Eurasia Press & News
A strong explosion near a gold mining site in southwestern Burkina Faso killed 59 people and injured more than 100 others Monday, the national broadcaster and witnesses reported. The provisional toll was provided by regional authorities following the blast in the village of Gbomblora, RTB reported. The explosion was believed …
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24 February
West trains Africa forces as coastal nations fret attacks
While patrolling a mock village to train in fighting extremists, a Ghanaian soldier wondered how he would cope if one day the drill became real. The 24-year-old special forces officer, who has never experienced war, is part of a select group of African soldiers being trained by Western armies to …
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24 February
German president urges greater cooperation on Senegal trip
Germany’s Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his Senegalese counterpart Macky Sall discussed military and scientific partnerships in a region racked by terrorism and a wave of military coups. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for greater cooperation between Europe and Senegal on Monday as President Macky Sall welcomed him to the capital Dakar …
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24 February
As Ukraine Escalation Peaks, What’s the Logic on Both Sides?
It’s not often that a third country announces what date one country will invade another, yet these are the predictions being made by U.S. officials over purported Russian plans to attack Ukraine. By announcing a foreign war, U.S. President Joe Biden has chosen a winning strategy. If there is a …
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24 February
Moscow claims mercenaries from Western Balkans fight in Ukraine
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has alleged mercenaries from Albania, Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina have been recruited and transferred to Donbas in Ukraine to fight against Moscow-backed rebels, something vehemently denied by local governments. The Russian embassy in Tirana however, did not respond to requests for clarification. During an …
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22 February
The Ukraine Crisis And Great Power Rivalry In The Balkans
Moscow still has the initiative in a crisis it provoked but apparent Russian failure so far to engineer a phony “internal” Ukrainian opposition leaves the situation literally on a knife’s edge. Russian propaganda is attempting to claim victory already by portraying post-Afghanistan America as “exhausted” but Moscow has struggled to …
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22 February
Global Oil Balance Is Much Tighter Than Believed
Last week’s events will be remembered for many reasons but for us, the major market mover was the International Energy Agency’s admission that global oil demand is wickedly higher than what the agency was willing to admit previously. Why did it take so long for the agency to reconcile its …
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22 February
Handling The Ukraine Crisis: A Geopolitical Perspective – Analysis
With the Ukraine crisis increasingly acute, there is growing danger of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, involving a significant possibility of escalating into a full-scale war between Russian and the NATO. At the core of the crisis is how to strike an agreement on durable geopolitical order to which Ukraine is …
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22 February
The Keep Africa Poor And Dependent Project
Exploited and abused for generations by white colonial powers and manipulative economic structures, there is a growing feeling of solidarity within parts of the African continent, as exemplified by the #NoMore movement. Covid vaccine inequality and environmental injustice, together with recent events in Ethiopia have galvanized people.
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22 February
Assad Flogs Off Stolen Syrian Lands To The Ayatollahs
A ground-breaking initiative has been launched to expose Syrian crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court. For the first time, a primary focus is the culpability of Iran and its proxies. Lawyers have said that Tehran’s support for Assad had come “at the cost of hundreds of thousands of …
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