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La Nigeria membro associato dei BRICS+ e il viaggio di Wang Yi in Africa
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La Nigeria membro associato dei BRICS+ e il viaggio di Wang Yi in Africa
January 22, 2025

La Nigeria diventa membro associato dei BRICS+, rafforzando la sua posizione strategica nel panorama globale. Questo ingresso, sostenuto dalla Cina, sottolinea il ruolo crescente dell’Africa nella cooperazione Sud-Sud e nelle riforme della governance globale, promuovendo sviluppo sostenibile e relazioni paritarie.

France is gradually losing its influence in Africa
January 4, 2025

Macron is witnessing the erosion of France’s once-dominant influence in Francophone Africa, a region long considered Paris’s geopolitical ‘backyard’ even after the breakup of French Empire

France is gradually losing its influence in Africa
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Shocked by Niger Coup, Victoria Nuland Appeared ‘Desperate’ During Africa Tour
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Shocked by Niger Coup, Victoria Nuland Appeared ‘Desperate’ During Africa Tour
August 30, 2023

A veteran South African official detailed meeting with an unprepared and “desperate” Acting Deputy Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, begging for local help rolling back the popular coup in Niger. The recent BRICS conference might give Nuland even more to fret about.

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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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.

The U.S. is Turning Oil-Rich Nigeria Into a Proxy for Its Africa Wars
September 15, 2021

Under the cover of counterterrorism, AFRICOM is beefing up Nigeria’s military to ensure the free flow of oil to the West, and using the country as a proxy against China’s influence on the continent.

The U.S. is Turning Oil-Rich Nigeria Into a Proxy for Its Africa Wars
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As US Global Influence Recedes, Secession Demands Grow
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As US Global Influence Recedes, Secession Demands Grow
January 13, 2018

The demise of neo-colonialist busybody diplomats at the State Department has ushered a "global spring," where both active and long-dormant independence movements are seeing glimmers of hope for their own nation-states.

BOKO HARAM: its transformation into a transnational terrorist corporation
July 7, 2015

In recent years we have seen many radical organizations become internationalized – factions that once confined their operations to within defined state boundaries have been converted into transnational terrorist corporations. Of course, certainly not all radical organizations make this transition. Some, such as the Taliban, remain «domestic» entities. However, many are «suddenly» able to easily transcend the national boundaries of not only neighboring countries, but whole regions that they are able to overtake. This was the sort of transformation made by al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. We are now watching Boko Haram (BH) undergo a similar metamorphosis into a transnational «terrorist corporation»…

BOKO HARAM: its transformation into a transnational terrorist corporation
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