Is this the first African superpower?
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- čas přidán 4. 09. 2022
- A new country is emerging in the middle of Africa that could become the first African superpower: the East African Federation, a union of seven states: Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
This superstate would be the largest country in Africa, ahead of Algeria, and the seventh largest country in the world, ahead of India but behind Australia. Its capital would be Arusha in Tanzania, and with 312 million inhabitants, the federation would be the fourth most populous country after the United States.
But it would also be a relatively poor state, with a GDP of $325 billion, making it only the fourth largest economy on the continent behind Nigeria, Egypt, and South Africa, despite having by far the most inhabitants.
But there are other difficulties that stand in the way of federation. Africa is already a diverse continent, and these seven countries are no different, so it could be very difficult to unite all these different interests into a single state. On the other hand, these countries have been experiencing record economic growth for years, which begs the question
DRC is so unstable I don't think it would happen
DRC join the union this year
They are trying hard to make it happen. There is also a good chance Somalia or Ethiopia would join although that is still up for debate. It almost happened a few decades ago and it will probably happen again. At this moment they are trying to make the countries more economically intertwined and it has a good chance. As long as a major war doesn't strike the continent i think and hope it will happen
@@honeysauce5244 i think it wouldn't be a good move from Ethiopia
@@oliversodomka3651 still could.happeb
@@honeysauce5244 if this happen just change the name to "Central Africa Federation"
Civil war: ”It’s my time to shine!”
Won’t even take 1 year
Mercenaries: “It’s my time to shine!”
CIA: Need some help creating chaos?
These countries have decided to merge on their own and their people are in support of it. On a serious note can you elaborate what made you think of civil war 🤔?
@@Karl3Lang my hungry ass thought about the second congolese war and the rebels in DR Congo which i do not think agreed with the nation
Tanzania 🇹🇿: let’s work together!
Uganda 🇺🇬 Rwanda 🇷🇼 Burundi 🇧🇮 Kenya 🇰🇪:yeah!
DR Congo 🇨🇩: fine I’ll break all of us up
south sudan🇸🇸: here we go again
Sudan 🇸🇩 : get back here bitch
This is so fucked up but so true 😂
True🤣
But I think that plan was for Uganda .museveni
My country doesn’t have instability my instability has a country 🗿
I feel that on a spiritual level
So true!
If instability was a country
Blame the west
@@vixen878 no, blame geography.
@@SSB_Its_Me_SB he has a hammer and sicle in his username. Logic and reason are far beyond his grasp.
@@vixen878 yeah for sure. I’ll remember to ring up Estonia and tell them they ruined Africa.
Jfc some people
Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda aren't particularly unstable
Why do I have the feeling it would go into a civil war in like 15mins (July 2023 update): Well, there ya go
Yes
Because africa
Idk why you’d think that it’s not like they have any cultural differences, an unstable economy and a recent history of civil and political unrest
@@lord_duckian9521 you clearly don't understand how many tribes are within these nations
@@thegodfather_8455 it’s sarcasm
"Maps drawn in an office in London"
🤣🤣🤣🤣
For maximum infighting and instability
Yet none of these countries could ever do better?
And no Africans were invited when they drew the imaginary lines on the map.
Ok so now it’s time for Africans to redraw those lines. And this 7-to-1 solution is what they come up with...?
"How can we torpedo any chance of this federation succeding as quickly as possible?"
*thows in Congo*
first learn to coexist with your own people then join
Announce the initiative within earshot of the CIA
@@cc23001bold of you to think they don't alredy have the invasion fully planned out before It even becomes a thing
Congo's war has already died down for a while.
@@cc23001 The CIA does not give a *** about this.
Is this the first African super power?
Mali Empire :🤔
Ancient Egypt:🤔
Carthage:🤔
The caliphates: 🤔
Also kingdom of Kush 🇸🇩, where my ancestors are from.
As well as kingdom of Axum🇪🇹
@Reck Loose it wouldn't be fair if it didn't
Crazy he is speaking about modern era
@@moehassona6009 thanks, also the nubians and hyksos
None of those were superpowers since they didn't have global influence
Their weapons of mass destruction are Ugandan Knuckles
They have issues , and he shall show dem de way .
