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☆ Gabon coup: How France's neo-colonial empire in its former territories is disintegrating
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Stephanie Busari | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

A torn campaign billboard shows ousted Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba in Libreville on August 31, 2023. AFP/Getty ImagesPropping up ‘democratic dictators’Whilst the international community has condemned the coup in Gabon, it has not attracted the same vehement criticism that last month’s coup in Niger did. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said France was watching the coup d’etat in Gabon “with the utmost attention.”It presents a challenge to France. Large crowds supporting the coup gathered Sunday near the French military base in Niamey, with demonstrators displaying signs demanding French troops withdraw. “The systems of government that former French colonies have, which were imposed by Paris are no longer fit for purpose.

Persons: Leon, Charles de Gaulle, Gaulle, Bongo, jubilation, General Brice Oligui Nguema –, Bongo’s, Nourredin Bongo Valentin, ”, Ali Bongo Ondimba, ’, Oluwole, Elisabeth Borne, Chris Ogunmodede, that’s, Paul Biya, Ogunmodede, ” Ogunmodede, …, ” Ojewale, “, Ndongo Samba Sylla, Emmanuel Macron, Macron Organizations: CNN, Military, Gabonese, Agence France, Presse, Gabon, Getty, Institute of Security Studies, autocrats, Central African, CFA, Banque de France, “, Macron Locations: Gabon, France, Gabon’s, Libreville, AFP, Niger, Gabonese, West, Central Africa, Mali, Senegal, Dakar, ”, Niamey, Paris, Congo Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Switzerland, Africa, Russia, Commonwealth, Togo, Macron France, Nigeria, “ Africa

☆ Opinion | The Wagner Group Is Always Ready for a Coup
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Colin P. Clarke | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

But the nation’s successive elected governments were at least willing to cooperate with Washington, allowing the U.S. military to conduct regional counterterrorism activities. Washington has stopped short of calling the crisis a coup — a move that would require the United States to halt security and economic assistance. Wagner will be ready. Their operations have frequently resulted in the deaths of civilians, with credible accusations of sexual violence, torture and extrajudicial killings. Within days of Wagner’s aborted advance on Moscow, Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said that Wagner’s African footprint would remain.

Persons: Jama’at Nusrat al, Barkhane, jihadists, Wagner, —, Al Qaeda, Bazoum, Prigozhin’s, Wagner’s, Sergei Lavrov, Prigozhin, Putin Organizations: U.S, United, Nigerien, Islamic, West, Central African, Kremlin Locations: Sahel, Africa, Islamic State, Greater Sahara, Haram, Islam, Niger, Washington, United States, America, Mali, Libya, Central African Republic, Sudan, Moscow, St . Petersburg

☆ Niger: Africa's latest coup is a headache for the West and an opportunity for Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Stephanie Busari | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

An important Western allyThe coup in Niger has deprived Western nations, particularly France and the United States, of a key ally in a troubled region. The largest country in West Africa, Niger had been touted as a democratic success story on the continent and Bazoum was seen as a crucial partner in the fight against Islamist jihadists in the region. Carley Petesch/AP/FileThe French military also maintains two permanent bases in the Sahel region, one of which is in Niamey. “The former colonizers are trying to keep the people of African countries in check. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa shake hands on the sideline of the Russia Africa Summit.

Persons: Mohamed Bazoum, Putin, France ”, Emmanuel Macron, “, Bazoum, Joe Biden, Washington “, Stringer, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, jihadists, Carley Petesch, ” Maman Sani, Oluwole Ojewale, …, ” Ojewale, ” Françafrique, Remi Adekoya, ” Adekoya, ” Wagner, Prigozhin, ” Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin, Republic of South Africa Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa, Mikhail Metzel, Ibrahim Traore, ”, ” Traore, Ojewale Organizations: CNN, West, Kremlin, ISIS, Africa Center, Strategic Studies, European Union, World Nuclear Association ., Institute for Security Studies, Central African, CFA, Banque de France, UK’s York University, Russia Africa Summit, ISS Locations: Niger, Niamey, France, Paris, United States, Western, Africa, Russia, Moscow, Russian, Mali, West Africa, Nigerien, al Qaeda, US, Agadez, Sahel, Burkina Faso, West, Central Africa, China, Ukraine, Sudan, Central African Republic, Mozambique, Libya, St . Petersburg, Somalia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Republic of South Africa

☆ Macron atenţionează că va retrage militarii francezi din Mali dacă aceasta se va îndrepta spre un islamism radical
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-30 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Franţa, care are circa 5.100 de soldaţi în cadrul forţei Barkhane, susţine statul Mali care din 2012 se confruntă cu o avansare jihadistă în Nord, ce a cufundat această ţară într-un criză securitară şi s-a extins spre centrul ţării. Însă Franţa, la fel ca Uniunea Europeană (UE), a denunţat marţi "o lovitură de stat inacceptabilă" după arestarea preşedintelui Bah Ndaw şi a premierului Moctar Ouane, arestări decise de colonelul Assimi Goita. "Preşedintelui malian Bah N'Daw, care era foarte riguros în ceea ce priveşte etanşeitatea dintre putere şi jihadişti, eu i-a spus: 'Islamism radical în Mali cu soldaţii noştri (desfăşuraţi în această ţară)? Astăzi, există această tentaţie în Mali. Demiterea lor a fost apoi prezentată ca o demisie, fără a exista informaţii dacă aceasta a fost una voluntară.

Persons: Assimi, Colonelul Goita, puci.Colonelul Organizations: Franţa, Uniunea Europeană, UE Locations: susţine, Mali, Nord, soldaţii, Mali ., Rwanda, Africa de Sud, francez, Africa de Vest

☆ Al-Qaida revendică un atentat sinucigaş în rândul trupelor franceze şi ameninţă cu noi atacuri şi mai violente
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-15 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Princiopala alianţă jihadistă în Sahel, GSIM - sau JNIM, acronimul său arab - denunţă presupuse morţi ale unor civili într-un recent atac aerian şi o continuare a prezenţei militare franceze în această subregiune. ”Noi vrem să transmitem Guvernului şi poporului franceze că, indiferent care va fi forţa puterii de ocupaţie, ea nu va putea învinge voinţa poporului de a trăi liber. Dacă nu vă retrageţi, veţi asista la noi atacuri şi mai violente”, ameninţă gruparea. Armata franceză a anunţat la 8 ianuarie că opt militari din cadrul Forţei sale antijihadiste Barkhane au fost răniţi în Mali, într-un atac sinucigaş cu un vehicul. Comunicatul GSIM a fost autentificat de centrul american de supraveghere a site-urilor jihadiste SITE.

Persons: Princiopala, ., Marc Conruyt Organizations: Armata franceză, Major, . Franţa, Statul Locations: Mali, Burkina Faso, Franţa, francez, Sahara

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