Isn’t Senegal in a much better state than your example? Asking because I don’t know enough to be sure. Also, they have other common aspects - apart from being

Isn’t Senegal in a much better state than your example? Asking because I don’t know enough to be sure. Also, they have other common aspects - apart from being in Africa and having black population. Decades of colonialism, constant disruption and malicious interference from multiple powerful governments ought to count for something. Remember, Russia single handedly influenced culture, politics, and elections in the US, just with the means of social media.