Norinco has opened a new sales office in Senegalese capital, Dakar, as it seeks to increase its reach in Africa Russian sanctions and growing anti-French sentiment has left a gap in the market for the
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Au moins 28 civils tués dans des violences dans l’ouest du Niger
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Private Military Companies Continue To Expand In Africa – OpEd
The recent coup in Niger threatens to unleash more private military and security companies on a continent where they have become steadily more powerful in recent decades. In the wake of the July 26 coup
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Le terrorisme en Afrique : l’arme actuelle de l’OTAN pour attaquer la Russie
Il existe un continuum d’événements depuis l’intervention russe en Syrie et le coup d’État en Ukraine, qui culmine avec le détournement actuel des armes de l’OTAN vers les terroristes en Afrique. En 2014, suite aux
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As the world focuses on Niger and the junta’s standoff with West African states refusing to accept yet another coup d’état in their region, crises further east continue to deteriorate and merit more attention. On