Roses are red, violets are blue, everyone in Uganda knows kung fu
@@abdelmalekmetidji he’s not real and if he was, he let Rwanda happen. He let slavery continue in Africa, He lets the AIDS epidemic continue to destroy sinless lives, he’s not a good god if he’s real.
Dead meme
Man, i cant that was good ngl
Finally as a Former Yugoslav, dont let anyone RIP you apart, if you make it to the united stage, Support from Europe 👍
Your European & all western bourgeois Racist regimes won't let it ever happen. just like they dismantled the USSR they won't let such a capable people Unite. it'll literally be a milestone towards a United States Of Africa
@@musonobari2560 Yugoslavia colonial empire 🥶. Will never forgot what it did to my country 😔
@@musonobari2560 facts
@@musonobari2560 the USSR dismantled because nobody wanted to be part of it.
@@IndubitablyIndubitable Its collapse was the biggest mistake of Eastern Europe
As a woman from Kenya, I'm really worried about DRC being there. I love our union with Uganda and Tanzania. I feel Rwanda should be there on certain conditions because of there volatile relationship with DRC not to mention they're basically a soft dictatorship. South Sudan and Burundi should be out. Orthodox East Africa should sort itself out as well (sorry, Ethiopia and Eritrea). Somalia has given us nothing but Islamic terrorism and our president now wants to link up with Eritrea. I'm really worried for the safety of East African women
Yeah.
Worried for the safety of east african women, why?
@@5even.1nches there's a lot of conflict between at least three nations. Loosening the borders will only make movement easier for rebels
DRC and South Sudan are fine. Somalia NEVER.
@@elkiq95 I mean South Sudan is super corrupted and poor
China in future: looks like the east African federation needs some loan
The centralization of numerous countries and you think the commies aren’t already years deep into this? The world needs to stop recognizing China as anything but a fascist ethnostate.
Neocolonialism go brr
China are 21st Century new Colonial power?
Hshsa
💀history repeating itself
Call it wakanda federation and tourist will show.
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I think stable countries like Tanzania Kenya and Rwanda should unite first to avoid instability and then un the future other can join
Yeah agree
Rwanda is far from stable
@@moyiinconito6266 Is the Kagame dictatorship really wearing that thin lately?
They should join Mozambique idk if Mozambique is stable but only bc it should be 3 not 2 unite first
Rwada is "stable" but it haves beef with the Congo. The "chill" members are Kenya, Tanzenia, and Ugada.
Having a larger economy than Botswana is a game breaker
what you mean? Botswana economy is only 18b which is bad
@@zidane8452 oh NVM it's Nigeria who does
@@zidane8452 Botswana doesn't have many people so the economy isn't that bad
@@zidane8452 It’s small, not bad. Botswana has had unquestionably the most impressive growth of all African countries in the past 20 years
“East African federation”
*has a western coastline*
The original proposal was just east Africa, and Congo was added later, but they never bothered to change the name I guess
@@bigbasher4728 but what would iz be if they did? Central African Federation?
@@comradesam3382 Deutsch Zentralafrika lmao
@@MatthiasDrinksH20 danke meine kammerade
@@MatthiasDrinksH20 mittelafrika
They don’t have Chad 🇹🇩 they have no chance without Chad 🇹🇩
🗿🗿🗿
They dont need a corrupt, poor country to survive bro, chad is actually a horrible country so stop the jokes, do your research and try to say it again, not even funny
chad means lake
Based
They have tons of chads(lakes)
You mean chad the country? Why is chad so important?
Every time I saw a short vedio about EAF a new country is being added
It's covering half of Africa at this point
My bets for an African superpower is on Botswana, it's basically never had any civil conflict, ita been steadily growing since it's birth and has been helping other South East African countries expand their economy
not to mention that it is the second most homogenous country in sub-Saharan Africa. Although they unfortunately don't have a port.
@@003mohamud they have strong economic ties with other South East African countries which let them use their ports for trade
Botswana doesn't really have the population nor the agricultural power to get a large population so it will almost always be outshined by South Africa if things there ever get better.
But a union between the Nations of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini and Lesotho could prove to be a powerful force, maybe even better than the East African union as it will have a ludicrous amount of resources and would be relatively stable.
