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Examining the Rising Trend Military Takeovers in Africa

For the past three years, Africa has been under an unprecedented wave of coups. The region has witnessed its 7th coup in Gabon on 30 August 2023. Coups at such a rapid pace in the African region have done great harm to the persistent efforts by the civilian governments in the region to dispel the reputation of Africa as a “coup belt.” Incessant corruption and insecurity in the region are some of the major reasons behind frequent military interventions in the region. Moreover, the failure of civilian institutions also provides the military with an opportunity…

Abbas Hashemite

"The Sahel troika" leaves ECOWAS: How will the new round of tensions in West Africa affect Moscow's interests?

The number of significant political events across the African continent has increased dramatically recently: not even a month after the signing of the sensational Memorandum of Understanding between Ethiopia and Somaliland, another news story has already taken centre stage. Thus, on 28 January, the military Governments of three Sahel States – Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger – announced their decision to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with immediate effect. It should be borne in mind that any political changes in the Sahel zone may be of fundamental importance for Russia’s interests…

Ivan Kopytsev

Dmitry Viktorovich Kurakov: "Throughout Africa I feel the warmth of communication, the desire to help and the friendliest feelings towards Russia and Russians"

Almost the entire life of my interlocutor Dmitry Viktorovich KURAKOV, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Senegal and Gambia, is connected with Africa. In an exclusive interview, which he agreed to give to the “New Eastern Outlook”, we talked about the relationship between our countries in various spheres and areas…

Yuliya Novitskaya

BATUK Fake News: “Cholera from Monkeys Farmed in China Sickening British Soldiers in Kenya”, and Other British Lies

Simon Chege Ndiritu

South Africa Expects Retaliation from the West for Israel, but the Country Is Ready to Withstand It

Mikhail Gamandiy-Egorov

Explaining the threat of Al-Shabaab in Somalia

Abbas Hashemite

West Looks Panicky Over Africa Shift East

Phil Butler

“Words or Deeds?”: the Somali Government’s Reaction to the Ethiopia-Somaliland Agreement

Ivan Kopytsev

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