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Opinion | Why Russia Seeks to Dominate Africa
The Wall Street Journal· 9 hours agoPutin makes money and evades sanctions in a continent the U.S. disdains.
Pentagon orders all US combat troops to withdraw from Niger
Politico via Yahoo News· 4 days agoNiger, particularly a U.S.-built drone base at Agadez, had been a linchpin of that strategy until the country’s military overthrew the government in a & ...
US hopes to maintain some forces in Niger as talks on withdrawal continue, officials say
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe US is trying to negotiate an agreement with the military junta that took over Niger last July to...
How Russia is winning in Africa: Wave of military coups gains Putin new allies
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn neighboring Burkina Faso, another former French colony, Wagner arrived after a military coup in...
Murphy's Law: Fatal Reaction to Coups in Africa
Strategy Page· 1 day agoAugust 29, 2023: On July 26th the central African nation of Niger experienced a military takeover of the government. This was condemned by just about every ...
Pentagon orders withdrawal of all 1,000 US troops from Niger: Report
Just the News· 3 days agoThe withdrawal is expected to take place over several months, a U.S. official told Politico on...
Benin blocks Niger oil exports in border row
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoMr Talon accused Niger of treating its neighbour like an “enemy”. Relations between the two nations soured after the military staged a coup< ...
In Mali, thousands replaster the Great Mosque of Djenne, under threat from conflict
FOX 59 Indianapolis· 19 hours agoDJENNE, Mali (AP) — Thousands of Malians carrying buckets and jugs of mud joined the annual...
Under Joe Biden, America struggles to reassert itself in Africa
The Economist· 5 days agoAmerican efforts to nudge Sudan from military dictatorship to democracy have ended in a bloody civil...
China's First Oil Shipment From Niger Stymied by Border Dispute
Rigzone· 4 days agoChina’s first shipment of crude from Niger has been blocked by a border dispute between the...