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News From the Sahel: France and the US Still Helping Themselves

The more idiotic geo-policy analysis I read, the more I wonder where my honorary Ph.D. is. Take a recent Euronews bit concerning “bad old” Russia against “sweet little” France and the Americans in Chad, Mali, and the Sahel region overall. Former Aspen Institute director Nicolas Tenzer now blames Russia for France’s yo-yo policies...

Phil Butler

It’s Time for Some New Light on the Dark Continent

The last time I looked, Africa was not doing all that well. The world’s second-biggest continent is no better off than it was under European colonial rule. Some places are worse off, as the number of desperately poor in sub-Saharan Africa continues to rise. Meanwhile, the same outside forces act as pirates to steal the legacy of 1.2 billion people. And despite all the rumors...

Phil Butler

Egypt: a Glorious Date in the History of the Suez Canal

July 26, 1956 is an important date in Egyptian history - it was the day President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal. In his annual address to the nation from Manshia Square in Alexandria, he said that the famous canal would now become Egypt’s exclusive property and its people. Until then, the country had no control over it because a foreign firm ran...

Viktor Mikhin

Events in Tunisia Capture the World's Attention

Vladimir Danilov

Relations Between Three African States Reached a Breaking Point due to Water Disputes

Viktor Mikhin

Russia is Actively Working on an Alternative to the Suez Canal

Valery Kulikov

Ethiopia after its Parliamentary Elections that Failed to Resolve Anything

Viktor Mikhin

What Will Sudan Gain from having a Russia Naval Base?

Petr Konovalov

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