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En África dicen: “¡Fuera Francia!”
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En África dicen: “¡Fuera Francia!”
May 12, 2024

Francia lleva mucho tiempo intentando socavar la soberanía africana, desde las luchas de liberación nacional del siglo XX hasta hoy. Pero África no toleró el dominio francés entonces, ni lo tolerará ahora. Este boletín pretende comprender mejor la oleada de golpes de Estado en el Sahel y el fervor por la soberanía africana en la región.

In Africa they say, “France, get out”’
May 10, 2024

France has long sought to undermine African sovereignty, from the national liberation struggles of the twentieth century to today. But Africa would not tolerate French dominion then, nor will it now. This newsletter seeks to better understand the wave of coups in the Sahel and the fervour for African sovereignty in the region.

In Africa they say, “France, get out”’
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Níger a EEUU: empaqueta tu guerra eterna y vete a casa
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Níger a EEUU: empaqueta tu guerra eterna y vete a casa
April 13, 2024

Vestido con uniforme militar verde y gorra azul de guarnición, el coronel mayor Amadou Abdramane, portavoz de la junta gobernante de Níger, se dirigió a la televisión local el mes pasado para criticar a Estados Unidos y romper la prolongada asociación militar entre ambos países.

El “eje de resistencia” del Sahel
April 4, 2024

El Sahel africano se está rebelando contra el neocolonialismo occidental, expulsando tropas y bases extranjeras, ideando monedas alternativas y desafiando a las viejas multinacionales. Al fin y al cabo, la multipolaridad no puede florecer sin que la resistencia allane su camino.

El “eje de resistencia” del Sahel
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Pepe Escobar: No Respite for France as ‘New Africa’ Rises
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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.

‘Obama’s Man in Africa’ Under House Arrest as Popular Coup Rocks Gabon
September 6, 2023

Before a military coup removed Gabon’s hopelessly corrupt President, Ali Bongo, from office, he was courted by Obama and feted from Washington to Davos. The US war on Libya which destabilized the region may not have succeeded without him. By […]

‘Obama’s Man in Africa’ Under House Arrest as Popular Coup Rocks Gabon
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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.

The People of Niger Want to Shatter Resignation
August 27, 2023

Each time the people of the Sahel rise, they have been struck down. This was the fate of Mali’s President Modibo Keïta, overthrown and jailed until his death in 1977, and the great president of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara, assassinated in 1987. It is the sentence that has been levied against the people of the entire region. Now, Niger is once again moving in a direction that France and other Western countries do not like.

The People of Niger Want to Shatter Resignation
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