They would be even stronger with the inclusion of Zimbabwe but it isn't all to culturally close to the others and isn't that stable so to avoid making a possibile mistake like the EAF's open entry they would deny Zimbabwe entry if they're still poor and unstable
@@qhayiya252 south Africa is declining and will likely collapse or become a vassal of China or Russia on the next few decades. Botswana is the leader of the Southern African Development Community which can combine and harness the resources of all countries within, the SADC also has a gdp comparable to Switzerland which really showcases what can be accomplished if these countries unite under competent leadership
"Is this the first African superpower? "
Annual GDP : $365 billion....
Yeah, people are throwing around the term super power so often that the term is becoming meaningless.
America is a superpower because of their titanic economy and their capacity to wage multiple wars on different continents.
That isn't even mentioning their soft power.
Not exactly a standard that most countries have been able to match.
@@Tenebraeification as an African I agree but they will get there eventually implying that dating state democratic enough for that long without a civil war.
@@Tenebraeification this gdp is lower than the one of Austria with 8 mio Inhabitants, and almost a third of switzerland with also around 8 mio people... this country might be the biggest African country, but nothing alike a real superpower.. its really crazy how this gets overused
@@reverse_dns2043 if they have a similar trajectory to China they’d have a bigger economy than europe in 50 years.
For argument's sake, let's say that GDP (PPP) is 3x or 5x which at max would come out to be be close to $1.7 Trillion.. At max I could see it as an African power, nothing beyond that..
Tell me you don't understand African politics without telling me you don't understand African politics 🤣🤣🤣
Like you do?
@@Caros872
Yes, anyone with a brain can understand that this ain't a superpower, and this isn't a reality to become.
Ikr!😂
how to have a civil war in 0.01 seconds:
Museveni is not giving up any power to anyone .
lol
"by far the most inhabitants in africa"
Nigeria: *has just a few million people less*
I'm surprised DRC would even join
No, just the regular Congo
@@grantflippin7808 You’re joking right?
@@WhelmedBoyWonder well, technically the Republic of the Congo vs The Democratic Republic of Congo
The drc isn't intended to join just kinda seeped into the fan fics same with ss sudan would fight over it
@@Lp-army1 what do you mean? DRC joined this year
Calling a country with the instability of Syria and the GDP of Colombia a "super power" is very fast and loose with that term
Yeah.. the union's GDP is less than South Africa which has 60 million people, the DRC alone has 114million people so it's nearly a 3 times more people with less GDP. Now imagine how bad the union is doing then
I think he means "Potential Super Power" If they able to get a good government (Which is kinda hard to find in Africa) they can use they atlatic paficic borders and massively growing population to because one of the richest countries in the world, and one of the most powerful. Except this isn't likely.
This is so sad. I did the math, and if these countries do unite, the GDP per capita would be 1068 dollars. This is insanely low.😢
Yeah, but the cost of living there is also insanely low. You need to determine what that 1k means adjusted for PPP.
China’s also low but not this low since it’s still really wealthy. But ofc the federation has a humongous population
African Americans should invest and support this.
As much $ as we raise we will always be 2nd class in the US
It’s time to make Africa rich and establish ourselves as a nation
Blacks owned 20% more businesses 30 years after slavery than they do now
31% of black people live RIGHT ABOVE the poverty line
Blacks own 1% of wealth in this nation.
92% of black people call a white man or woman boss
Better than Burundi 250
Whatever happens the people of Africa deserve prosperity and I hope they get it.
Why just them, why not the whole world ?
so do us Southeastern Europeans
@@ivandragokrizanac9429 we need it more
@@formtaz5117 nope. we do.
@@formtaz5117 and so do Russians
"is this the next balkan war like situation"
YES
Imagine if Egypt,Morocco,Nigeria,Algeria and South Africa made a union
Check the geography first
Egypt has its own history. Cherish it! Join a economic union, don't give up your sovereignty.
The loop is so smooth lol
no it wasnt a loop
DRC is like that troubled brother with PTSD always wanting to fight. The others are stable and have moved on from war long ago. DRC would be a problem.
They can be rehabilitated
Who sponsors the wars? Not Africans though. Solution is Africa repent and return to Yesus Christ....then see a miracle.
The influx of stability that would come from merging would probably eventually see an end to it's conflicts.
