... first one involves selecting countries on the continent for Russian contacts and businesses that meet the parameters of Western risk assessment metrics and corporate business standards. With this in mind, some Russian counterparties have focused on East Africa—former British and partly Portuguese colonies—where there is relative political stability and clear “rules of the game.” That said, the process of obtaining permits in these countries often remains complicated, and large investment ...
... and "anti-coup" operations lacks the finesse that was the hallmark of those operations conducted by the legendary "Toufik" that kept Algeria from falling into the hands of extremists.
Recently, during a four-day state visit to East Africa, Erdogan warned the leaders of Mozambique, Zambia and Madagascar, that Gulen and his followers are actively seeking to control the region, and its sea lanes, which are vital to global energy security and the world economic order.
Erdogan's ...
A strain of the Ebola virus has killed 5,000 people in a handful of West African nations with Mali the latest addition to the list. Meanwhile, an Ebola strain has spread to the United States, Western Europe and possibly elsewhere.
Turning the fear factor into a pandemic greater than Ebola itself, the Washington Post on October 25th, published an article suggesting that Russia and the Soviet Union have manufactured “Ebola” at a secret facility, with the further implication that Russia...
