Africa

Niger, America’s last relatively strong and democratic security partner in the Sahel region of West Africa, succumbed to a coup on July 26. In true praetorian fashion, soldiers from the Presidential Guard turned on President Mohamed Bazoum, detaining him in his presidential palace in the capital, Niamey. The government may …

At 3 a.m. on July 26, 2023, the presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Troops, led by Brigadier General Abdourahmane Tchiani closed the country’s borders and declared a curfew. The coup d’état was immediately condemned by the Economic Community of West African States, by …

In the first visit of its kind in a decade, Egypt’s trade and industry minister traveled to Turkey on Tuesday. During a visit to Ankara, the first in a decade, Egypt’s Trade and Industry Minister Ahmed Samir Saleh and his Turkish counterpart Omer Bolat, announced Tuesday that they would seek …

Africa’s huge potential as a global power has yet to be realized largely because of ongoing colonialist legacies. The Russia-Africa summit this week could not have been held at a more timely juncture in international relations. The event symbolizes seminal global change, which ultimately heralds a better future for humanity, …

An eighth coup around the Sahel shows we need better responses to the world’s most unstable region. This morning’s coup d’etat in Niger only deepens the pattern of instability across Africa’s Sahel and damages what has been a rare process of fairly steady democracy building in the region. Niger’s democratically …

Retour sur les histoires françafricaines occultées de la mémoire collective par le magistère intellectuel, médiatique et politique français. Peu abordée par les médias, par les universitaires, par les historiens, par les politiques cette histoire de prédation (néo)coloniale se poursuit dans l’ombre pour mieux se répéter. L’amnésie cultivée par nombre de …

The mercenary group has been operating across Africa for many years, exploiting the continent’s natural resources and providing military support for its own financial gain. The United Kingdom on Thursday moved to sanction 13 individuals and businesses in Sudan, Central African Republic (CAR) and Mali with alleged links to the …

Africa Business Initiative (ABI), business NGO, created with the support of Russian businesses as a platform for economic and legal expertise aimed at strengthening relations between Russia and Africa. The main goal of this organization is to unite efforts in promoting and supporting the interests of Russian businesses within the …

Other North African countries are also interested in connecting grids with Europe. Tunisia’s project to join its power grid to the much larger European electricity network through a 600-megawatt undersea cable to Italy is part of a broader effort by North African countries to connect their energy grids with the …

Russia has launched efforts to seize full control of the “global empire” built by the leader of the mercenary Wagner Group, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reports. Senior figures from Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted the governments of Syria, Central African Republic and Mali, according to …