The colonizer’s mask has slipped to the floor
France’s President Emmanuel Macron behaved like an old colonial officer when he spoke in Paris on January 6
“There is no terrorism, there is [only] France,” says president of the West African Peoples’ Organization
Philippe Noudjènoumè blames France for terrorist presence in the Sahel and criticizes the Benin government’s collusion with Macron
The anti-imperialist upsurge in the Sahel is irreversible, say leaders at historic conference in Niamey
Hundreds gather in Niamey, Niger for opening day of a historic conference in solidarity with the people of the Sahel
The confederation of Sahel States and their struggle against neo-colonialism
Alex Anfruns analyzes the resistance of the people of the Sahel region against colonial domination and for prosperity
La inadvertida muerte de los emigrantes en el desierto del Sáhara
Vijay Prashad informa sobre el último informe de la OIM sobre muertes de migrantes y las muertes no reportadas de migrantes que cruzan el Sahara
The unremarkable death of migrants in the Sahara Desert
Vijay Prashad reports on the latest IOM report on migrant deaths and the under-reported deaths of migrants crossing the Sahara
The people do not want war: mass protests continue in Niger against ECOWAS threats
The CNSP has proposed a three-year transition period for Niger as ECOWAS threatens increasingly-unpopular military action. Nigeriens have continued to take to the streets to demand the removal of foreign troops from their soil and for the lifting of “inhumane” sanctions
Niger is the fourth country in the Sahel to experience an anti-Western coup
The coup in Niger follows coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea. Each of these was led by military officers angered by the presence of French and US troops and by economic crises inflicted on their countries
El largo brazo de Washington se extiende por el Sahel africano
La visita del Secretario de Estado estadounidense Antony Blinken a Níger y su oferta de 150 millones de dólares al país africano no ocultan que su principal interés reside en la cooperación en materia de seguridad.
Los franceses se marchan del Sahel, pero la guerra continúa
Comprender las raíces históricas de la actual guerra en el Sahel y lo que nos espera con la salida de las tropas francesas.
Burkina Faso, Guinea y Mali proponen un eje estratégico en medio de la destitución militar francesa
Los tres países de África Occidental, que han sufrido recientemente un golpe militar en medio de la creciente indignación pública contra Francia, han acordado un eje Bamako-Conakry-Uagadugú, para una mayor cooperación en asuntos que van desde el comercio a la lucha contra la inseguridad.
Is this the end of the French project in Africa’s Sahel?
Mali recently announced that it would no longer be part of the G5 Sahel. From the beginning, it was clear that the formation of the G5 Sahel was encouraged by France, and that the real focus was to be security.
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