South Sudan isnt stable at all, neither is Burundi, and Uganda still has a dictator that will not give up his power for a federated state, there is too many hoops to jump through
South Sudan is the least stable country in the world
"Africa is a very diverse continent, and these 7 countries are no different"; theres a weird oxymoron here...
No different in the fact that they are also diverse. Not an oxymoron at all.
@@ruseangirl I was just commenting on the wording, it's not that I didn't understand
*there's
It makes sense because these 7 countries will remain very diverse and so many competing tribal and ethic interests.
@Timur Sayfullah you comment means nothing. Why are you stating the obvious.
Shocking to see Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and DRC come together after the Congo Wars
It's been 28 days now of me watching this short, when is it going to end??
5 minutes after the country's foundation:
"hey how about a civil war?"
Nah
@@kubasymon9049 pretty much guaranteed
yeah yeah, that being said by Fat White Old folks in an office in either Washington DC, or London, Or Berlin, or Paris.
@@kubasymon9049 Unless Jesus comes and sings kumbaya this is gonna end bad.
@@FirstnameLastname-ej4kvWith DRC yes but 🇸🇴🇸🇸 is ok and the rest has no tribal conflicts
That’s the plan in East Africa
I hope South Sudan issues won’t cause wars any more because I’m Tired of running(I’m now in Uganda)😂
Man I wish you best . I heard that south Sudan and Sudan was a one country I hope they reunite again with Egypt
You haven’t stop running yet if Salvar Kiir is still a president 😂
Arusha in my language means " Female Bear " bro😂
What language is that
Honestly this is a good idea. Africa needs a Superpower for stability. Look at the peripheries of the US and China I would consider those areas to be quite peaceful and stable.
Nigeria pretty much does that but only in the west. Not the east, the horn, central africa, southern, or the north
@@chidubememma-ugwuoke9660Nigeria is pretty corupts but it's possible. South Africa can be seen like that in the south. The North has Egypt. But everywhere else isn't the case
I think this will happen but without the DRC and south Sudan
Uganda’s Kung Fu warriors will be a force to to reckon with
???
But who killed captain Alex?
@@todplatinum5789 Must be the Tiger mafia
@@TheTophatCheeseyo COMMANDO!!!
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Rich countries with bad governments ,as and African American it would be amazing to see this happening!
This could be the greatest thing to happen to them, I hope they finally get justice and grow economically after the atrocities european countries have done to them.
A superpower isn't just big geographically. It gas to be rich,efficient, innovative and have a functioning civil society.
Thus has none of that.
For now , I like to think it has potencial
@@comradesam3382 it does, if you know the geographical features that maie the United States a global superpower you can see a lot of similarities, but of course corruption and poverty are currently standing in the way
Yup other than size the rest of the comparisons was with African countries cause of he compared it with American or European countries it would still be very low on the list. Size isn't the main strength of a country if most of it is dessert unless we start putting a bunch of solor panels or unlock some kind of terraforming size doesn't have much importance imo.
@@comradesam3382 potential if you take out all issues these countries allready have for them selves and foreign interverance.This will never happen its like so bad it s almost laughable
@@comradesam3382 every country in East Asia have that potential
I'm pretty sure that DRC and South Sudan would be excluded until they would sort out their internal issues. The other 5 countries together would probably do fine tbf
Both have already applied and been accepted, they'll officially be apart of the Federation. Somalia and a couple others have also applied.
@@afroartist1086 Somalia would have the same issues
@@afroartist1086 If they are going to be "apart" that means separate.
@@hadhamalnamSomalia will join but I don't think they want to be in the federation but just in the Community
Same with Burundi and Rwanda
Africa is the world's First continent to have a Superpower which is the ancient Egyptian Empire, the world's First superpower in the history of humanity.
I'm so gay for Egypt, but I don't think they qualify as a super power, because there's nothing to 'super' in that era. Like, some petty kingdoms and city states... woo.
But that being said: men fear time, but time fears the pyramids
@@InternetMameluq With the same opinion of yours, in a matter of 150 years from now post human extraterrestrial settlements, a planetary country spanning over colonies on Earth and other planets they would claim that current world's USA and USSR are not "super" powers on their human scale for galactic colonisation, something which would surely sound illogical. Thus, for the Known civilised world of the ancient globe the Egyptian Empire was absolutely and accurately the world's superpower.
