рік тому

      @Blackfatrat well people who want to murder anyone for anything is pretty despicable but thats a whole over conversation. Countries over time and have banned captial punishment one by one (because it does not deter people from commiting crime) but yeah. It won't be instant but we will get there eventually.

  • @cookiespark6189
    @cookiespark6189 Рік тому +10

    Its 1:30 am and I'm watching tldr

  • @manicos100
    @manicos100 Рік тому +2

    It is not about uniting to become one nation but some kind of federation that they may share many things in comon e.g the currency, borders free, they will work like one for the comon good of every one with a strong security tie,

  • @fradinetienne712
    @fradinetienne712 Рік тому +7

    This is the second time you make the "burkinabe is the capital city of Burkina Faso"
    One time was bad enough, but to do it again shows that you didn't pay attention to the feedbacks, and don't question your sources when you tackle a topic you're not too familiar with for the second time.
    This is bad.

    • @notbfg9000
      @notbfg9000 Рік тому

      Who cares.

    • @fradinetienne712
      @fradinetienne712 Рік тому +2

      @@notbfg9000 I do. Who cares about your comment ?

    • @rbxless
      @rbxless Рік тому +2

      @@notbfg9000 Me, cuz it's very hard to trust such a news source.

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 Рік тому +1

      @@notbfg9000 we all care except you

  • @sylviamontaez3889
    @sylviamontaez3889 Рік тому +1

    im rather curious on what the name of the country will be and its flag, and whether or not Guinea will join as well.

  • @lemomar
    @lemomar Рік тому

    That’s great news

  • @CARL_093
    @CARL_093 Рік тому +2

    very interesting it will benefit every sides and can be benefactor every sided on this

  • @deepinthewoods8078
    @deepinthewoods8078 Рік тому +1

    They could start small and integrate like the Benelux in the 1950s, which slowly grew into the European Union over the next decades. Malibu...

  • @albevanhanoy
    @albevanhanoy Рік тому +9

    Considering both countries recently had military coups, are strict dictatorships, that Mali is still stuck in a civil war and doesn't control its whole territory, and the multiple issues they have with terrorist groups, the odds of this actually happening, and if it does, going well or benefitting the citizens as a whole are... Very low.

  • @mariasilviapossas3872
    @mariasilviapossas3872 Рік тому +1

    I live in Brazil and only knew about it here, three weeks after it was posted. We know nothing about Africa here.

  • @JerzyFeliksKlein
    @JerzyFeliksKlein Рік тому +3

    This might be a rhetorical question - did previous attempts in the 60's to form federations did not fall because of the French meddling? You know, the old "divide and rule" stuff the colonial powers are so good at.

    • @chalgoode6449
      @chalgoode6449 Рік тому

      Ssssshhhhhhh!!!!!! Stop saying the quiet parts aloud!

  • @rmgardner13
    @rmgardner13 Рік тому

    I hope. !

  • @JXY2019
    @JXY2019 Рік тому +15

    This is why this is the best channel. American media would never cover this

    • @PresidentFlip
      @PresidentFlip Рік тому +9

      I mean they’re as bad with geography as Americans are given their many mistakes in past videos and this one

    • @KanLuxiang
      @KanLuxiang Рік тому +3

      I heard this story on Democracy Now! weeks ago and read it on AP. The good news organizations are covering this stuff, regardless of nationality.

  • @westcoastwilly6261
    @westcoastwilly6261 Рік тому +1

    2:18 kinda weird not to explain what happened in 2016...

  • @CommissarMitch
    @CommissarMitch Рік тому

    I looked this up and to my knowledge there have not been any news about this.

