Brussels, Frankfurt (10/11 -12) Words like ‘neocolonialism’ and ‘neo-imperialists’ are being tossed around by spokesmen of freshly-installed military regimes in Central and West Africa – but the language of their…
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Persona non grata of French Ambassador to Niger
by Freddy Evansby Freddy EvansParis, Toronto (17/9 – 37) The French ambassador to Niger and other French diplomats “were actually held hostage in the French embassy” during the emergency following the military junta coup…
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Storm and Bursting Dams Kill Thousands in Libya
Toronto, Frankfurt (16/9 – 30) Derna is a second-tier city of roughly 100,000 people, situated in northeast Libya. Early dawn on Monday, September 11, two aging dams gave way, bursting…
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Kazakhstan’s progress faces many headwinds; the West should not be one of them
by Lucas Hayesby Lucas HayesThe war in the Ukraine created two main opposing camps of countries. An Alliance of Democracies on one side and a Group of Authoritarian. The escalation of geopolitical tensions linked…
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Republican and Democrat leaders urge Biden to add Nigeria to list of countries violating religious freedom
New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith and a group of Republican and Democrat leaders in Congress introduced a resolution Tuesday to urge the State Department to add Nigeria to its annual…
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Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has announced a significant increase in the UK’s financial support to African countries on the frontline of climate change. The Foreign Secretary has announced a significant…