@@ASMM1981EGY I understand your reasoning, but I beg your consideration of the fact that power politics currently refers to our world. A great power can project considerable force GLOBALLY, and a super power can project unstoppable force globally. Those aliens would not be refering to global superpowers, but to galactic/segmental/universal/dimensional superpowers, not our global superpowers.
Yes, they were a 'superpower of the known world' but what was known of their world was so truncated that calling them a super power, or any power, greatly distorts the term. Indeed one of the reasons why Egypt's government was so inwards facing is because they had no one to influence with their power worth influencing.
🇩🇿: I got to enjoy my time as the biggest African country
If they United the Congo won't be confused anymore
Botswana : Finally a Worthy Opponent our Battle will be Legendary
My nigga 😭😂✌️🇧🇼
But that's if they can stay democratic for long enough.
Botswana overrated
@@zidane8452 maybe yes but we will take it
Botswana is too small
Somebody: *uploads a video of countrys uniting
The people trying not to say civil war speedrun: 💢😡
South Sudan: I just break away from Sudan and I'm gonna unite again with different countries
i think they should work on keeping themselves together before making a federation
Have you seen any of those countries? They’re very developed and clean
@@azulaquaza4916 Well The Congo And South Sudan not so much both of them were considered failed states due to constant conflict and political unstableness but if they get aid from the more developed states like Kenya and Tanzania they could recover tho that’s not guaranteed.
@@azulaquaza4916 developed? Talk to my ass 🤣. Even country like China, Brazil, Indonesia, India, and Mexico still considered as developing nation
@@jaydenbrust7763 plus Congo hates Uganda & Kenya. In their POV, that 2 countries support rebellion in their country
The process is still pending???
I think they should unify because it will just stabilize the region and if they try to work all together they could become one of the strongest countries in Africa
I mean Yugoslavia unified and they didn’t have the greatest time
This type of move is the best example of how much they are strong... together!!!
If they just keep it to South Sudan to Tanzania then it’ll more than likely happen. The Congo is just too diverse and too unstable for something this big.
egypt: hello?....
What?
Support Union from Tunisia 🇹🇳🌹
Why the pessimism in Comments ? The problem is that the people who spread pessimism are not even Africans.
God bless you brother!
From South Africa 🇿🇦🙏
Because people can't imagine any good coming out of Africa. Our countries want to unify to become prosperous together and for some reason people just want laugh. Ironic, considering this is also how the EU came about, but oh well. Also, thanks bro, all Tunisians I've met have been amazing people ♥️. Also, this video is a bit inaccurate, the federation would have a structure like EU, not that we would merge into one country. We still would be independent but unified countries with open trade and transportation policies and passports.
@@jayo7812 Europe is far more unified than Africa could ever dream of being.
We know history, boi.
@@jadapinkett1656 *keep our continent's name out your f*ckin mouth*
The most feared battalion in that Federation would be the ugandan Knuckles imagine hearing clicking when they charge at you
Stand together brothers..many will wish you fall. United States of Africa👍👍👍🇹🇹 rise my people
African Americans should invest and support this.
As much $ as we raise we will always be 2nd class in the US
It’s time to make Africa rich and establish ourselves as a nation
Blacks owned 20% more businesses 30 years after slavery than they do now
31% of black people live RIGHT ABOVE the poverty line
Blacks own 1% of wealth in this nation.
92% of black people call a white man or woman boss
I’m excited for this event if it does happen… too bad its likely not going to survive a few decades
It will survive, if they settle the corruption, poverty, military coup, border dispute, barbaric tribes and not being a puppet start of neither China or European countries
“Decades” give it 6 months before another genocide occurs.
It won’t even happen
@@noen2366 it will
The process is pending
CIA: “Hold my beer”
Annual GDP: 300some billion
*USA “Those are rookie numbers!”*
This is a good start, sending our support from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 🙌🏽
hahahha not gonna lie, that had me laughing
America be like "Not if wolfowitz doctrine has anything to say about it and it do"
Having two coasts is huge. Atlantic and Indian Ocean access in the middle of Africa is so powerful.
Child soldiers: “ it’s my time to shine”
That’s gonna be the strongest nation bec everybody In uganda knows kung fu
U kidding 😂??
America: “Got any oil?”
No
US would have landed there instead of the Middle East.
