(2023-09-01). Tens Of Thousands Pledge To Resist An Imperialist Intervention In Niger. popularresistance.org Millions across the West Africa Sahel region and around the world have loudly objected to the imperialist-instigated threats against the newly installed National Council for the Defense of the Homeland (CNSP) government in Niger. | From left political groupings to more moderate and even conservative forces recognize the grave danger inherent in the proclamations of some members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to stage a military intervention into Niger aimed at restoring the former President Mohamed Bazoum. | In Niger itself, thousands of young people have appeared at the main stadium in…
(2023-09-01). Mass protests against French troops intensify in Niger. greenleft.org.au 
France is refusing to withdraw its ambassador and troops from Niger, and reaffirming its threat of supporting foreign military intervention, reports Pavan Kulkarni.
(2023-09-01). Military coup ousts Bongo political dynasty in Gabon. wsws.org On Wednesday, a month after a military coup in Niger, the military ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba in Gabon, an oil-rich former French colony in central Africa.
(2023-08-31). Does BRICS Matter to Nigeria. infobrics.org Discussions of the state things in the economy seems to begin and end with the exchange rate of the naira to a dollar. Every economic problem of Nigeria seems to have a dollar dimension. The dollar question is clearly at the root of the fuel price crisis…
(2023-08-31). 'Obama's man in Africa' under house arrest as popular coup rocks Gabon. thegrayzone.com Before his removal in a military coup, Gabon's hopelessly corrupt President Ali Bongo was courted by Obama and feted from Washington to Davos. The US war on Libya which destabilized the region may not have succeeded without him. When a military junta arrested President Ali Bongo Ondimba on August 30, Gabon became the ninth African nation to depose its government through a military coup. As citizens of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali did before them, crowds of Gabonese poured into …
(2023-08-31). Niger Orders Police to Expel French Ambassador. news.antiwar.com Niger's military junta has ordered police to expel the French ambassador from the country and revoked his diplomatic immunity. Ambassador Sylvain Itte was ordered to leave the country within 48 hours last Friday, but Paris ignored the deadline. The order for Itte to leave was made in response to his refusal to meet with the …
(2023-08-31). Military Coup in Gabon Seen as Part of Broader Revolt Against France & Neo-Colonialism in Africa. democracynow.org 
Military leaders in Gabon seized power on Wednesday shortly after reigning President Ali Bongo had been named the winner of last week's contested election. Bongo and his family have led the country for close to 60 years, during which they have been accused of enriching themselves at the expense of the country. The military junta announced General Brice Oligui Nguema would serve as transitional leader in what is the latest military coup in a former French colony, joining recent power shifts in Niger, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Chad. "The independence of Gabon has never been real," says Thomas…
(2023-08-31). Victoria Nuland Appeared 'Desperate' During Africa Tour. popularresistance.org When US Acting Deputy Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, traveled to South Africa on July 29, her reputation as a blunt instrument of Washington's hegemonic interests preceded her. | According to a veteran South African official who attended meetings with the senior US diplomat in Pretoria, however, Nuland and her team were demonstrably unprepared to grapple with recent developments on the African continent — particularly the military coup that removed Niger's pro-Western government hours before she launched her multi-stop tour of the region. | "In over 20 years working with the Americans, I have never se…
(2023-08-31). Junta militar elimina inmunidad de embajador francés en Níger. telesurtv.net El presidente Emmanuel Macron señaló que la figura diplomática permanecerá en el país africano pese a las presiones.
(2023-08-31). El pueblo de Níger quiere acabar con la resignación. globalizacion.ca 
En 1958, el poeta y líder sindical Abdoulaye Mamani, de Zinder (Níger), ganó unas elecciones en su región natal contra Hamani Diori, uno de los fundadores del Partido Progresista Nigerino. Este resultado electoral planteó un problema a las autoridades coloniales…