  • @JS-jh4cy
    @JS-jh4cy 5 місяців тому +1

    Ever time they do something like this shit goes to hell and back

  • @sakandeabdoulaye9514
    @sakandeabdoulaye9514 Рік тому

    Issues make people stronger and make the countries powerful

  • @vicrai578
    @vicrai578 Рік тому +9

    What about Azawad? You said in a previous video that Azawad could maybe become an independant country in the near future. Would Azawad remain in Mali if a federation was set up? Would they still break off of Mali? Would they break off of Mali before a federation could be created and would it negate the chances of a federation?

    • @bakaryfofana
      @bakaryfofana Рік тому

      There would never be a place in Mali calls as Azawad. those thugs are Arab orgines. they are drug traffickers and can never stand against our Army.

  • @jacobsocknesssucks5277
    @jacobsocknesssucks5277 Рік тому +1

    This happened in a Vic 2 CWE mod playthrough of mine....

  • @benettoniscool
    @benettoniscool Рік тому +7

    The Map looks like a butterfly

  • @darthjarjar5309
    @darthjarjar5309 Рік тому +2

    The Burkina Faso name has always sounded very cool to me. If they unite, I hope the name stays.

  • @Mr.Nichan
    @Mr.Nichan Рік тому +1

    Alternatively, will they be two countries, just with different borders, as Azawad splits off?

  • @stevepottinger785
    @stevepottinger785 Рік тому +1

    Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso.
    Burkinabe is the name given to someone who lives in Burkina Faso.

  • @emileghattas6537
    @emileghattas6537 Рік тому +22

    Burkinabe is the capital of Burkina Faso? 😂😂😂 I
    wish you’d spend more time on polishing your videos instead of promoting Ads

  • @RTL2024
    @RTL2024 Рік тому

    ive hoping this since this video is uploaded 💀

  • @accountforcommenting
    @accountforcommenting Рік тому +1

    If this federation happens they can also get Senegal on board , it can provide with sea access

    • @monterrang1
      @monterrang1 Рік тому

      or guinea conakry

    • @diazcastro7331
      @diazcastro7331 Рік тому

      Hehe they won't join . These two countries are so unstable

  • @Amitdas-gk2it
    @Amitdas-gk2it Рік тому

    Interesting

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 Рік тому +1

    Sahel is pronounced as Sahel, not Sah-hel. The capital is Ouagadougou. And less effective.

  • @user-sd6sy1kw5q
    @user-sd6sy1kw5q Рік тому

    It's a combination with no dreams or hopes.

  • @bitshox1215
    @bitshox1215 Рік тому +3

    If Mali wants to unite with Burkina Faso then it will have to give up Azawad which it barely controls anyways.

    • @chalgoode6449
      @chalgoode6449 Рік тому +1

      Excepting the fact that Azawad is a Tuareg invention, and the Tuaregs/Fulanis are minorities in Mali.
      Even in Mali's Azawad region. So there's that

    • @joseloera5849
      @joseloera5849 Рік тому

      I'm thinking about if it would be actually beneficial to Mali to let Azawad be independent. Does Azawad region have many resources?

    • @chalgoode6449
      @chalgoode6449 Рік тому +1

      @@joseloera5849 excepting that Azawad literally has no historical foundation in Mali, whatsoever.
      The so-called "Azawad" region that the Tuaregs are attempting to prop up is BARELY populated by Tuaregs to begin with.
      Owing to the fact that they are an ethnic minority that arrived in Mali relatively recently when compared to the Indigenous and native Black Malian groups.
      Azawad is a fictive premise

  • @hairyhaggis7431
    @hairyhaggis7431 Рік тому +49

    Whether it happens or not depends on if France supports the plan - given the iron grip they have on their former colonies

    • @Kafei01
      @Kafei01 Рік тому +22

      You haven't paid attention of recent events am I correct ?
      France in Africa is finished.

