ECOWAS: A PRIMER

February 14, 2024February 15, 2024 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

ECOWAS in the larger context of Africa’s historic interactions with China, France, USA, UK and Russia
ECOWAS : A PRIMER

[2014] 14 African Countries Forced By France To Pay Colonial Tax For The Benefits Of Slavery And Colonization

September 2, 2023September 2, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Did you know many African countries continue to pay colonial tax to France since their independence till today!
14 African Countries Forced By France To Pay Colonial Tax For The Benefits Of Slavery And Colonization

Why the U.S. Government Cares About the Coup in Niger + More

August 23, 2023August 24, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Let us travel back in time to April 9, 1999. It was the middle of hot season in the West African country of Niger and 120 degrees in the shade. Jocelyn, one of the authors, was a newly minted Peace Corps volunteer and had recently arrived in a rural community 60 miles south of Niamey, the capital, where she would spend the next two years. That day, President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara and five other people were shot dead at the airport, a mutiny by his presidential guard. But there was no international outcry, no evacuation of Americans and Europeans. Jocelyn was told to stay put in the small community where she was living. Life went on as usual.
Why the U.S. Government Cares About the Coup in Niger | Opinion

Why might Africa want France gone? + ECOWAS Activates Standby Force for Potential Niger Intervention

August 10, 2023August 11, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

Let’s continue to follow the post-coup situation in Niger. We had Victoria Nuland travel to Niger, presumably to help organize the overthrow of the government since 1- that’s usually what a visit from Nuland portends and 2 – a “rebel movement” called the Council of Resistance for the Republic under the leadership of someone named Rhissa Ag Boula started just after her visit. If there is going to be a Western war over this coup, it is likely that Nigeria – the giant country in West Africa with 224M people, much bigger than all other countries in the region combined – will be a part of the intervention, as would France and presumably the US. Other countries of the region are lining up on one or the other side, with Burkina Faso, Mali, and Algeria all lining up with the post-coup Niger government, so we are in a scary situation.
Why might Africa want France gone?