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05Sep/23

France is becoming a pariah in Africa

September 5, 2023PoliticsAfrica, Anti-French sentiment, Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Kabul, Laurent Gbagbo, Libya, Mali, Neocolonialism, Niger, Nigeria, Patrice Lumumba, Sani Abacha, Sylvanus Olympio, Thomas Sankara, Togoadmin

05 September 2023 /Politics/ — France’s history of interference in Africa is a complex and controversial issue. There is no doubt that France has been involved in a number of coups and regime change operations, and that these actions have had a negative impact on many African countries. The bombing of Libya in 2011 is just one example of this. Continue reading →

24Apr/23

Sudan: violence between army and militia is a symptom of an old disease that is destroying Africa

April 24, 2023Conflict and WarAbdel Fattah al-Burhan, Afghanistan, Africa, Central African Republic, Countries, Creative Commons, Dyck Advisory Group, Egypt, Federal republics, Hemedti, Iraq, Janjaweed, Khartoum, Least developed countries, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Member states of the African Union, Member states of the United Nations, Meroe Gold, Mobutu Sese Seko, Mohamed Hamdan, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, Moscow, Mozambique, Omar al-Bashir, Paul Jackson, Politics of Sudan, Rapid Support Forces, Robert Mugabe, Russia, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, War in Darfur, Yemen, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Zimbabweadmin

Paul Jackson, University of Birmingham

A three-day ceasefire to mark the Islamic festival of Eid-al-Fitr in Khartoum appears to be dead in the water as fighting continues in the Sudanese capital. According to the World Health Organization, more than 330 people have been killed over the past week. Now, with reports emerging that arms are being sent from Egypt and Libya, there are growing fears the situation could develop into a civil war that could draw in regional powers.

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26Aug/22

The inside story of the CIA v Russia – from cold war conspiracy to ‘black’ propaganda in Ukraine

August 26, 2022PoliticsAfghanistan, Art Hulnick, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Barry Goldwater, Bill Casey, Bob Gates, Bridget Rose Nolan, Caspar Weinberger, Central Intelligence Agency, Civil awards and decorations of the United States, Cold War, Cold War conflicts, Contras, Creative Commons, Dmitri Medvedev, Donald Trump, Edward Snowden, Egypt, Federal government of the United States, Geneva, George Shultz, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Iran–Contra affair, Iraq, Israel, Jennifer Lynn Gaudemans, Joe Biden, John Brennan, John Le Carré, John Negroponte, Kabul, Langley, Leonid Brezhnev, Libya, Michelle Obama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Mohammad Mossadegh, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Moscow, Nicaragua, Nicaragua–United States relations, Nicaraguan Revolution, Nick, Nikolai Patrushev, North Korea, Osama bin Laden, Overcompliance, Patrick Moynihan, Peter A Clement, Poland, Presidency of Ronald Reagan, Putin Burns, Reagan, Rhodri Jeffreys, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, Robert Gates, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Russo, Soviet Union, Soviet Union–United States relations, St Petersburg, Stasi, Syria, Tehran, the national security agency, Thomas Fingar, Ukraine, United States, Vietnam, Vladimir Putin, Washington, Washington Trust, William F Burns, William J Burns, Zawahriadmin

In the early 1990s, Senator Patrick Moynihan campaigned for the abolition of the CIA. The brilliant campaigner thought the US Department of State should take over its intelligence functions. For him, the age of secrecy was over.

In a New York Times opinion piece, Moynihan wrote:

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