    • @myosotis4507
      @myosotis4507 Рік тому +30

      Not in those countries. France has withdrawn from Mali, whose authoritarian government is now militarily and politically closer to Russia.
      Same thing is currently happening in Burkina Faso. The military junta asked and the french promised to move their special forces out and now they're celebrating, flying Russian flags even
      Not everyone's down with replacing one imperialist with an even worse one, but the political elites sure are, and they've done a great job of simplifying the situation into France bad and Russia good. Nevermind how one of the first things Wagner did entering Mali was massacre civillians and try to pin it on french troops.

    • @agmuntianu
      @agmuntianu Рік тому

      @@Kafei01 But they are in Senegal

    • @daveharrison84
      @daveharrison84 Рік тому +1

      It creates a bigger country whose only common language is French. France should support it.

    • @barmybarmecide5390
      @barmybarmecide5390 Рік тому +5

      Iron grip my ass, they do what they can to convince African countries to stay in a currency union and cooperate on regional military and economic projects. Countries can change relations whenever they want, like Gabon leaving the currency union, or have ties severed, like Mali and BF have due to military coups

  • @maavet2351
    @maavet2351 Рік тому +1

    There seem to be many unifocation initiatives in Africa, it's great.
    Also like drawing ethnic border is very useless, it'll change nothing

  • @mandategaming
    @mandategaming Рік тому +5

    “Burkinabe” 💀💀💀

  • @mgoundiam
    @mgoundiam Рік тому

    Hello,
    I would like to thank you for addressing the topic of African events, which are often neglected in international media. I largely agree with your analysis, but I would like to provide some clarification.
    Firstly, the 2018 coup in Mali was not solely due to the government's failure to manage the security crisis. It was mainly caused by political instability resulting from political disputes following parliamentary elections.
    Secondly, the 2021 coup was not at all related to the inefficiency of the government in power but rather an attempt to regain control by the same military leaders who orchestrated the first coup. These military leaders had established a partially civilian government with a Prime Minister and a civilian president (but former military). When these two leaders tried to remove the military from the government, the military leaders overthrew them.
    Like you, I am also skeptical about the effectiveness of private armed groups in such situations. However, I wonder if asserting that they are less effective than French troops is already possible. Given that their possible presence in Mali was only mentioned towards the end of 2021, do we have sufficient data to compare?
    Thanks again for this informative video, and good luck with your future projects.

  • @cullenadasek9119
    @cullenadasek9119 Рік тому +2

    Take a shot every time he says military junta

  • @londegel
    @londegel Рік тому

    Considering how both the Mali federation and senegambia confederation went, I doubt this

  • @THEWORLDROCKSSS
    @THEWORLDROCKSSS Рік тому +1

    Mali has 800 tons of gold deposits, two million tons of iron ore, five thousand tons of uranium, 20 million tons of manganese, four million tons of lithium
    Burkina Faso is rich in mineral resources, and produces gold, zinc, copper, manganese, phosphate, and limestone in substantial quantities. It also has reserves of diamonds, bauxite, nickel and vanadium
    This 2 countries would be huge commodity producers so honestly I’m not worried about money

    • @noriantiri9310
      @noriantiri9310 Рік тому

      But mineral ore does not make a country rich by itself

    • @THEWORLDROCKSSS
      @THEWORLDROCKSSS Рік тому

      @@noriantiri9310true but they can make a country rich if the country produces finished goods with them and sells internationally I sure the Chinese and Russian would be happy to help with that as long as the they also profit from it
      Western companies not so much they are more interested in stealing than helping

  • @MichaelSidneyTimpson
    @MichaelSidneyTimpson Рік тому +1

    Isn't it pronounced as "hunta" or is that just a difference between American and British English?

  • @prion42
    @prion42 Рік тому +2

    Which dictator would be in charge of the combined nation🤔

  • @davidseto169
    @davidseto169 Рік тому

    Mali and Burkina Faso are already both founding members of the UEMOA within the larger ECOWAS (both are also founding membets of this group too, and were suspended recently due to miltary coups in both countries). So isn't part of the road to integration and harmonisation already done?

