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#Traoré is making waves lately, and Youtube fed me this one for obvious reasons. This is what real international cooperation looks like. If you've been led to believe that #NorthKorea just doesn't interact with the world beyond its borders, let alone send people abroad, this will be an interesting video.

tl;dw: It sends troops to uphold revolutionary efforts against western domination, and agricultural, nuclear, architectural, etc. specialists and labourers to help other countries build up infrastructure and self-reliance.

Of course, these leaders often don't last long; the west is very good at couping or assassinating or otherwise deposing them and undoing what they (and their allies) have done. On this side of the pond, all we can do is cheer on #BurkinaFaso and hope for a united and independent Africa.

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Also, if, like every socialist and frankly every human being on earth who has heard of him — you like Thomas Sankara, I learned today from this video (with footage) that he had very close relations with the DPRK as well in his few years as leader of Burkina Faso. Information on details is gonna be hard to find. But, he visited Cuba, Burkina Faso's most trusted international friend during this period, three times. Moscow, only once. The DPRK, twice. And that's all I know about for intercontinental trips in those four years.