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Africa News Wrap for February 2023

African Stream March 2, 2023 African Stream

African Stream did a round-up of February's news from Africa.

Burkina Faso Gives France 1 Month to Leave

African Stream January 25, 2023 African Stream

Burkina Faso has given France one month to pull troops out. France was conducting an anti-terror operation that the people of Burkina Faso deemed a failure. African Stream reports.

Toward Freedom board member Jacqueline Luqman (left) and Kamau Franklin spoke about their work as media makers for Radio Sputnik and Black Power Media, respectively, on a panel held December 11 as part of the first-ever African Peoples' Forum, organized to counter the Biden administration's U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. / credit: Julie Varughese

U.S.-Based Africans Organize Events to Counter Biden Administration’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit

Julie Varughese December 12, 2022 Julie Varughese

Hundreds of people of African descent convened this past weekend at two events that aimed to be the people's opposition to the Biden administration's U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, which is taking place this week amid a military buildup to enforce the summit's security in Washington, D.C.

French military in contact with the population in southern Mali / credit: Wikipedia / TM1972

The Sahel Is Jubilant As Macron Announces Berkane Occupation Ends in Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger

African Stream November 16, 2022 African Stream

People who live in the Sahel, a transitional area in Africa between the Sahara Desert and the savanna that is rich in mineral and fossil-fuel deposits, have rejoiced at French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement that the Berkhane military operation in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger has ended. African Stream reports.