  • @matthewheadfireandiceyugio8788

    Country of the new country

  • @ZeroZeke-
    @ZeroZeke- Рік тому

    Malibu joke was 🔥 🔥 🔥

  • @DavidOfosuAppiah
    @DavidOfosuAppiah Рік тому

    Interesting on Mali and Burkina Faso......

  • @danielmwendwa791
    @danielmwendwa791 Рік тому +2

    TLDR Africa when?

  • @NoName-sb9tp
    @NoName-sb9tp Рік тому

    Let’s see how long that’ll last before another coup happen.

  • @LittleLilith481
    @LittleLilith481 Рік тому +3

    I think it’s only natural to see all these African countries splitting or uniting. Mostly due to the fact that the current colonial borders suck.

  • @marym7104
    @marym7104 Рік тому

    Within 15 hours!

  • @jared4walsh
    @jared4walsh Рік тому

    How long will it last.

  • @SuperTonyony
    @SuperTonyony Рік тому +4

    Next week: Will Argentina and Thailand federate? Stay tuned!

  • @yusefbrooks8584
    @yusefbrooks8584 Рік тому +2

    They were all a part of the same empire many centuries ago

  • @philgoodalways
    @philgoodalways Рік тому +2

    The Jihadist problem started when a certain "defensive" foreigh alliance intervened in Lybia, which led to armed groups spilling into the entire region. Ftfy

  • @eldahalas7015
    @eldahalas7015 Рік тому

    If they want it could happen

  • @boborock2012
    @boborock2012 Рік тому

    They are just United by objective and challenges.
    The high appetite for power amongst Africans can't permit such to happen.

  • @jakekn7304
    @jakekn7304 Рік тому +7

    Malibu 🤣🤣🤣

  • @aryachris1908
    @aryachris1908 Рік тому +1

    They should for a federation until they reach the ocean

  • @freddiemercury2075
    @freddiemercury2075 Рік тому

    Next video - Uganda and Kenya wants to unify with Wakanda.

  • @gustheskeleton
    @gustheskeleton Рік тому +1

    Sahel states? The geographical region is called Nigrita

  • @FullMetalPier
    @FullMetalPier 6 місяців тому +1

    I'm ok with that, but only without the Azawad which will finally become a free state.

  • @shantanusapru
    @shantanusapru Рік тому +2

    It's pronounced "hun-ta" or "hoon-ta"; not "jan-ta" or "jun-ta"

  • @L1M.L4M
    @L1M.L4M Рік тому +1

    Mali Empire 2; every country that tried to unite with Mali stays in Mali

  • @eyalrephaeli6833
    @eyalrephaeli6833 Рік тому

    such a union has to include: Guinea, Senegal, Niger, Benin, Togo and Ivory Coast.

  • @baronvonjo1929
    @baronvonjo1929 Рік тому

    I truely have never heard of Burkina Faso

    • @GZQ9
      @GZQ9 Рік тому

      Well, now you have

    • @ViriatoII
      @ViriatoII Рік тому

      They were famous for child soldiers in the past, now are more stable

  • @Kret-o
    @Kret-o Рік тому +15

    2nd empire of Mali 😳

    • @jakekn7304
      @jakekn7304 Рік тому +3

      EU4 reference?!?!?!?

    • @spaghettiisyummy.3623
      @spaghettiisyummy.3623 Рік тому +2

      @@jakekn7304 It's a real Empire.

    • @JoinThe_BingvinArmy
      @JoinThe_BingvinArmy Рік тому +3

      @@jakekn7304 its a real empire which the richest man in history as king, but he has been whittled down to only a figure in a map game?

    • @mandategaming
      @mandategaming Рік тому

      @@JoinThe_BingvinArmy based username

    • @JcoleMc
      @JcoleMc Рік тому

      Mali empire reform speedrun %

  • @ElectrostatiCrow
    @ElectrostatiCrow Рік тому +2

    Please. Please let them call it "Malibu".