Mali
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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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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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What Is France Hiding in the Sahel?
BAMAKO, MALI — On the 8th of October, Choguel Maïga, the prime minister of Mali, boldly informed the world that its former colonial power, France, was sponsoring terrorists in the country’s northern region. Standing before dozens of cameras and microphones, he provided details on how the French army had established an enclave in the northern town… Continue reading
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Only the Struggle of the People Will Free the Country: The Thirty-Fifth Newsletter (2020)
27 August 2020 — Tricontinental Amadou Sanogo (Mali), Sans-Tete (2016). Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 18 August, soldiers from the Kati barracks outside Bamako (Mali) left their posts, arrested president Ibrahim Boubacar Këita (IBK) and prime minister Boubou Cissé, and set up the National Committee for the Continue reading
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Mastermind of The Bamako Terror Attack Mokhtar Belmokhtar: A CIA Sponsored “Intelligence Asset”? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Amply documented, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)and its affiliated groups including the Libya Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) was serving the interests of the Western military alliance. Confirmed by the Washington Post, June 29, 2011 (See below), France was supplying weapons to the LIFG at the height of NATO’s bombing raids. 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 Destabilization of Africa. A Machiavellian Intrigue of Colossal Proportions By Carla Stea
One can only question the “coincidental” nature of these violent inter-ethnic occurrences in many previously stable African countries. Recalling that Russian President Putin prohibited USAID and particular Western NGO’s from operating in Russia, one can only conclude that he was trying to spare Russia from the fate observed in too many African countries, and elsewhere. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 25 April 2013: op 10 Things We'll Have After Obama, Everyday Terror
25 April 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report The Obama Legacy, Pt 1 of Many: Top Ten Things Black America Will Have To Show For 8 Years of President Obama by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon When Barack Obama leaves the White House in January 2017, what will black Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 7-13 April 2013: Korea / Israel / Central Asia / Venezuela / Heroin / Mali
12 April 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Is Central Asia Ripe for Regime Change? (III) 13.04.2013 | 10:33 | Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR Continue reading
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ICH 20 March 2013: Search and Destroy: The Rape of Iraq
20 March 2013 — Information Clearing House US, NATO Prepare Syria Intervention By Bill Van Auken US and NATO discussions have included providing “lethal support” to the anti-government militias and using direct military force to impose “no-fly zones” in Syria. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34356.htm Continue reading
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French army suppresses reporting of Mali war By Ernst Wolff
Since the start of the war the French army, in collaboration with the Malian army, has systematically prevented reporters and journalists from any possibility of conducting objective reporting. Continue reading
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No Sign of Peace or Reconciliation in France-Controlled Mali By Roger Annis
France perpetrated two large deceptions in conducting its military intervention into Mali more than seven weeks ago. These have been universally accepted in mainstream media reporting. The first is that the unilateral decision to invade Mali on January 11, 2013 was hastily made, prompted by imminent military threats by Islamic fundamentalist forces against the south… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 24 February – 2 March 2013: Empires / Kosovo / Iraq / Cuba / Niger-Uranium / Bulgaria
2 March 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Kerry Brings Image of Dapper Diplomacy to Ugly Face of Washington’s Imperialism02.03.2013 | 00:00 | Finian CUNNINGHAM Any illusions about a possible change in direction for American foreign policy were blown away this week with Kerry’s visit to Europe. And it was Kerry himself who blew away such illusions Continue reading
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The Return of Empires (III) By Dmitry MININ
The dissociation of the United States from a number of international problems by shifting these problems onto allies and delegating authority to them, a result of the United States’ «imperial overheating», is based on the currently popular concept of «smart power», the very emergence of which suggests that America’s former sources of power have been… Continue reading
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Video: Mali and the Africa Land Grab
Sasha Ross: France wants to secure North Mali’s rice fields as a food supply for Libya; part of land grabs taking place all over Africa Continue reading
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ICH 24 February 2013: Democrats’ Complicity in Political Murder
24 February 2013 — Information Clearing House Washington Backs Syrian Anti-Government Terrorism: By Stephen Lendman Make no mistake. Syria is Washington’s war. It was planned years ago. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34073.htm Continue reading
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ICH 22 February 2013: “I’m A Monster.” – ”I Can’t Forgive Myself”: US Veteran
22 February 2013 — Information Clearing House Brennan’s Loose Talk on Iran “Nukes” By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity Brennan’s lumping Iran with North Korea as nuclear threats could be even more worrisome, recalling Iraq WMD exaggerations. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34066.htm Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 17-23 February 2013: Syria / Korea / Chile / Kosovo / Mali-France / Arctic / EU / Russia
23 February 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Syrian Rebels Get Arms from Kosovo and Bosnia 23.02.2013 | 11:35 | Dmitry MININ …The policy of the West in Syria is myopic. It goes on losing control over the events in this country. In fact it gives refuge to terrorists and faces the prospect of raging terror spilling Continue reading
The New Dark Age 