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Revolution in the Sahel?
On July 26, 2023 in a military coup d’etat, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) ousted Niger president Mohamed Bazoum and took control of the country. This followed recent coups in Burkina Faso, Guinea-Conakry, Mali, and Chad. Continue reading
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From Chi-Town bagman to ECOWAS chairman: meet the former money launderer leading the push to invade Niger
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. Continue reading
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Ruling class strikes back in Africa
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), led by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said on Thursday, August 10 that “no option had been taken off the table,” in terms of addressing the coup in Niger. Tinibu made this statement at the conclusion of the second emergency ECOWAS summit on the situation in Niger. ECOWAS… Continue reading
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Niger rejects rules-based order
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. Continue reading
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Burkina Faso & Mali Vow to Defend Niger’s New Leadership with Force
(OrinocoTribune.com)—Burkina Faso and Mali have declared their willingness to defend Niger with armed force if France, Nigeria, or ECOWAS (the Economic Community of West African States) were to intervene in Niger following the recent change of power. Continue reading
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Did France attack Niger’s National Guard?
The French military has been charged with striking Niger’s National Guard, according to the country’s new military government. Continue reading
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Russia’s shadows in Sahel region
On Friday, Mali’s transitional government has clarified that it is engaged with Russian military trainers even as French troops are drawing down. So, it is official that Russian security personnel are deployed to Mali. France, the erstwhile colonial power that ruled Mali, and Germany, another colonial power with a violent history in Africa, have been… Continue reading
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The destroyers of Libya are now ‘for Libya’ By Manlio Dinucci
After Emmanuel Macron’s failure to solve the Libyan crisis, it’s now Giuseppe Conte’s turn to take a shot at it. It’s true that Rome is better placed than Paris, insofar as it enjoys the support of the White House. However, there is little chance that any progress of any sort will be made, since these… Continue reading
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Israel’s Failed Attempt to Start WWIII Is the Beginning of the End in Syria By Tom Luongo
There is one thing that Israel fears more than anything else in Syria. The loss of its ability to fly its F-16’s with impunity and hit whatever targets it wants claiming defensive measures to stop Iran, their existential enemy. Continue reading
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Syria News Links 18 September 2018
18 September 2018 16:12 — William Bowles New security system to be established in Idlib — Russian defense chief http://tass.com/defense/1022145 Turkey: Civilians to stay in Idlib, ‘terrorists’ to be removed https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/turkey-civilians-stay-idlib-terrorists-removed-180918112856499.html Continue reading
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Syria – Israel Provocation Kills Russian Soldiers – Moscow Will Take Political Revenge By Moon of Alabama
Yesterday Turkey and Russia agreed on a further de-escalation in Idelb province in Syria. This agreement takes away the chance of an imminent wider war in which the U.S. and some of its allies would use a fake ‘chemical attack’ as a pretext to launch missiles against a large number of Syrian government targets and… Continue reading
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Saudi-Israeli Friendship Is Driving the Rest of the Middle East Together By Federico Pieraccini
Through its top official, Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), Saudi Arabia continues a wave of internal arrests, having seized nearly $800 billion in assets and bank accounts. A few days later, MBS attempted to demonstrate his authority by summoning Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to Saudi Arabia, where he was forced to resign on Saudi… Continue reading
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Video: Will Brexit Lead to Grexit?
Dimitri Lascaris says so-called leftist or socialist governments throughout the EU are engaging in self-immolation by embracing austerity, and then become wildly unpopular with the electorate (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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‘Humanitarian Warfare’: ‘Stabilizing’ Central Africa for the Multinationals By Burkely Hermann
All the while, high-level UN officials have said that “a strong peacekeeping force” is needed in the Central African Republic and that 6,000 to 9,000 UN Peacekeepers would be needed to “stabilize the country.” This brings one to the question of who or what is being stabilized by the military intervention in the Central African… Continue reading
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'Humanitarian Warfare': 'Stabilizing' Central Africa for the Multinationals By Burkely Hermann
All the while, high-level UN officials have said that “a strong peacekeeping force” is needed in the Central African Republic and that 6,000 to 9,000 UN Peacekeepers would be needed to “stabilize the country.” This brings one to the question of who or what is being stabilized by the military intervention in the Central African… Continue reading
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As War Lingers in Mali, Western Powers Target its Natural Resources By Timothy Alexander Guzman
France’s military incursion with Western support was described as a “humanitarian intervention” which resulted in a race for Mali’s natural resources. That was the plan after all. New drilling contracts have just been established after Mali’s civil war was contained by the French military with the backing of the United Kingdom and the United States… Continue reading
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The Post-colonial Imperial Agenda: America and France Join Hands in the Destabilization of the African Continent By Abayomi Azikiwe
Prior to the partition of Sudan, the country represented the largest geographic nation-state in Africa. Sudan was emerging as a significant oil-producing state with some 500,000 barrels-per-day being extracted for export and internal usage. It was the U.S. and the state of Israel that pushed strongly for the South of the country to breakaway and… Continue reading
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Truth as an Issue By Thierry Meyssan
What has been happening in Syria for the past three years? According to NATO and GCC media reports, the “regime” has shed blood to suppress a democratic revolution. However this version is contradicted by the current support for the government estimated at, according to sources, between 60 and 90 % of the population. The truth… Continue reading
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Iran Talks: Lavrov Reveals Amended Draft Circulated at “Last Moment” By Gareth Porter
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov revealed a crucial detail Thursday about last week’s nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva that explains much more clearly than previous reports why the meeting broke up without agreement. Lavrov said the United States circulated a draft that had been amended in response to French demands to other members of… Continue reading
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Why, really, has Netanyahu put settlement expansion on hold? By Alan Hart
His own explanation was that he wants to avoid or minimise the prospects for an “unnecessary confrontation” with the international community, for which read President Obama and the European leaders who would follow his lead (with the arguable exception of the French whore). Continue reading
The New Dark Age 