France has announced that it would begin withdrawing its troops from niger this swing after having a fallout with the military that took over power. Does this mean that this would be the end of frances involvement in niger, a former colony . What about other countries that were former colonies of france . Well in this edition of the spotlight we look at those two issues and look at how niger along with other african countries have gravitated more towards countries like russia and china rather than western ones like france or even the us. First let me into. Afrikan team member black alliance for peace joins us from atlanta. Also joining us is fidel amasu was an International Relations and security analyst who joined us from akrack. Welcome to you both. Ill first start with you. Tunda usa, im hoping im pronouncing that correctly. Looking at the announcement that france has uh. Made, which has been in the works for for a little bit of time here, even though they resisted it, but uh, they
Has been able to the issue properly. First let me introduce our guests for this program. Keithbin, professor of International Finance at City University, joins us from london. Tony gosling, historian and investigative journalist joins from bristol. Welcome to both, keith hilbeem, ill start with you. What are your thoughts on the strike by doctors consultants . Its a 3 day. Walkout, but it is said that its going to affect uh, obviously the care that patients are going to need, um, and thats another whole question that im going to ask on that regard, but um, do they stand a chance, it sounds like the government has to come to the negotiating table, but are they going to do that . Well, the government, lets be honest, is out of money, um, they wasted so much money during the covid pandemic, etc. , yeah, ppe equipment, they dont have much money. Left, we still got a massive fiscal deficit in this country, all right, and therefore there really isnt the money to make big pay rises of in the
Days, british monarchs used to wage war against the french, but these days it looks like british and french heads of state try to feed each other to death instead. On september the 21st, 2023, president Emmanuel Macron hosted king charles ii for a glittering banquet at frances former royal residence. The palace of versailles, as the king began a threeday state visit. The aim was to show that despite hating each other for centuries. There is now crosschannel cooperation between the two states, even after brexit, a bit like making up with someone youve just divorced, but still living right next door to them. Macron is believed to have a strong personal rapport with charles. Indeed, the french president raised eyebrows by repeatedly touching charless shoulder, while bridget macron took it a stage further by actually kissing camilla. Oh, my goodness, it is unbelievable, macron. Is now shaking hands with king charles trabian, never minds that, look at zootos ladies, magnifique. King charles
Rushs putin to chinas xi. We expect a lot of action. First, the race to radicalism, thats the focus of tonights angle. For any of you who had the misfortune of catching even a few minutes of the democrat debate last night, youll undoubtedly agree that it was a great night for donald trump. With the exception of perhaps a candidate no one knows, kelsey gabbard, whats clear is that the Democrat Party has learned absolutely nothing since 2016. They completely misread the results of last election and have adopted essentially a slash and burn strategy towards almost every american tradition and common sense understanding of economics and governance. Its most entertaining, i think, if we break down the current democrat gloominess into several moments. First, the money grows on trees mentality. My plan would be first firsl to Community College free. We are supposed to be for free college, free public college, for our young people. Universal child care for every baby ages zero to five purity u
Rwanda, Korea establish a framework on Trade and Investment promotion rnanews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rnanews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.