Africa’s New Revolutions
The Alliance of Sahel States (French: Alliance des États du Sahel), or AES is a confederation formed between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, located in the Sahel region of Africa.…
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Burning in the Sun: The Small Solar Industry in Africa
A few years ago in Mali some filmmakers went to chronicle what’s going on in the country and ended up making a documentary about solar energy. Daniel Dembele is an…
Behind the invasion of Mali
Roger Annis at the Feb. 24, 2013 annual meeting of Peace Alliance Winnipeg. Photo: Paul S. Graham Is the military intervention in Mali by France, with the assistance of the…
Canadian Trained Troops Fight American Trained Troops In Mali Again
Canadian-trained Malian paratroopers loyal to democratically-elected but deposed president Amadou Tourre are fighting again with the American-trained forces of our new ally and coup leader, butcher and probable mass murderer…
Is North Africa the West’s First Climate War?
We’ve witnessed unrest and uprisings in one form or another from Egypt to Morocco over the past two years. We, the West, intervened directly in two – Libya and Mali.…
So where was the debate?
MPs debate Canada’s role in Mali Members of Parliament took part in a four-hour ‘take-note’ debate on the conflict in Mali and Canada’s contribution to the mission Tuesday night. ……
Mali, Chuck Hagel’s Cautionary Tale
If Chuck Hagel does become America’s next Defense Secretary he plans to steer clear of entanglement in the war against Islamist insurgents in the Sahara. In prepared questions to the…
When American-Trained Soldiers Butchered Canadian-Trained Soldiers
Dateline Mali. If you want to know how screwed up the civil war in Mali truly is look no further than the cast of characters. Everything began falling apart when…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Dennis Gruending writes about the importance of Edgar Schmidt’s whistleblowing against unconstitutional legislation: Schmidt says that he has over a period of years…