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Vijay Prashad: The Change in Syria

corinna barnard — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:00:53 +0000

The fall of Damascus and rise of HTS signal a dangerous shift in Syria, deepening regional instability and isolation for Palestine. From Israel to Africa’s Sahel region, what comes next? By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research One of the…

Vijay Prashad: Africa Says France Must Go

corinna barnard — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:30:14 +0000

Frantz Fanon said so-called flag nationalists mobilize the people with slogans and leave real independence to future events. Six decades later, we are now in the midst of these “future events.” By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research A cascade…

Vijay Prashad: Three New Kinds of Refugees

corinna barnard — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 16:00:36 +0000

Despite many attempts to redefine the term “refugee,” it remains in international law as a term related to persecution and not to starvation. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research One summer evening, the unrelenting sun over Niger refused to…

Is the Ukraine War Spilling Into Africa?

corinna barnard — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 18:00:23 +0000

In the aftermath of a deadly ambush of Russian troops operating alongside Malian armed forces, Damilola Banjo looks into fears of parts of Africa becoming a proxy war zone. By Damilola Banjo PassBlue Ukraine’s military intelligence recently claimed to have…

Vijay Prashad: Africa to France: ‘Get Out!’

corinna barnard — Thu, 09 May 2024 22:00:00 +0000

After decades of brewing anti-imperialist sentiment in the Sahel, events in the region are now unfolding at a rapid pace. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On Oct. 2, 1958, Guinea declared its independence from France. Guinea’s President Ahmed…

Niger to US: Pack Up Your Forever War

corinna barnard — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 15:00:52 +0000

Nick Turse on the the latest in a series of stalemates, fiascos, or outright defeats in Washington’s Global War on Terror. By Nick Turse TomDispatch.com Dressed in green military fatigues and a blue garrison cap, Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane, a…

Britain’s Hidden Helicopter War in Niger

corinna barnard — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 17:00:48 +0000

As Niger expels U.S. troops, Declassified UK reveals British helicopters operated a taxi service for French forces in the uranium-rich African state, Phil Miller reports. By Phil Miller Declassified UK The RAF flew 39 helicopter missions into Niger before first…

UN Reform? Think ‘Alice in Wonderland’

corinna barnard — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 18:00:00 +0000

Thomas G. Weiss says the U.N.’s highest priority should be reinforcing the system’s crumbling foundations. By Thomas G. Weiss PassBlue Parachuting into the frenzy of Manhattan’s East Side last week exposed the usual traffic snarls and not-so diplomatic cacophony about…

UN Whitewashes Chad’s French-Backed Junta

corinna barnard — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:00:42 +0000

Silence surrounded the atrocities of Mahamat Deby’s military government, which last year killed at least 128 people during country-wide pro-democracy, anti-French protests, Pavan Kulkarni reports. By Pavan Kulkarni Peoples Dispatch The killings and arrests of pro-democracy, anti-French protesters by the…

The Alliance of Sahel States

corinna barnard — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:30:40 +0000

Zoe Alexandra and Vijay Prashad cover anti-French developments in the Sahel. By Zoe Alexandra and Vijay Prashad Peoples Dispatch In Bamako, Mali, on Sept. 16, the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger created the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).…