The fight for a multipolar world is an important background. In the last four years, the struggle against neo-colonialism in Africa has continued to achieve significant successes. Coup plotters? While its roots go back further, a decisive turning point occurred in 2020 when a group of anti-imperialist revolutionary officers in Mali overthrew the pro-French government, shut down French military bases, ...
Presentation at the International Symposium “Decolonization and Cooperation in the Global South” By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Shanghai, November 12, 2024. In his magnificent work “Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism”, written in 1916 and published for the first time the following year, Vladimir I. Lenin delineated, at the dawn of the twentieth century, the contours of the colonial situation that ...
France’s colonial legacy in Africa is a somber reminder of the brutalities of empire. By Dr Halim Gençoğlu Colonialism is not satisfied merely with holding a people in its grip and emptying the native’s brain of all form and content. Frantz Fanon (The Wretched of the Earth) French legacy in West Africa (The Wretched of the Earth) French colonialism in ...
Posted by by United World International 8 Min Read October 4, 2024 Chișinău facilitates military training for African separatists from Mali in Ukraine. This information was reported by the Turkish publication Superhaber.com, which obtained photos of documents of leaders and members of the Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group CSP-DPA, with a Moldovan visa and a stamp on crossing the border with Ukraine. ...
Paris’ new target is Russia. By Ali Rıza Taşdelen In recent years, France has been ousted from Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, its soldiers expelled, and bases closed. But now France begins to reactivate the separatist and jihadist terrorist organizations that it itself created, trained and financed in the region. The spread of terrorist groups, particularly in the Sahel region ...
The long-term effects of direct and indirect colonial rule continue to influence the success of former colonies. By Halim Gençoğlu European colonialism spanned from the 16th to the 19th centuries, during which European powers expanded globally by establishing colonies in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. The process of decolonization began in earnest after World War II, as European empires started ...
By Halim Gençoğlu Yavuz Sultan Selim, also known as Selim I, was the ninth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from 1512 to 1520. His reign marked significant military expansions and transformations within the empire. His policies and military campaigns greatly extended Ottoman influence in the Middle East and North Africa. Among the territories that came under Ottoman control during ...
By Islam Farag, Cairo / Egypt For the first time in decades, no political coalition was able to obtain an absolute majority in the French National Assembly, which requires winning 289 seats. In a big surprise, the New Popular Front, topped the political scene by winning 182 seats, ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s alliance, which won only 168 seats, while ...
A debate of the election results from the African perspective. By Islam Farag, Cairo / Egypt For the first time in decades, no political coalition was able to obtain an absolute majority in the French National Assembly, which requires winning 289 seats. In a big surprise, the New Popular Front, topped the political scene by winning 182 seats, ahead of ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently announced that he had opened embassies in 10 African countries. This is presented as a consequence of his long-term work to build a “strategic relationship” with Africa. A year ago, Dmitry Kuleba went on a tour to Africa. During May and June he visited Morocco, Mozambique, Rwanda, Ethiopia and some other countries. His trip apparently ...