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New York Times Gets It Wrong on Niger

The Sahel has become a flashpoint in the African struggle against neocolonialism. Mainstream media in the West, however, has sought to distort many of the main causes of the social explosions and military transitions taking place across the region.

On The Freedom Side, hosts Eugene Puryear and Rania Khalek discuss how the New York Times and other outlets are seeking to downplay resistance to neocolonialism and a desire to end poverty with pro-French narratives designed to demonize Russia.

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Rania Khalek

Rania Khalek is an award-winning Lebanese-American journalist and host of Dispatches on Breakthrough News, where she investigates the global consequences of imperialism, war, and systemic oppression. With over a decade of frontline reporting from conflict zones and marginalized communities, her work has been featured in The Nation, The Intercept, Al Jazeera, FAIR, and The Electronic Intifada, where she served on the editorial board.

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