Africa

«Dans l’ancien empire colonial, les coups d’État ne sont plus perpétrés depuis longtemps par des anciens des services français!»

Entretien avec l’essayiste Loup Viallet autour de la tournée africaine du président Macron.

Emmanuel de Gestas. Dimanche 12 mars, la chaîne LCP a déprogrammé une interview de Kemi Seba tournée par Yves Thréard, à la suite d’une polémique. Pourriez-vous nous éclairer sur cet événement ?

Le chef d’Aqmi Abou Obeida Youssef al-Annabi répond à 17 questions de France 24

Après un an d’intenses tractations, Wassim Nasr, le spécialiste des mouvements jihadistes à France 24, est parvenu en exclusivité à envoyer ses questions à l’émir d’Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique (Aqmi), Abou Obeida Youssef al-Annabi. Départ de Barkhane, menace terroriste sur la France, stratégie d’expansion vers le Golfe de Guinée… notre chroniqueur décrypte et met en contexte les réponses du chef de l’organisation terroriste.

France’s New Strategy For Africa – Analysis

Ever since his first term in 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron has sought a broad reset of national strategy, relations and intervention in Africa owing to France’s complicated and chequered historical legacy in the continent.

China’s Media Propaganda in Africa: A Strategic Assessment

Over the last decade, partnerships with developing countries have become central to China’s geostrategic objectives. In Africa specifically, China has made significant investments to secure favorable media coverage to promote a positive view of China, to counter the influence of the United States, and to assert and normalize China’s territorial claims over Taiwan, the South China Sea, and other contested areas. This report examines China’s investments in Africa’s media sector, assesses their effect, and makes recommendations for how the United States can respond to China’s influence campaigns.

Glass Houses: U.S. Military Trainees and Destabilization of African Governments

  • The United States provided training to several West African military officers who later went on to be involved in at least nine coup attempts in five countries since 2008.
  • Russia may integrate this narrative into overall efforts to undermine the U.S. campaign to convince African governments not to engage further with the Kremlin-linked private military company known as the Wagner Group.
  • Like many global powers, the United States has a history of involvement in engaging in the affairs of governments across the African continent, which can serve to further discredit future U.S. involvement.
  • Russian influence is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa while simultaneously, European countries are drawing down forces from peacekeeping and counterterrorism operations in Mali.

Nigeria: The Political And Economic Superpower Of The Future – Analysis

The Federal Republic of Nigeria is a country of extraordinary opportunities which, when considered more thoroughly, leave no one indifferent. It is located in West Africa, between the Sahel in the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean in the south. It borders Niger to the north, Chad to the northeast, Cameroon to the east and Benin to the west. About 220 million inhabitants live on the surface of a large 923,769 square kilometers. Nigeria particularly impresses with its demographic and economic potential.

Ethiopia: The Agony Of Tribal Nationalism – OpEd

In whatever form it manifests, whether it’s distaste for foreigners, refugees and asylum seekers, a nationalistic economic policy or flag-waving patriotism, tribal nationalism is a cancer upon the world. Violent, ugly, and often deadly, it creates and strengthens divisions, often resulting in war, one after another after another throughout history.