Category: Africa

  • AZAWAD: SUBTLE CULTURAL THEFT …

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    Azawad Support Group

    SUBTLE CULTURAL THEFT OF TUAREG ART WITH ONE HAND WHILE KILLING THEM WITH THE OTHER… We see it all the time – attempts to appropriate the culture of the Kel Tamasheq, the people of the desert. It´s not just about admiring another culture, (admiration is not the problem as long…

  • Censorship 2.0: HOW THE AES MILITARY JUNTAS SILENCE THEIR OPPONENTS ON FACEBOOK

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    Azawad Support Group

    Instead of ensuring security and responding to citizens’ aspirations, military regimes in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are investing hundreds of millions of CFA francs to silence critical speech… on Facebook. A new war has begun: a war against free expression, waged through mass reporting, fake links, and organized cyberbullying.

  • THE SOUND OF PEN ON PAPER CAN AWAKEN AN ENTIRE NATION

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    Azawad Support Group

    A war or a revolution is not fought with weapons alone. We are all soldiers in this battle, and our platforms are our battlefield. Let us raise the voice of Azawad until the whole world hears it.

  • SABOTAGE OF WATERHOLES IN AZAWAD

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    Azawad Support Group

    One part of the genocide of the Azawadian population in the scorched earth agenda, is to deprive the population of access to water as well as killing the animals. Everytime a patrol of the Russian (Africa) Corps and Fama (the Malian army) passes by, one can be sure that some…

  • TUAREG ART WITHOUT THE TUAREGS: THE HYPOCRISY OF MILITARY JUNTAS IN MALI AND NIGER

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    Azawad Support Group

    Tuareg art, rich, refined, and embodying an image of freedom, has become a diplomatic tool for the military regimes in Bamako and Niamey. Offering a sword or a painting to foreign heads of state is an attempt to embody an Africa proud of its traditions. But this staging masks a…

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