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Intervention In Mali

Intervention In Mali

By | March 6, 2013 at 12:22 am | No comments

The French left as well as the the right have dreams of imperial expansion.  A number of NATO participants share a vision of the Mediterranean as a NATO lake, an internal sea, surrounded by Europe.  The dream is to extend Europe around the entire coast of the Mediterranean and...

Posted in: Africa, Algeria, International Solidarity, Mali, Niger

Drones & Aerial Surveillance In Africa – Map

Drones & Aerial Surveillance In Africa – Map

By | February 26, 2013 at 10:28 pm | No comments

The US has concluded a SOFA, status of forces agreement, with Niger, and is setting up a drone base there. Craig Whitlock writes: "The base in Niger marks the opening of another far-flung U.S. military front against al-Qaeda and its affiliates, adding to drone combat missions...

Posted in: Africa, International Solidarity, Mali, Niger, Situational Awareness

“The Accidental Ecowas & AU Citizen”: Aid-Exit Plan Found: Enter ECOWAS…

“The Accidental Ecowas & AU Citizen”: Aid-Exit Plan Found: Enter ECOWAS…

By | November 23, 2011 at 1:08 pm | No comments

“The Accidental Ecowas & AU Citizen”: Aid-Exit Plan Found: Enter ECOWAS... By E.K.Bensah Jr Last week, the Business and Financial Times paper covered an all-important story entitled “Wanted:Aid-Exit Plan”.  In my view, it brought into sharp relief the absolute...

Posted in: Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, International Solidarity, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Networking, News, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

Is Africa Rushing To Recognize The Libyan Rebels?

Is Africa Rushing To Recognize The Libyan Rebels?

By | August 27, 2011 at 8:24 pm | No comments

AU and the Politics of Recognition of the Libyan Rebels, A Roll Call A Pan-Africanist Brief - Situational Awareness Wikipedia is doing a very good job in helping to see clearly what is going on in Africa, so far as the politics of the recognition of the Libyan rebels is...

Posted in: Africa, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, International Solidarity, Ivory Coast, Libya, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Situational Awareness, Sudan, The Pan-Africanist Imperatives, Togo