Mali After The Failed Decapitation Strike: Malian Foreign Minister Signals A Coming Counteroffensive By Andrew Korybko The failed decapitation strike on day one of the war bought Mali time, but whether or not it’s enough depends on when the counteroffensive is… Read More ›
Nigeria Signals It’s Preparing to Intervene In Mali By Andrew Korybko Its Defence Minister is preconditioning the public ahead of what might be an inevitable regional war. Bloomberg reported that the Nigerian Defence Minister suggested in a recent interview that “The… Read More ›
The Sahelian Domino Effect: How Mali’s Latest Crisis Could Ignite a West African War By Andrew Korybko There’s a growing risk that Tuareg separatism might once again spread from Mali to Niger, and radical Islamist violence could spread further into there… Read More ›
American Moves In Libya Aim To Sever Russia’s Air Bridge To The Sahelian Alliance By Andrew Korybko This likely precedes a planned intensification of the Franco-US Hybrid War on that bloc. It was warned in February that “The US Might Make… Read More ›
Why Did Trump Bomb ISIS In Nigeria On Christmas? By Andrew Korybko This might not be a one-off attack for domestic political purposes but the beginning of a campaign aimed at wresting Nigeria away from BRICS and restoring its role as… Read More ›
Chad And Senegal Are Teaming Up To Expel France From The Sahel By Andrew Korybko France and the US are expected to apply a three-pronged policy for pushing back against this. Thursday was an historic day for African geopolitics since Chad… Read More ›
Why Are Some Nigerian Protesters Waving Russian Flags? By Andrew Korybko The argument can cogently be made that this isn’t proof of Russian meddling. Nigeria arrested more than 90 protesters last week who were waving Russian flags while demonstrating against the rising… Read More ›
Nigeria Is To Blame For The Sahelian Confederation’s Withdrawal From ECOWAS By Andrew Korybko In hindsight, it was inevitable that the charade of Nigeria’s regional leadership would end, but nobody could have predicted the dramatic way in which it happened. The planned… Read More ›
Which Coastal State Will Provide The Sahelian Confederation With Reliable Access To The Sea? By Andrew Korybko Nigeria can always return to blackmailing that bloc on whatever pretext, while Mauritania lacks the infrastructure to facilitate this, and Morocco is unlikely to… Read More ›
ECOWAS’ Sanctions Starve Average Nigeriens But The US Only Cares About Bazoum’s Health By Andrew Korybko America never misses a chance to exploit the optics of a humanitarian crisis, yet this time it’s conspicuously silent about the latest one that it… Read More ›
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