Niger

Imperialism and the Destabilization of the Alliance of Sahel States

November 21, 2024 UNAC Editor Africa, Burkina, Mali, Niger, The Sahel

by Abayome Azikiwe, published on Black Agenda Report, November 20, 2024 Since the formation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, during 2023, the governments of France and the United States along with their surrogates have sought to undermine the political and economic objectives of these developing nations. When the military Committee for the Safeguard[…]

Ukraine in the Sahel

October 11, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Mali, Niger, Resistance, Revolution, The Sahel, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

Black Alliance for Peace AFRICOM Watch Bulletin #53, August 26, 2024 Since Niger and Mali exposed that Ukraine, a nation heavily reliant on the United States for military and economic support, is supporting terrorism in the Sahel, this has starkly exposed the contradictions inherent in AFRICOM’s mission on the African continent. AFRICOM was established under the premise of combating terrorism[…]

Mali And Niger Break Diplomatic Relations With Ukraine

August 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Africa, Burkina, Imperial Wars, Mali, Niger, Occupation, Political Analysis, US Foreign Bases, US Foreign Policy

by Abyome Azikiwe, published on Popular Resistance, August 16, 2024 Accusing NATO Ally Of Involvement In Terrorist Attacks. The United States proxy war against the Russian Federation continues to impact the African continent. Since the beginning of the Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine, the African continent has become a major battleground in the renewed Cold War between Moscow and[…]

The Sahel Stands up and the World Must Pay Attention

July 13, 2024 UNAC Editor Burkina, Colonialism, coup, Mali, NATO, Niger, Revolution

by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, July 9, 2024 This article provides a good synopsis at one level. Although the focus is on French intervention, we wish to note that the U.S. was forced to abandon it’s largest drone base in Africa, located in Agadez Niger, following last year’s coup. [jb] On July 6 and 7, the leaders of the[…]

US Imperialism Inflicts Untold Horrors On Niger, Among the World’s Poorest Nations

December 16, 2023 UNAC Editor International Aid and Debt, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Niger, Paths to Emancipation, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Foreign Policy

by John Pottinger, published on Socialist Action, December 11, 2023 Even before the popular July 26, 2022 coup d’état that removed the US-backed and pro-French government, Niger was the seventh poorest country in the world. With a 37 percent literacy rate, only 20 percent of the population has access to electricity in a country with some of the largest uranium[…]

Niger in Imperialist Crosshairs

September 26, 2023 UNAC Editor coup, France, Global South, Niger, US Foreign Bases

by John Pottinger, published on Socialist Action, September 23, 2023 Since the July 28 coup in the West African country of Niger much more attention has been paid to it than the average coup, where both the winners or losers are often in the pay of the imperialist powers. With a population of 25 million (Nigeria has more than 230[…]

The Neocons’ Frankenstein Syndrome in Niger

September 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Africa, Anti-Imperialism, Capitalism, Colonialism, France, Imperialism, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Niger

by Julia Wright, published on Workers World, September 14, 2023 Mary Shelley, who wrote “Frankenstein,” published in 1819, was an English abolitionist born to radical feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and anarchist political philosopher William Godwin. Not only did she advocate the end of slavery, but in her father’s drawing room she overheard discussions about the beginning and the ending of biological[…]

People Of Niger Want To Shatter Resignation

September 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Africa, Colonialism, coup, Democracy and Consent, Global Alliances, Imperialism, Niger

By Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, August 25, 2023 In 1958, the poet and trade union leader Abdoulaye Mamani of Zinder (Niger) won an election in his home region against Hamani Diori, one of the founders of the Nigerien Progressive Party. This election result posed a problem for French colonial authorities, who wanted Diori to lead the new[…]

Africa and Latin America – Revolutionary Ties

August 24, 2023 UNAC Editor Africa, Congo, Nicaragua, Niger, South Africa, The Sahel, Zimbabwe

by Stephen Sefton, published on Tortilla con Sal, August 13, 2023 Latin America and Africa, unite in a history of resistance to colonialism and a passion for sovereignty and peaceful development. [jb] Historically, the United States and its allies only retreat from their aggressive policies and the imposition of their dominance when they suffer a strategic defeat. They never[…]

Anti-Imperialist Sentiment Spreads Across West Africa amid Threats against Niger

August 24, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, France, Niger, Nigeria, US Foreign Bases

by Abayomi Azakizwe, published on Ghana News, August 6, 2023 Nigerian Senate rebukes president’s effort to invade a neighboring state at the aegis of Paris and Washington Things are shifting after a few weeks, the new government in Niger must find a way to move forward while avoiding international threats generated by the Western Imperium. The U.S. has the largest[…]