Us: guys do something
Britain and France : yeah let me do something 💀
Bigger chance of Yugoslavia reuniting then this happening.
Nigeria is the super power of Africa
Nigeria. Eygpt . Algeria. South Africa.
@@malekaltayari3936 exactly
How much civil war do you want?
-yes
Me either most of it's GDP comes from Kenya and all countries are relatively the same, but dealing with money and military could be a struggle
They finna have insane coffee exports.
My first impulse was to laugh. But then after serious consideration. ...I had to laugh again!
Yeah, you might laugh now, but you definitely wouldn't be laughing if you were to magically rise from the dead in a century or so. it will happen one day.
the USA wasn't where it is today 200 yrs ago. Rome came & went. Same will be for the African Super State.
we Africans of today might not live it, but our posterity will definitely enjoy it.
we are doing our best to prepare a brighter future for them.
Keep on amusing yourself...
Tell me that your not serious!!!
@@black_shadow70 Tell me your not serious!
This would be really good for the region and I hope it happens so that they can be happier.
No it wouldn't
This is a bigger chance of Yugoslavia reuniting
Virtually all of Africa is already so polarized. There’s many different ethnic groups in every country that strive for independence. This “Union” will prove itself catastrophic.
This would be the most unstable country on the world
Just remove Congo and South Sudan.
*in the world
“the first African superpower”
The Mali empire: “Am I a joke to you?
Or ancient egypt
@@MatthiasDrinksH20 fr
Exactly he thinks africa has never had history like egypt and mali didnt ever exist.
@@user-hc2vk2ic3u I think he means currently
@@ilovecakecanihaveapiece “is this the first african superpower?”
If they can actually pull this off it would really be cool, if it does, I hope it'll go well without corruption and better unity amongs the people.
The DRC is a very unstable nation filled with geopolitical tension and crime, but, things like that and general HDI has been improving in Africa and in the near future this could be an option. The DRC has a population of 100 million and a relatively large land area. It has a mega city with population near that of NYC and two other population centres with 2 million+. Rising birthrates in DRC project that by 2100, the nation will have a population of 368 million and this aid, stretching literally between African coasts could certainly be a minor superpower if not a superpower.
I do not, Uganda couldn’t even get a long with itself…
Uganda be kidding me💀
Surving rate: not even 0%
The DRC in the East African Federation feel strange. Like you got all these English-speaking states in the east, and then you got this large chunk in the middle of the continent that speaks French.
I hope this happens. I hope that it also creates stability (political and economic) so that their people's standard of living is raised--providing stability for Africa.
Kenya us already the power house nation. Their army is badass
No it's not. It's tiny (45000 including admins) with useless cold war equipment from different manufacturers around the world snd lee by some of the dumbest generals in existence. Kenya doesn't even have an air defence system their whole army is almost exclusively infantry haha
@@TheMrgoodmanners it pain me but true 😂😂😂😂🤦🏽♂️
Sound very stable...
Without Congo-Kinshasa and South Sudan it *could* work...
Yoooo that loop is crazy🤣😆🙆🏾♂️!!!!
This would be something incredible to see!
I'd give it 12 minutes before it devolved into a civil war
Hopefully it'll happen soon.
@@FirstnameLastname-ej4kv Why the Why the pessimism? The problem is that the people who spread pessimism are not even Africans. The group of major countries in East Africa have good relations and their region is experiencing tension
Well there's only like 1 (Soon to be, if not already 2) Superpower(s), and that's the United States (Perhaps China). the East African Federation would have to exert economic, political, and cultural influence around the world, and have an S-Grade Military to be considered a super power.
How to make a civil war in 2 seconds be like:
South Sudan: **fights for independence**
Also South Sudan: **agrees to join the country**
Sudan: *what was the f_**_____** point then?*
Sudan wanted us in the Arab league too but Uganda wanted us to EAC. In the end, we applied for both and EAC accepted us sooner. The majority of citizenry is indifferent to the pros and cons of the "Unions", it's the president's personal adventure.
Ethiopia was the first African superpower white boy.
Was but not anymore
The EAF sounds like a strong country 💪
Dr.Congo: "Instability, you all merely chose it... I was born in it."
Sudan looking at their breakaway state who just gained independence not even a decade and a half ago going to form a union with an unstable alliance: 😐