Western Africa
US force enters Liberia as former president goes into exile
By Chris Talbot, August 18, 2003
Charles Taylor, Liberia’s president since 1997 meekly travelled into exile on Monday August 11.
West African military force enters Liberia
By Chris Talbot, August 7, 2003
The first detachment of Nigerian troops from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been airlifted from Sierra Leone to Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, part of a “vanguard ...
US, Europe intervene to protect oil interests
West Africa: Coup aborted in São Tomé and Principe
By Brian Smith, July 29, 2003
A coup in the Atlantic islands of São Tomé and Principe, off the coast of West Africa, has ended in international mediation after just one week and President Fradique de Menezes returning from Niger...
Liberian war restarts
By Chris Talbot, July 21, 2003
Liberia’s capital Monrovia is once again under attack by rebel forces of the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD). Latest news is that they have reached the Gabriel Tucker Br...
Blair’s neocolonialist vision for Africa
By Chris Talbot, February 16, 2002
In a four-day visit to West Africa, British Prime Minister Tony Blair set out his agenda for future imperialist intervention in the continent. He did so in his characteristic style, which increasingly...
