Daily Archives: 09/08/2025

Why Africa is crucial for Europe but also for the United States

The most important reasons why the US should be interested in Africa are: rare earths and metals. But also the demographic explosion (in 2050 there will be 2.5 billion Africans) which intersects with Islamic fundamentalism. Russia and China are taking advantage of the Trump administration’s mistakes

Chronicle of a trip to Chad, a fascinating and strategic country

Mahamat Idriss Déby unilaterally broke the military cooperation agreements with France in November 2024, deemed “obsolete” and “outdated” – precipitating, in January, the departure of a thousand soldiers from the last anchorage point of the anti-jihadist operation “Barkhane”, which was halted at the end of November 2022 : the country preferred the Russian orbit to French influence