Chad: The Population Mobilizes Against Françafrique

Mikhail Gamandiy-Egorov As expected, the processes of rejection of Western policy are growing stronger in the countries of the African continent. Even in the states on which the Western establishment continues to rely. The Elysée and the Quai d’Orsay are realizing that the dynamics in many parts of Africa, which they had hoped to slow…

Paris Gets Kicked Out of French Africa

Vladimir Danilov Mali’s government spokesman Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga, who was the country’s prime minister in 2017, announced in a televised address that the African country was tearing up defense agreements with France. Although Paris has called the decision “unjustified”, France is nevertheless continuing to withdraw its military from Mali, following the Malian government’s earlier call for…

France Shifting Blame on Russia in Mali as Paris is Losing Influence & Control in Africa

Ekaterina Blinova A mass grave discovered by Malian soldiers near a vacated French base prompted Paris to accuse a private Russian paramilitary organisation, Wagner Group, of planting corpses there to smear the French Armed Forces. However, Bamako renounced its military cooperation agreement with France on 2 May following the gruesome discovery. “France is desperate to…

Cold War Under the Scorching Sun: A New Conflict is Brewing in Africa

Robert Inlakesh A picture taken from the Moroccan region of Oujda shows Algerian border guards patrolling along the border with Morocco on November 4, 2021 [FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images] Dubbed North Africa’s new ‘Cold War’, the tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria threaten to escalate and the consequences of this have a lot more…

French Withdrawal from Mali Will Redraw the Political Map of West Africa

Ramzy Baroud Finally, France will be leaving Mali, nearly a decade after the original military intervention in 2013. The repercussions of this decision will hardly be confined to this West African nation, but will likely spread to the entirety of the Sahel Region; in fact, the whole of Africa. France’s decision to end its military presence in…

The G5 Sahel Group – Clearly Just an Illusion

Vladimir Danilov The vast Sahel region, stretching across Africa from Senegal to Sudan, has long been the continent’s powder keg. National governments have been able to secure peace here and as a result millions of citizens in Mali, Niger, Burkina-Faso and the other Sahel nations have been forced from their homes and flee en masse…

Manifeste Conspirationniste: Our Insurrection Will Be Impure!

Paul Cudenec A powerful and inspiring book calling for resistance to the Great Reset and its world is making waves in France. What is perhaps surprising is that it has been published by Seuil, one of the big Parisian publishing houses. What is less surprising is that Manifeste conspirationniste has come under attack from all the usual…

5 Million French Citizens Become ‘Unvaccinated’ Overnight

The unboosted are now excluded from bars, cinemas and other public venues The French government rescinded the vaccine passports of up to five million of its people today, effectively banning them from much of French society. From 15 February, French citizens must have received a booster jab within four months of their second dose in order…

Why Protests Erupted in Mali, With People Demanding France Out and Thanking Russia for Support

Kribsoo Diallo  Thousands of demonstrators took to Mali’s streets on January 14 to demonstrate against sanctions the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed on the country after the military government’s supposed delay in the transitional map (plan) to transfer power to civilians. The military junta called for mobilizations throughout the country. Protests took…

Citizen’s Revolution: Interview with Jean-Luc Mélenchon

Redacción Chile The fate of Europe is at stake in the French presidential elections next April. What will change if Jean-Luc Mélenchon is elected? Here is part of the answer. A long and in-depth interview that goes into theoretical and practical aspects of the struggle against capitalism. Moving away from the banal repetition of worn-out…

Mali Cancels Military Agreements with France

Voltairenet On 10 January 2022, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decided to close land and air borders between member-countries and ali and to freeze assets of the Republic of Mali in ECOWAS Central Banks, as sanctions in response to the announcement by the transitional authorities to postpone the presidential election to the…

Russia’s Shadows in Sahel Region

M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Tailors busy stitching Russian flags to meet rising demand in Bamako, the capital of Mali, December 26, 2021   On Friday, Mali’s transitional government has clarified that it is engaged with Russian military trainers even as French troops are drawing down. So, it is official that Russian security personnel are deployed to…