France Archives - Intervention

The Changed Face of European Football

Posted By: adminon: July 08, 2024In: SpectacleTags: African descent, Aimé Jacquet, Angelo Ogbonna, Blacks, Cameroon, England, European football, France, Indonesian ancestry, Mario Balotelli, Multiculturalism, Namibia, TogoNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura Something remarkable is happening in European football, which requires scholarly attention, especially by those working on multiculturalism, social integration, far right po... Read more

Two Days Rethinking Democracy in West Africa in the Face of Discontent and Coups

Posted By: adminon: February 11, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: 'Armed populism', Democracy and Development, ECOWAS, Electoral accountability, France, Grounded theory, INEC, Military Vanguardism, Niger – Mali – Burkina Faso, Robert Cox, RussiaNo CommentsViews:

It was a pleasant two-day house (hotel) arrest for the purpose of a collective peer review of a potentially explosive book project on electoral accountability in Nigeria on the one hand and... Read more

The North, Marxism and ‘Jibo Must Pay’ On Our Minds at the Joyous Night for D. S. Ibrahim @ 85

Posted By: adminon: December 23, 2023In: LifeworldTags: Algerian War of Independence, Danlami Samuel, France, Marxism, Old North, Post-positivism, Social theory, The Communist Manifesto, ‘Jibo Must Pay’, ‘Special Room’No CommentsViews:

It was a joyous but also painful evening. Joyous because junior brothers, grandchildren, in-laws and friends of the family gathered to celebrate a remarkable individual at 85. Painful becaus... Read more

Ruminating on the Use of Force as Foreign Policy Tool Against the Coup in Niger Republic

Posted By: adminon: August 12, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: African Union, Dialogue, Diplomacy, ECOWAS, France, MNJTF, Niger Republic, UEMOANo CommentsViews:

By Murtala Muhammad PhD As is already well known, the Presidential Guards in Niger Republic launched a coup and detained President Mohamed Bazoum and his family on the On July 26th, 2023,. S... Read more

NIPSS Alumni Cautions Against Military Action Over Coup in Niger Republic

Posted By: adminon: August 06, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: AAIN, ECOWAS, France, Germany, Italy, Niger Republic, Russia, USNo CommentsViews:

The Alumni Association of the National Institute (AANI) is out with those cautioning the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against a military option in resolving the militar... Read more

France Tops the Global Destination for African Students, Followed by China – Carnegie Africa

Posted By: adminon: July 14, 2023In: BookspaceTags: Canada, Carnegie Africa Program, France, Malaysia, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USANo CommentsViews:

Carnegie Africa has released a shocking report on the hierarchy of global destinations in African students’ preferences. It is shocking in the sense that France, not the United Kingdom or th... Read more

France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, US, UK, China, All Subsidise Energy, Says Oil Chieftain, Majeed Dahiru

Posted By: adminon: July 01, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: Aramco, Energy, Foreign investors, France, Fraud, Germany, GSM, Muhammadu Buhari, PMS, PRC China, Saudi Arabia, UK, US1 CommentViews:

The only difference between this and the previous version is the headline. Readers have rejected the previous headline and it stands changed. All other things about this deeply interesting i... Read more

On Sierra Leone’s Election into the UN Security Council

Posted By: adminon: June 07, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Britain, France, Kurt Waldheim, Republic of China, Russia, Salim Ahmed Salim, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, UNSC, USNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura Sierra Leone was elected into the UN Security Council June 6th, 2023. That is as a non-permanent member. The UN Security Council is composed of 15 members—five (US, Russia,... Read more

A Blast from the Past

Posted By: adminon: February 16, 2023In: FlashbackTags: 21st century, Benin, Cameroon, France, Niger, NIGERIA, West Africa1 CommentViews:

Robert Kaplan’s piece, The Coming Anarchy was a hit when it was published in 1994. Of course, it was a classic exercise in imaginative geographies but it was and still is the kind of stuff t... Read more

The Globalisation of Football is Closing Performance Gaps among Countries in the World Cup

Posted By: adminon: December 25, 2022In: SpectacleTags: Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Europe, FIFA, France, Italy, Qatar World Cup, South America, UruguayNo CommentsViews:

Having watched every World Cup tournament since 1970. Dr. Bangura can posit his never being as convinced as he is now after watching the Qatar World Cup that the domination of European and S... Read more