Mali Archives - Intervention

Enduring Traditions, Bumpy Roads: The Struggle to Reach Kaama for the 2024 Gani Festival

Posted By: adminon: October 08, 2024In: Policy & GovernanceTags: Alhaji Muazu Shehu Omar, Gani, Ghana, Hadeija, Kaiama, Mali, Maulud, Qadiriyya, Salafism, Tijaniyya, WahhabismNo CommentsViews:

Hussaini Abdu (Ph.D) The distance from Kaama (Kaiama) to Abuja is just under 600 kilometres, a journey that typically takes no more than six hours by road. Over the years, I have driven this... Read more

They know I know Everything - Robert Bourgi's Tales of French Rape of Africa

In a different review of this same book, the title is They know I know Everything. It carries two riders or what can be considered as such. The rider, properly speaking, is, “My life in the... Read more

Tinubu, NASS Warned Against Relocation of American, French Bases From Niger to Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: May 04, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Anglo Defence Pact, Burkina Faso, Gulf of Guinea, Mali, NATO, Niger, UK, USNo CommentsViews:

Some seven Nigerian scholar-activists have issued an open letter to President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly on the dangers of accepting the relocation of American and French military... Read more

President Tinubu’s Populist Escape Route from Niger – Mali – B/Faso – Guinea Diplomatic Misadventure

Posted By: adminon: February 24, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Anti-imperialism, Burkina Faso, Culture, ECOWAS, Emotions, Foreign powers, History, Language, Mali, Memories, National interest, National security, Niger Republic, Power, Psychoanalysis, Russia, Songhai Empire, Sovereignty, WARNo CommentsViews:

The doctrine of ‘news following the flag’ compels the contribution of whoever is in a position to do so towards a sharp course-correction away from what has clearly been a major... Read more

In Praise of Kano, the Hope and Glory of Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: May 13, 2023In: SpectacleTags: 'Melting pot', Egypt, England, Germany, Kano City, Mali, Northern Nigeria, Senegal, SudanNo CommentsViews:

By Ambassador Usman Sarki Nigeria and West Africa owe so much to Kano. I write to celebrate Kano in the panegyric to this ancient city in the heart of the Central Sudan. I praise the peace a... Read more

Is a Food Crisis Still Impending in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: January 20, 2017In: Policy & GovernanceTags: Army worms, Audu Ogbeh, Bandits, Egypt, Famine, Financial Times of London, Food crisis, Garba Shehu, International Strategic Studies Association, Kebbi, Lake Chad, Libya, Mali, Mercenaries, Migrants, Muammar Gaddafi, NATO, Saddam Hussein, Sudan, Terrorists, The Guardian, Toby LanzerNo CommentsViews:

Is a Food Crisis Still Impending in Nigeria? Nigeria has been inundated with alerts and alarms over risk of famine since September 2016. Is it the case that the best possible arrangements to... Read more