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Sahara: Algeria & Polisario hysterical over delay in naming new UN Envoy

As the UN Secretary General braces to submit his new report on the Sahara to the Security Council in October with no words on the new UN envoy for the Sahara, the Algerian rulers and the Polisario leaders are becoming more hysterical and agitated. They unleash their frustration and anger at the United Nations and […]

ECOWAS charts new course as Sahel states assert their independence

In a historic shift for West Africa’s political landscape, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has begun relocating key institutions from Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger — nations that formally withdrew from the bloc earlier this year to form the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). During an extraordinary session in Accra, ECOWAS Council […]

Ousted Ali Bongo nodded to establishment of Chinese military base despite concerns of France, U.S.A.

Gabon’s former President Ali Bongo, before being deposed on August 30, had given China the authorization to establish a military base on Mandji island, in the delta of the Ogooué river, in the Gulf of Guinea, Paris-based media Africa Intelligence and local media Gabon Review report. African Intelligence notes that Ali Bongo gave the verbal […]