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Guinée : qui est Mamady Doumbouya, le lieutenant-colonel qui a renversé Alpha Condé ?

À la tête des forces spéciales, ce militaire a pris le pouvoir par la force dimanche 5 septembre. Ancien légionnaire français, rentré en Guinée il y a à peine trois ans, il avait réussi à obtenir la confiance d’Alpha Condé, contre lequel il s’est retourné. Ce dimanche 5 septembre, il …

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Now for the Hard Part: The Taliban Face Financial Headwinds

Finance will need to be at the centre of decision-making not only in Western capitals, but also in Taliban-controlled Kabul. Not even the most pessimistic predictions anticipated the speed with which the Taliban would overrun the incumbent regime in Afghanistan, but it was always certain that the US military withdrawal …

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Russia Defines Its Post-Takeover Role in the Afghan Conflict

Russia looks to the Taliban as a stabilising force in Afghanistan – and this may mean formal recognition of the new regime in the country. During the farewell meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Moscow last month, Putin spoke in public about the Taliban …

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