Packet 1: Bonus 4
This country, which has aided President Touadéra in the Central African Republic, is supported by Malian “videomen” from Ben the Brain’s Yèrèwolo movement. For 10 points each:
[10e] The Beninese pundit Kémi Séba was funded by what country’s Wagner Group?
ANSWER: Russia [or Russian Federation or Rossiyskaya Federatsiya] (Adama Diarra is “Ben the Brain.”)
[10h] This leader’s continent-wide anti-imperialist image stems from a 2023 summit with Russia. Young men hold waayiyan vigils for this military captain, whose BIR-C battalion of cyberactivists included the influencer Alino Faso until his alleged suicide in an Ivorian jail.
ANSWER: Ibrahim Traoré
[10m] Traoré co-founded the pro-Russian Alliance of Sahel States and withdrew Burkina Faso from this regional bloc of the AEC alongside Niger and Mali. China Aid is building this bloc’s new headquarters, “the Eye,” in Abuja.
ANSWER: ECOWAS (“echo-woss”) [or Economic Community of West African States; prompt on African Economic Community]
<Editors, Current Events> | U. Finals 1 (Editors 11)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
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| 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
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| Chicago A | Stanford A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
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| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |