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Tinubu’s Paris Visit A Betrayal of Africa and National Disgrace

Global UpfrontDec 4, 2024December 4, 20240

Huhuonline.com Editorial of December 3, 2024 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent visit to Paris, France, cloaked in the pretense of attracting foreign investment, stands as

Francophone Revolt: President Macron Looks On As France’s Africa Policy Crumbles

Global UpfrontSep 2, 2023September 2, 20230

By Hugh Schofield, BBC News, Paris Why is it so often that problems seem to get worse just when they ought to be getting better?

French Empire Is Collapsing And The African Spring Is Finally Here (II)

Global UpfrontAug 29, 2023August 29, 20230

By Ilyasu Gadu It is instructive that as anti-French feelings are erupting in the French sphere in Africa, the French like the Soviet leaders of

Cameroon’s Anglophone Conflict Between Govt Forces/Ambazonian Separatists Has Lasted For 6 Years: What Citizens Say About How To End It

Global UpfrontJul 31, 2023July 31, 20230

By Gordon Crawford & Maurice Beseng The armed conflict in Cameroon between separatist groups and the military is in its sixth year. Armed groups are

Coups: What Military Juntas In West Africa Have In Common, By Ayuba Iliya

Global UpfrontJul 30, 2023July 30, 20230

When the military in Nigeria first struck in 1966, a few years after the country’s independence, it was for the same reasons given today for