The debates on the military coup of last week in Guinea are continuing. The leader of the coup Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who overthrew Guinea’s President Alpha Condé, has said that a new “union” government would be formed in weeks. Doumbouya stands out with the military training he received in Israel and France. While serving in the French Foreign Legion, Doumbouya ...
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York, after which the US launched its war on terror. In 1975, when I was an exchange student in the US, I was taken to visit the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York. At that time, it was the ...
Year after year, France suffers defeat in African regions. While still considering itself the rightful master of the continent, Paris cannot accept the fact of loosing control in various African countries. The methods have changed, but the main objectives – the exploitation of African resources and lands – remain the same. From Cameroon to Senegal, through Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, and ...
Turkey has become one of the most important actors in Africa the recent years, and continues to deepen its relations with different countries. Between September 6 to 8 the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi Turkey and met with Turkish President Erdoğan on September 7th. Happening on invitation from the Turkish side, this was the first-ever presidential ...
By Dr. Christopher Ford Dr. Ford served until January 8, 2021, as Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, and for the last 15 months of that period also performed the duties of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Prior to that service at the State Department, he ran the Weapons of Mass ...
By Elif İlhamoğlu If Guinea is included, the wider Eurasian geography has witnessed profound changes in the recent days, from the Taliban government in Afghanistan over Turkish-Egyptian rapprochement to the coup in the West African country. United World International has spoken with Ret. Lieut. Gen. İsmail Hakkı Pekin about these developments and Turkey’s position. Turkey should play a role concerning ...
After the retreat of the US forces, the Taliban leadership, which has established control over Afghanistan, has announced the future leadership of the country. The announcement has followed the claimed clearing of the Panshir Province from anti-Taliban forces. The spokesperson of the Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahid declared the leadership of the provisional government of Afghanistan. 1. Acting Prime Minister Mullah Hassan ...
Soner Yalçın is a widely followed Turkish columnist who writes in the daily newspaper Sözcü. On September 7th, he dedicated his column to the coup in Guinea, examining Turkey’s connection with that country. Below, United World International presents the article of Yalçın in English translation. By Soner Yalcin Not even a month has passed since then, since the 14th of ...
By Doğan Duyar, Algeria Pro-France Special Forces have staged a coup in Guinea and took President Alpha Condé, a politician friendly towards Turkey and China, as hostage. In the recent years, Condé had been developing relations with Asian countries, while he was targeted by protest actions of ‘civil disobedience’, supported by the West. After gunshots were heard near the Presidential ...
The Ottoman Empire was the last great Islamic Empire which looked after Muslims rights as per the stipulations of the Caliphate since 1517 to 1924. There are a number of archival documents to evidence this historical reality in the Ottoman archives. In the age of global expeditions by the Europeans from the beginning in the fifteenth century, the native people ...