- By Ernst Wolff, WSWS The war in Mali will enter its third month this week. Some 4,000 French soldiers, and about twice as many African soldiers of an international force fighting in coordination with them, have conquered all the major cities in northern Mali. However, there are hardly any reports of the fighting, and almost […]
The ‘Great Game’ for Algeria
February 14, 2013 By
- By Adnan Khan, Revolution Observer As the French intervention in Mali reaches its first month, it is Algeria that continues to receive global media headlines. The Ain Aminas hostage crisis thrust Algeria into the limelight and highlighted the nation’s close relationship with Europe. The Northern African nation on the Mediterranean has historically been important […]
Niger could be the next battleground against Muslims After Mali
February 13, 2013 By
After Mali, Front Line In War With Islamist Militants Could Shift To Niger (LE MONDE/Worldcrunch) – By Charlotte Bozonnet NIAMEY – The small restaurant sits on the corner of two sandy streets in Niger’s capital city, Niamey. It is here, at Le Toulousain, that two Frenchmen were kidnapped by AQIM (Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb) on Jan. 7, 2011. […]
Little Goodwill for Mali
February 10, 2013 By
- By Bilal Khan, Revolution Observer The French-led intervention in Mali is being framed by Western-governments (specifically those of France, the U.S, Britain and Canada) as a legitimate mission to subvert the threat of Islamists in Mali.[1] However, before accepting this as proof of goodwill on the part of the West towards the people of Mali, […]
France rushed to declare victory in #Mali. Experts doubt that
February 5, 2013 By
- By Kavkaz Center French president Francois Hollande, who arrived on Saturday in Mali, addressed the people of Timbuktu, reports news agencies. Hollande said that the French troops are not planning a long stay in Mali. Paris aims to assist the puppet regime troops of Mali and completely defeat the Mujahideen in few weeks period. Hollande […]
Europe’s new Scramble for Africa
February 3, 2013 By
- By Adnan Khan, Revolution Observer.com Since the invasion of Mali by French troops, the world has been forced to familiarize themselves with the West African nation as it continues to make global headlines. North Africa and the Sahel region are now receiving global attention as European leaders have made clear their plans to remain in […]
Mali and the Scramble for Africa
January 18, 2013 By
- By Adnan Khan, Revolution Observer.com In our last article, one of the top 10 global issues of 2013 we have mentioned was the invasion of Mali by the West. As soon as 2013 started, French military forces started Operation Serval and began pounding targets in Mali backed by air support and a multilateral African force. French Foreign […]
France and Germany wage aggressive colonial war on freedom-loving former French Sudan
January 12, 2013 By
- By Department of Monitoring, Kavkaz Center Western media outlets reported that French warplanes conducted air strikes on the positions of the Mujahideen in Mali. News sources earlier reported that French troops are urgently deployed to Mali. France’s foreign minister, answering to a question about the beginning of the invasion of Mali, said affirmatively. He […]
Colonial powers France and Germany invade Mali. War starts
January 12, 2013 By
- By Department of Monitoring, Kavkaz Center French president F. Hollande has said France launched war in Mali to stop heroic Mujahideen who have been moving toward the capital, Bamako. The announcement by the leader of France, the former colonial invader in West Africa, came on Friday after Mali’s puppet leader T. Traore appealed for […]
U.S deploying troops to 35 African countries
December 26, 2012 By
- By RT The United States Army will be deploying troops to nearly three-dozen African nations in the coming year. Soldiers based out of Fort Riley, Kansas’ 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division will begin training in March 2013 in order to prepare for a project that will send troops to as many as 35 African […]
