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Les récits rocambolesques de Trump sur le génocide au Nigéria : l'hypocrisie politique au milieu d'une crise systémique

Baba Aye — 2025-12-07T11:00:00Z

Le mois de novembre a été marqué par les menaces de Donald Trump d'envahir le Nigeria « armes à la main » pour défendre les « chrétiens chéris » qui, selon lui, étaient victimes d'un génocide. Ces déclarations ont immédiatement suscité de vifs débats aux États-Unis et à l'étranger. L'affaire a fait la une de tous les grands journaux le lundi 3 novembre, à l'exception d'un seul : The Nation, propriété du président Bola Tinubu. À la fin de la semaine, Trump a non seulement réitéré ses menaces (…)

- Nigeria / Etats Unis, Impérialisme

Leftists' Quest For Political Power In Nigeria

Baba Aye — 2024-08-10T03:00:00Z

Since the Fourth Republic, the Leftists have been finding it difficult to ascend to political power in Nigeria. The late founder of the National Conscience Party (NCP), Chief Gani Fawehinmi and many of his followers tried several times. But, they could not win elections until the party was delisted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Several Leftist political parties which could not make much impression were also delisted when the INEC pruned the number of political (…)

- Nigeria / Analyse

Nigeria : We Must Act Now Against Rising Sexual Violence

Baba Aye — 2020-07-03T03:00:00Z

In the past few weeks, there have been several shocking attacks on women in different parts of the country. At least three young female students have been sexually molested and thereafter murdered in cold blood. This is very worrisome and shows the worsening of an already horrible trend of sexual violence against women in the country.
On 29 May, Uwaila Vera Omozuwa, a 22-year old, 100 level student of microbiology at the University of Benin left home to study in a church building, to avoid (…)

- Nigeria

THE “NUMSA MOMENT” ; A RENEWAL OF REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Baba Aye — 2014-12-11T04:13:00Z

A Report of the NUMSA International Symposium of Left Parties and Movements, August 7-10, 2014
INTRODUCTION
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) held an International Symposium of Left Parties and Movements on August 7-10, 2014 with the theme : “Building Our Movement for Socialism : Learning from the Lessons of Others”. The symposium was simultaneously the Module 4 of the NUMSA Marxist-Leninist Political Schools for its 250-cadre Mbuyiselo Ngwenda Brigade (made up (…)

- Afrique du sud / Analyse

Nigeria : Beyond President Jonathan's war on terror

Baba Aye — 2013-07-31T03:21:00Z

“Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both” – Benjamin Franklin
President Jonathan has brought the “war on terror” to Nigeria by waging war on the people in the North East. Fighter jets, helicopters, armoured personnel carriers and thousands of soldiers have been deployed there to enforce a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, which he declared on May 14. The ongoing bombardment is supposedly in a bid to (…)

- Nigeria / Analyse, Religion