Observations at forum’s 8th summit. By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China This year marked the 8th summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). The first summit of the Forum, which is held every three years, was in 2000. The Forum was widely attended. The leaders of 53 African countries, the chairman of the African Union Commission, the UN secretary ...
Journalist Vittorio Rangeloni talked about the fight against terrorism, the economic situation and the view of the government in the country. Rangeloni emphasized that the Burkinabe people view Türkiye, Russia and China with sympathy and friendship. By Özgür Altınbaş Burkina Faso made a move against Western colonialism with the coup in September 2022, contributing significantly to the weakening of colonial ...
By Hend Selim Dr. Ahmad Mezab, the Expert in military and security issues and crisis management, Consultant at Africa Geopolitics Center for Studies and former President of the Algerian-African Peace Committee has talked about the colonial powers’ interests in Africa, anti-France and ani-America waves in Africa, the future of ECOWAS and recent coups in West African countries. How do you ...
By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China 2023 was a year of fundamental changes in the balance of power around the world. The international balance of power continued to undergo a decisive shift to the detriment of US imperialism and the reactionary forces around the world and in favor of the peoples of the world and the global anti-imperialist forces. The ...
By Orçun Göktürk / Editor of international news, Aydinlik Newspaper In July 2014, the Former American President Barack Obama held the first “US-African Summit” in the entire US history. At the summit, where 50 countries participated, Obama declared his intentions stating “The African nations must make sure that their mineral resources do not end up in Shanghai port”. One year ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen European forces shared the African continent, which had been exploited by Europe through the slave trade, out with the Berlin Conference in 1884-1885. The Western imperialists who enslaved the African society played the communities against each other, using ethnic differences and causing the greatest massacres in human history. They colonized the countries of the continent, looted ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen In the presidential elections of the Central African Republic (CAR) on December 27, 2020, the incumbent President Faustin-Archange Touadéra was re-elected in the first round. Violent clashes took place between the army and the armed militia prior to the elections. For now, the violence initiated by these armed groups has been suppressed by the Government’s Central ...