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Sahel, the resurgent Africa
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Sahel, the resurgent Africa
August 6, 2024

Conscience. Action. Revolution. Africa in 2024 is the real protagonist of multipolar change.

Pepe Escobar: No Respite for France as ‘New Africa’ Rises
September 8, 2023

African states are one-by-one falling outside the shackles of neocolonialism. They are saying “non” to France’s longtime domination of African financial, political, economic and security affairs.

Pepe Escobar: No Respite for France as ‘New Africa’ Rises
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Mass Protests in Niger Demand Withdrawal of French Troops
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Mass Protests in Niger Demand Withdrawal of French Troops
September 4, 2023

French President Emmanuel Macron has refused to withdraw from this former French colony, on the pretext that the Nigerien regime demanding it came to power in a coup, on July 26. Macron poses as a defender of democracy against the coup that toppled French-backed Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum. On this basis, Macron is keeping French troops in Niger and refusing the Nigerien regime’s demand that he replace French Ambassador to Niger Sylvain Itté.

ECOWAS Fiery Talk Towards Niger Loses Its Edge After Biden Talks With Its President
August 30, 2023

Biden’s little chat with Tinubu says a lot about the realities of what is going to happen and what can happen on the ground.

ECOWAS Fiery Talk Towards Niger Loses Its Edge After Biden Talks With Its President
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The Niger Crisis and the Global Threat of War
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The Niger Crisis and the Global Threat of War
August 14, 2023

The impoverished West African state of Niger is the latest flashpoint in the struggle by the imperialist powers for a redivision of the world.

Niger Rejects Rules-Based Order
August 12, 2023

The coup in the West African state of Niger on July 26 and the Russia-Africa Summit the next day in St. Petersburg are playing out in the backdrop of multipolarity in the world order. Seemingly independent events, they capture nonetheless the zeitgeist of our transformative era.

Niger Rejects Rules-Based Order
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From Chi-Town Bagman to ECOWAS Chairman: Meet the Former Money Launderer Leading the Push to Invade Niger
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From Chi-Town Bagman to ECOWAS Chairman: Meet the Former Money Launderer Leading the Push to Invade Niger
August 7, 2023

Since the overthrow of Niger’s US-friendly government, West African nations of the ECOWAS bloc have threatened an invasion of their neighbor. Before leading the charge for intervention, ECOWAS chair Bola Tinubu spent years laundering millions for heroin dealers in Chicago, and has since been ensnared in numerous corruption scandals.

‘Billion-year’ Gambian President Was Installed by the CIA
January 22, 2017

Gambian President and dictator Yahya Jammeh, facing a combined military force composed of Senegalese army troops, the Nigerian air force, and troops from Mali, Ghana, and Togo, has agreed to relinquish the presidency of Gambia. On December 1, 2016, Jammeh was defeated for re-election in a surprise upset by his little-known rival Adama Barrow. Jammeh received only 45 percent of the vote.

‘Billion-year’ Gambian President Was Installed by the CIA
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