🇻🇪📚❌🇻🇪 — Students from the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) unveiled a giant banner on the main building as a symbol of their fight for democracy and freedom in the country.

➡️ With the slogan "Truth conquers the shadow," they reaffirmed their commitment to political change. The figure of 7,443,584 votes represents their demand for respect for the popular will.

🇹🇷 🌍 — Turkey's rapid diplomatic expansion into Africa

After recently mediating a diplomatic rift between Ethiopia and Somalia, Turkey has been quickly establishing itself as a key player within many verticals of African geopolitics

Currently, Turkish companies on the African continent are involved with:

🚂 Construction & financing of new rail lines throughout East Africa

⚡️ Supplying power to coastal cities throughout West Africa

🚁 Supplying cheap drones and other weaponry to surveille and combat terrorism

🛢 Offshore oil & gas exploration in Somalia

💲 Purchasing African oil & gas from new producers

🇱🇾 Forcing a cease-fire agreement in the Libyan civil war


As of 2023, Turkish contractors were involved in $85.5 billion worth of projects. In parallel, in 2002, the country had embassies in just 10 African nations. By 2023, that number had soared to over 40.

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