Gabon Military Takes Power in Eighth Coup in West and Central Africa Since 2020
On August 30, officers of the Gabonese Armed Forces declared that they had seized power in a military coup, placing Gabonese President Ali...
Africa
Niger’s Military Expels French Ambassador, France Defies the Move
On August 25, Niger’s new military leadership proclaimed France’s ambassador to Niger, Sylvain Itté, as persona non grata and gave the diplomat 48...
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Türkiye Remarks on Possible Military Intervention in Niger
SINGAPORE — Türkiye is deciding how it can contribute to restoring democratic order in Niger, where a military junta seized power in July...
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France Slams U.S. for Alleged Betrayal Over Niger Coup
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland’s visit in post-coup Niger has incensed Washington’s NATO ally France, according to a weekend report by...
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Uganda Leans Toward Russia Amid World Bank Boycott for LGBT Stance
The country recently passed a law outlawing acts of sodomy and homosexual rape of children and the vulnerable. ...
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South Africa Urges BRICS to Expand Trade in National Currencies, Supports Iran’s BRICS Bid
The New Development Bank (NDB) established by the BRICS group of major emerging countries needs to ramp up local currency fundraising and lending...
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EU to Impose Sanctions on New Military Government in Niger, U.S. Pressures Niger Against Russian Influence
The European Union (EU) is preparing to enforce sanctions on the new military government in Niger, according to European sources who told Reuters...
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Russia Seeks Trade With Africa Amid Western-led Sanctions
The second Russia-Africa summit, aimed at boosting Russia’s economic ties with African countries, is poised to take place this summer in St. Petersburg,...
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EU Showers Kenya With “Green” Subsidies
Africa has become a hotbed of competing spheres of influence among Russia, China, and the West, and in March, the EU channeled $378...
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Muslim Jihadists Threaten Nigeria’s Capital, Forcing School Closures and Student Evacuations
While the Islamic threat has receded from American public consciousness, it hasn’t receded as a world stage force. One place bedeviled by it...
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Gates Foundation Spends Millions to Transform Agriculture, Push “Equity”
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is behind two highly funded initiatives in the third world — one aimed at transforming agriculture in...
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How the Green Lie Is Killing Black People
Every living thing requires energy to function. Without energy there is no movement. Without energy there is no life. There is also, of...
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Countries Curtail Travel to/from South Africa Over “Omicron” COVID Variant
A “heavily mutated” COVID variant has sparked an international ban on non-essential travel to and from South Africa and neighboring counties. ...
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“African Miracle”: Experts “Mystified” by Continent’s Low COVID Rate
Africa remains relatively unaffected by the COVID pandemic despite much of the continent not enacting lockdowns, vaccine mandates, etc. ...
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Will Constitutional Court Free South Africans From Tyrannical Lockdown?
Ricardo Maarman, partnered with eight thousand South Africans, has filed Constitutional Court Case number 299/21 against President Cyril Ramaphosa, Parliament, and the Reserve...
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