civilian Archives - Toward Freedom

Protest in Mali in January 2022 / credit: twitter/swimming_free

Why Protests Erupted in Mali, With People Demanding France Out and Thanking Russia for Support

Kribsoo Diallo February 10, 2022 Kribsoo Diallo

Mali's popular demonstrations in January may constitute the beginning of a real departure for the French colonialist from West Africa, while Russia's profile in the region rises, writes Kribsoo Diallo.

The words in Arabic written on the wall read "Long live the struggle of the Sudanese people" / credit: Revolutionary masses of Sudan

Understanding the Who and the Why of the Sudan Coup

Kribsoo Diallo January 10, 2022 Kribsoo Diallo

Sudan needs to alter its position in the global conflict to be in the place that meets the interests of its people. That is, inevitably away from the Western camp and Washington, writes Kribsoo Diallo in the first of a 2-part series on the October 25 coup.