“Bio must go”: a “hot spot” has again appeared on the map of Africa

The state of Sierra Leone in the west of the African continent has never been particularly politically stable. For a long time there was a civil war in general, accompanied by many civilian casualties. Now the situation in this small state has escalated again.

Violent clashes between protesters and police officers are taking place in the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown. According to the press service of the government, there are casualties. Among the dead were demonstrators and policemen.

The main reason for the unrest in Sierra Leone is the dissatisfaction of the population with the socio-economic situation in the country. The protesters believe that the country's government is not making due efforts in order to reduce the cost of living. Prices are going up, wages are not going up. The demonstrators blame the country's President Julius Maada Bio, who took over as head of state after winning the 2018 elections.

Julius Maada Bio, 58, is a former soldier who rose to the rank of Brigadier (Brigadier General) in the Sierra Leone Army. He was an active participant in the country's civil war in the 1990s. In 1996, he was already the head of state for a short time, heading the National Provisional Ruling Council.

Biot then came to power, overthrowing the previous military dictator Valentine Strasser, for whom he was deputy. After being briefly the head of the National Provisional Ruling Council, Biot went to study in the United States, and then returned and became involved in the active political life of this West African country.

According to Reuters, the Internet was completely disconnected in the capital of the country, Freetown. The authorities took this decision to prevent the protesters from communicating through social networks. However, information is already circulating on the Internet about mass demonstrations in the capital of the country and an increased concentration of heavily armed military in Freetown.

It is possible that outside forces are involved in the protests in Sierra Leone. The actions of the protesters look too well-coordinated and organized. The West is now interested in destabilizing the situation on the African continent as well: the notorious “divide and rule” principle helps to keep the situation under control and timely remove from power those leaders who pursue a policy that is unfavorable to the West. Protests are held under the slogan "Bio must go" - like a tracing paper with "Assad must go", "Yanukovych must go", "Lukashenko must go", etc.

Comments

[tralflot1832]

There is one problem in Africa, corruption! Ukraine is the same. (comment so that the article is readable)

[tihonmarine]

Quote: tralflot1832

There is one problem in Africa, corruption! Ukraine is the same.

And how good Freetown was in the 80s.

[Shurik70]

"If you look through a magnifying glass, the kingdom is not so small."
(C)

Sierra Leone is even smaller than the Czech Republic, and, unlike the Czech Republic, is not in the center of Europe, but in the outskirts of Africa.
They will poke around there - no one will delve into the details (except for those who are supposed to do this by position)
However, the booze is natural - it was not figs to choose the one who studied in the USA as the ruler.

[iouris]

Quote: tralflot1832

There is only one problem in Africa, corruption!

Supporters and preachers of simple schemes always lead the case to Nazism and genocide (as in used).

[Galleon]

In 2007, Sierra Leone's mining industry accounted for 4,5 percent of the country's GDP and minerals accounted for 79 percent of total export earnings, with diamonds accounting for 46 percent of export earnings in 2008. The main minerals mined in Sierra Leone are diamonds, rutile, bauxite, gold, iron and limonite.
Mining in Sierra Leone is seen as one of the key factors of instability in the country and one of the causes of the recent civil war in the country.

One greedy one robs another of the greedy wealth of the country. But everything will remain the same. Prices will rise, wages will remain miserable...

[bouncyhunter]

In the struggle for power, the "nishtyaks" think least of all about the common people.

[kor1vet1974]

Come on, the author, wind up ... Let's start with the fact that Sierra Leone, well, didn’t want to get independence anyway. I wanted to stay, just an overseas territory of Great Britain. They mine diamonds there, make beer, produce cigarettes. Tribalism is strong. On this basis , there are coups and dictatorships. The people live very poorly. Bio still carried out a beetle and coups and participated in elections. But it cannot be said that the peoples of the SL never lived as well as under Bio. They lived badly, under all rulers.

[Inokkenty]

If Bio went on an internship and study in the United States and after that became president, then maybe these unrest of the people are not so bad, maybe ordinary people want to overthrow the US dictatorship and become a free country. It would be necessary for our country to support them and introduce the necessary leader to the protesters, I think ours will not miss the opportunity once again.

[Uprun]

removed from the tongue...

[Galleon]

The previous dictator, Strasser, graduated from university in Coventry, Britain. Do you hope to find in this flock of graduates of Moscow's Patrice Lumumba? Hardly. There will be another intern from the USA.

[rotmistr60]

So that somewhere in Africa, yes, something connected with the coup does not happen. Especially where there are deposits of minerals, to which many hands reach out. And in Sierra Leone, diamonds, rutile, bauxite, gold, iron and limonite.

[Andrey Moskvin]

As usual in Africa, the massacre will begin...

[Kesha1980]

And in the literal sense - a massacre. They are very big machete lovers there. Fashion, probably, was introduced by the king of Belgium, when hands were cut off for laziness and failure to fulfill the plan by workers (although a different country).

[Andrey Moskvin]

And I about it. Again, gangs of children with machetes will start posting videos on the Internet.

[fiberboard]

Prices go up, wages don't go up. The government of the country is not making due efforts to reduce the cost of living. Where have I heard this before? It's just that Bio should speak on TV and say: “Please be understanding. Stop rocking the boat. There is no time for rocking. And the promise does not cling to power, but go into opposition and criticize the authorities from there. And the promise of 25 million high-tech jobs.

[kor1vet1974]

And to add at the end, we need to have time to jump on the footboard of the last car and run forward along the entire train to the locomotive.

[Arkady007]

The country has been a complete mess for decades.
There will be no order until the colonialists with whips come.
I don't see any other options.

[fiv]

In Africa, as in many other places, there is only one problem - Great Britain. Most of the African Commonwealth countries are constantly in conflict, which reduces the cost of robbing the country by someone whose sly red face constantly asks for a fist.

[Normann]

They always need a master, otherwise they do not know how ...

[Thunderbolt]

The West is now interested in destabilizing the situation on the African continent as well: the notorious “divide and rule” principle helps to keep the situation under control and timely remove from power those leaders who pursue a policy that is unfavorable to the West.

The fact of the matter is that the current Bio is quite satisfied with the "West". But here, the scoundrel, Biot really threatens the Chinese BRI project /// One Belt - One Road ///, disrupts deals and curtails cooperation with China.