General Langley (AFRICOM) has been talking about Burkina Faso & their leader. Now he's in Africa and many think military action is imminent...

 

Africans have massively reacted to the arrival of USA General Michael Langley In Ivory Coast.

Most Africans believe that they are

“Planning to Invade Burkina Faso and take out Ibrahim Traore”

Your thoughts on this… pic.twitter.com/mPiCrHQYF5

— African Hub (@AfricanHub_) April 26, 2025

I find this interesting.

Ya'll might not remember but this was a FRENCH PROBLEM!  They got kicked out and whined.  They tried to play game with the French dollar and Traore basically blocked it.

Don't get me wrong.  Traore is NOT the good guy, but he has taken steps to improve the lives of people in his country.  The main attraction for the French and POSSIBLY the US?  Impressive gold mining opportunities (always been curious about gold...its not actually a rare metal but its costs are inflated...don't know why).

Either way you slice it, this visit is worth watching.  Africa is big and I don't know how you take military action with the distances involved.  We got kicked out of Niger and Mali so that leaves Ghana or Liberia as staging points but I don't think they'd bite.

Africa is hard.  The distances will make any fight a logistical nightmare.