Niger’s Ousted Leader Initially Promised To Fight Terrorists But Ultimately Allied With Them By Andrew Korybko Without any exaggeration despite how sensational it sounds, Bazoum literally allied with Al Qaeda and ISIS’ regional affiliates according to The Economist, and he even… 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 ›
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 ›
Is France Funnelling Ukrainian Arms To West African Terrorists? By Andrew Korybko Mali and Burkina Faso, who’ve earlier accused France of supporting terrorism, should cooperate with those countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission whose recent summit saw Nigerian President Buhari… Read More ›
Why’s The West So Spooked By Possible Burkinabe-Russian Military Cooperation? By Andrew Korybko With Africa having emerged as among the hottest proxy battlegrounds in the New Cold War’s struggle for the future of International Relations, it’ll require Russia’s “Democratic Security” services… Read More ›
The West African Front Of The New Cold War Might Soon Heat Up By Andrew Korybko In all likelihood, observers should expect that a fierce “shadow war” will be waged between the unipolar and multipolar blocs across West Africa in the… Read More ›
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