Putin's Troops Withdrawal; Lesson For Africa

The military overthrown the civilian government in Burkina Faso, with an alibi of ineffective strategic plan to stem activities of Islamic insurgence. Only last week, over 300 military and civilians were slaughtered in the north last week.

To worsen the situation, is the decision of Vladimir Putin to, with immediate effect, recall all Russian troops sent to assist Burkina Faso with its fight against islamists and provide personal protection for the military leader Ibrahim Troare.

Bear brigade
At short pre-departure ceremony, the leader of this special Russian force called the BEAR BRIGADE, said at a time when their country is at war, the best thing to do is going back home to defend their country. They have left Troare in bitter the cold.

This, therefore, should tell these military coupists, and to some extent, the civilian leaders of Africa that, no foreign government, particularly in the global north, have our interests at heart, in the arena of global geo-politics.

Russia loses
The reason for Putin's withdrawal of these Russian troops is to be deployed to battlefield against Ukraine, as a result of recent loses and dwindling numbers of personnel. It is estimated that over 200 Russian troops are slaughtered daily.

With recruitment and sending to the battlefield, of thousands of hardcore prisoners, including murderers, sexual offenders, HIV and hepatitis A sufferers, with just 3-week military training, Putin appears to be on the back foot, hence, the drastic move.

ECOWAS coups
When military coups swept across ECOWAS region, ignoramuses in Ghana jubilated and wished for same to happen here. But the setbacks on battlefields against Islamic these Islamic insurgence have escaped our noise-makers.

The totally confused characters masquerading as security experts and always engaged in groundless fear-mongering, are no longer being heard on egregious degeneration of security situation in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. Punks!!

Totalitarianism
For those of us that have been around here in Ghana, lived and experienced military coups with it's concomitant totalitarianism, the worse form of democratic governance will forever remain light-years ahead, as the best very alternative.

Admittedly, some civilian governments have been found wanting but atleast, we have the liberty to make noise and even insult them from dawn to dusk. But you do same under a military dictator, and your continue existence will be in peril.

We have had a history in Ghana where over 442 innocent citizens miraculously disappeared into thin air, between 1981 and 192, under the PNDC tyrannical regime. So I'm always taken aback, when I hear people wet fantasies about military coups.

Ageing Japan
Well, in other news, 40,000 Japanese died alone in their homes in first 6months of 2024, with bodies of some discovered months later. It's symptomatic of an ageing society where there are not enough youth to cater for their aged families.

The lack of dwindling numbers in the youth population is due to Japanese men's poor virility in-between the sheets to ginger procreation. And there's actually enticing policy of the State reward of $20,000 to couple that get pregnant.

I wish the Japanese government would come up with a recruitment scheme to enable our men grab the opportunity to go exhibit matchless prowess in the area of procreation, and their dwindling youth population will see a sudden spike.

Justice A. Newton-Offei
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