The Newly Formed Sahelian Alliance Will Reshape Regional Military-Strategic Dynamics By Andrew Korybko Niger will remain the “weakest link” to comprehensive military-economic integration within the Sahelian Alliance so long as it continues hosting the US’ two drone bases there. Its interim… Read More ›
Ethiopia’s Final Filling Of Its Grand Renaissance Dam Debunks Years Of Egyptian Disinformation By Andrew Korybko The Nile River didn’t dry up, the Egyptian agricultural industry wasn’t affected whatsoever, and no war broke out over the project. Every single person who… Read More ›
The Resumption Of US Military Activity In Niger Puts France On The Strategic Backfoot By Andrew Korybko France is forced to react to the latest trends of patriotic military coups and the US’ newfound pragmatic response to the most recent one… Read More ›
Closer AU-EU Ties Aren’t At The Expense Of The Sino-Russo Entente By Andrew Korybko Africa as a whole can capitalize on this by bargaining for better deals from the West, which many of its countries already count as among their top… Read More ›
It’s Premature To Conclude That The Gabonese Coup Was Driven By Anti-Imperialist Sentiment By Andrew Korybko There are three reasons to be sceptical: 1) Interim President General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is considered close to the US; 2) economic factors are… Read More ›
Al Jazeera And Politico Shed Light On The Real Reasons Why Nigeria Might Invade Niger By Andrew Korybko What these two outlets’ pieces on this subject show is that newly inaugurated Nigerian President Tinubu might invade Niger out of desperation to… Read More ›
It’s Likely That Algeria Will Play An Important Role If West Africa Descends Into War By Andrew Korybko Security and ideological interests account for why the Algerian Chief of Staff just flew to Moscow. His country wants to coordinate with its… Read More ›
A Former Nigerian Senator Shared 13 Reasons Why His Country Shouldn’t Invade Niger By Andrew Korybko The Nigerien Crisis is a pivotal moment for Nigeria since Africa’s most populous country will either successfully exert its sovereignty by refusing to do the… Read More ›
The West Wants Nigeria To Invade Its Northern Neighbour By Andrew Korybko It’s expected that maximum pressure will be exerted on Nigeria by the West behind the scenes over the coming week ahead of ECOWAS’ ultimatum expiring. France and the US… Read More ›
Burkina Faso’s Interim President Told His Peers To Stop Being Imperialist Puppets By Andrew Korybko What President Traore just did was break the taboo on patriotic military coups by taking advantage of the global attention afforded to the second Russia-Africa Summit… Read More ›
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