Africa

16.11.2023

"Bayraktars" over the Black Continent: Turkey is firmly entrenched there

When one speaks of a new stage in the struggle of developed countries for influence in Africa and its markets, one immediately thinks of the former metropolises, Britain and France, the United States, China and Russia. But Turkey does not come to mind. And in …

Vasilina Rudakova

09.11.2023

Washington's Sahel strategy: stable instability

What the US “partnership” with West African countries is aimed at

Vasilina Rudakova

20.10.2023

Burkina Faso – Nuclear Power Deal with Russia

Is Moscow displacing Paris and Washington?

Peter Koenig

17.10.2023

"Domino Effect." Is Senegal next?

The situation in the former French colony is heating up

Vasilina Rudakova

11.10.2023

Nigeria and Niger: tribal kinship canceled the invasion

Why President Tinubu refused to resolve the conflict by force

Vasilina Rudakova

14.09.2023

Khaki-colored revolutions

A revolutionary obsession is sweeping the black continent. Who is next in line?

Maksim Chikin

05.09.2023

The holy place is getting empty

China’s largest corporation is opening a permanent office in Senegal. Norinco is also the main arms manufacturer in the country and the seventh in the world.

Maksim Chikin

01.09.2023

Nigerian Stalemate

The situation in the country is already overripe. Who will make the first move?

Maksim Chikin

08.08.2023

And the people seem to like it

West Africa is experiencing its fourth military putsch in two years. Why are they supported, even despite sanctions and ultimatums? According to the classic, “Real life in a city begins when the military enters it”. In rebellious Niger, and earlier in Mali and Burkina Faso, …

Maksim Chikin

07.08.2023

"We want Russia!"

Thousands of demonstrators marched with such placards in front of the French Embassy in Niger. More and more African states are supporting this slogan. Those who grew up in the Soviet Union probably remember the posters of African men breaking their chains, black children holding …

Aleksey Malyan

31.07.2023

Russia's ally is a whole continent

The second Russia-Africa summit held on July 27–28 in St. Petersburg, despite unprecedented pressure from the West, showed that the attempt to block Russia failed and became a major geopolitical breakthrough. The final declaration adopted there covered almost all areas of cooperation. Before the start …

Aleksey Malyan

31.07.2023

Niger is sick – France sneezes

How a coup in an African country will hit the interests of a European power. Even after an hours-long flight from French Polynesia, where Macron was in charge of local affairs, he decided not to rest, but immediately convened a Defense Council devoted to the …

Maksim Chikin