TheAltWorld Chad Deals Final Blow to France’s Military Control Over Africa’s Sahel
- Rania Khalek
- Saturday 21 Dec 24
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Kyeretwie Opoku, Convener of the Socialist Movement of Ghana, joins the show to discuss France’s slipping grip on Africa’s Sahel region after both Chad and Senegal expel French troops.
Following the lead of the Alliance of Sahel States, Opoku explains what this shift away from US-French influence means for the region—and how Ghana’s recent election ties into the growing anti-colonial movement sweeping across West Africa.
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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