Ibrahim Traoré took power in a military coup in September 2022 and since then he has been drawing criticism from Western governments, not least the U.S., writes Alan MacLeod.
Burkina Faso’s 37-Year Old Leader Draws US Ire
Tag: Sahel
Vijay Prashad: The Change in Syria
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?
Vijay Prashad: Africa Says France Must Go
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.”
Vijay Prashad: Africa to France: ‘Get Out!’
After decades of brewing anti-imperialist sentiment in the Sahel, events in the region are now unfolding at a rapid pace.
Niger to US: Pack Up Your Forever War
Nick Turse on the the latest in a series of stalemates, fiascos, or outright defeats in Washington’s Global War on Terror.
Britain’s Hidden Helicopter War in Niger
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.
UN Whitewashes Chad’s French-Backed Junta
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.
The Alliance of Sahel States
Pepe Escobar: No Respite for France as ‘New Africa’ Rises
African states are one-by-one falling outside the shackles of neocolonialism. They are saying “non” to France’s longtime domination of African financial, political, economic and security affairs.
The People of Niger Want to Shatter Resignation
Most countries of the Sahel were under French rule for almost a century before they emerged from direct colonialism in 1960, only to slip into neocolonial structures persisting today, writes Vijay Prashad.