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France began withdrawing its military contingent from another African country – Niger, which it traditionally considered one of its completely controlled “departments”. Previously, the French were asked from Mali and Burkina Faso. Without exaggeration, the departure of one and a half thousand French troops from Niger can be called significant. Here it is enough to mention only two factors that are significant for Paris: the important geopolitical position of Niger in terms of control over the strategically important Sahara-Sahel zone, and also the fact that Niger…

The winds of power have shifted dramatically since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis. Dozens of nations, particularly those in Africa, now sway in the direction of Russia and China and away from neocolonialist countries. Recent meetings between Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and vital African leaders are a weather vane for what is to come. If you read the biography of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit, you’ll learn why he always wears a Stetson cowboy hat…

The current leaders of the Western European powers, acting under the guidance of Washington, for years have been going out of their way to impose new sanctions on Russia. By going into an anti-Russian frenzy, they have actually begun to harm themselves. This is best illustrated by the example of the United Kingdom and Germany. As the Saudi newspaper Arab News noted on September 13 this year, “the vast majority of people in the UK agree that the country is broken,” that it has reached a stage of decline that infects virtually every aspect of British life, from crumbling schools to a shortage of health practitioners and striking doctors and nurses…