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Niger Is the Fourth Country in the Sahel to Experience an Anti-Western Coup

At 3 a.m. on July 26, 2023, the presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Troops, led by Brigadier General Abdourahmane Tchiani closed the country’s borders and declared a curfew. The coup d’état was immediately…

Forest Fires in Kabylia: A Surge of Solidarity is organized

The forest fires that have ravaged Kabylia and some regions of Greece are extremely violent, touching people in their flesh and claiming many victims. A human and environmental drama that the international community must intensify its mobilization. A surge of…

Migrants: Hundreds of migrants left in the desert on the border between Libya and Tunisia

The world looks the other way. There are hundreds of sub-Saharan migrants stranded on the Libya-Tunisia border. They were pushed to the border area by the Tunisian police, but are not allowed to enter Libya. 140 of them are camped…

Is the end of Western financial dominance in Africa on the horizon or will the history of Libya repeat itself?

Countries across Africa recently took a major step towards economic independence from the West by launching an insurance system that will allow them to conduct inter-state trade without the involvement of the US dollar or other Western currencies. This could…

Is the end of Western financial dominance in Africa on the horizon or will the history of Libya repeat itself?

Countries across Africa recently took a major step towards economic independence from the West by launching an insurance system that will allow them to conduct inter-state trade without the involvement of the US dollar or other Western currencies. This could…

The illegality of the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement

Now that the fisheries agreement between the European Union and Morocco has expired, there are no moral or legal arguments left to maintain any economic activity in Western Sahara. The status of a Non-Self-Governing Territory in the face of Moroccan…

Happy In(ter)dependence Day!

What do Argentina and South Sudan have in common? At first glance, nothing. While one has a vast territory – it is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world – the African nation could fit in the territory of two…

Ethiopia: Green Legacy initiative enters its second phase

In 2019, Abiy Ahmed Ali, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, launched a campaign to plant 6 billion trees as part of the so-called Green Legacy initiative. The initiative is part of the government’s policies to combat climate change and achieved, in…

“No one brought homosexuality to my village”

Being gay in rural Namibia – The story of Owen Sinengela In certain parts of Namibia, a man who exhibits feminine behaviour is subjected to derogatory names such as “moffie” or “eshenge.” These were the names that Owen Sinengela (30)…

African Women Seek to Boost Innovation and Creativity in Agribusiness

Adeline Umukunzi, a 28-year-old mushroom farmer from Musanze, a district about 100 kilometres north of the capital, Kigali, is convinced that women have often been the invisible faces of agribusiness in Rwanda. By Aimable Twahirwa “Women have always played a…

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