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Mali and the European Union: Stability is in the Interest of Africa and Europe

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Mali and the European Union: Stability is in the Interest of Africa and Europe Boutros Hussein and Walter Sebastian Modern Tokyo Times The country of Mali needs urgent economic input into the nation in order to start the process of restructuring areas plagued by international jihadists, to develop the infrastructure and to strengthen the central [...]

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Desmond Tutu Rebukes the ANC in South Africa: Internal Politics to China and Tibet

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Desmond Tutu Rebukes the ANC in South Africa: Internal Politics to China and Tibet Joachim de Villiers and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times   Archbishop Desmond Tutu is meant to be retired but despite this he remains to be a thorn in the side of the ruling African National Congress (ANC). Over the last [...]

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Mali Needs Economic Development to Flow Alongside the 12,600 UN Peacekeeping Force

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Mali Needs Economic Development to Flow Alongside the 12,600 UN Peacekeeping Force Walter Sebastian and Pierre Leblanc Modern Tokyo Times The international community is responding to events in Mali and this can be seen by the promised 12,600 United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force which is planned from July. In a short-period of time France and regional African [...]

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Egypt and Persecution of Christians: USA, Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic Sharia Law

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Egypt and Persecution of Christians: USA, Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic Sharia Law Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times In Kosovo and Iraq under the watch of America, the United Kingdom, and other allies, the Christian communities suffered greatly. At no point was their suffering addressed properly and because the Christians of Iraq [...]

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Nigeria and Mali: Islamist Terrorism, Indoctrination and Gulf Petrodollars

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Nigeria and Mali: Islamist Terrorism, Indoctrination and Gulf Petrodollars Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Nigerian armed forces have been involved in heavy clashes with Islamist militants near the border of Chad in the last few days. Estimates vary about the numbers of people killed but irrespective of the final death [...]

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Cameroon and Nigeria: French Hostages Released and Overture to Boko Haram

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Cameroon and Nigeria: French Hostages Released and Overture to Boko Haram Omar Abdullah Ismail and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria is trying to make overtures to the Islamist Boko Haram movement by providing breathing space for the government and this terrorist organization. At the same time, seven members of [...]

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Burkina Faso and Niger and the Border Decision of ICJ: The Kosovo Diktat

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Burkina Faso and Niger and the Border Decision of ICJ: The Kosovo Diktat Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The two West African nations of Burkina Faso and Niger have stated that they both fully endorse the border decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). According to both nations they are [...]

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France Needs to Support Mali to the Full: President Hollande and Shadows of Al-Qaeda

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France Needs to Support Mali to the Full: President Hollande and Shadows of Al-Qaeda Pierre Leblanc and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The nation of Mali needs France to maintain its full support towards this nation because in Afghanistan and Somalia, and in other nations, the forces of al-Qaeda (and other Islamist factions) have [...]

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Central African Republic and Mali: Chad, France, Centralization and Ghost Warriors

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Central African Republic and Mali: Chad, France, Centralization and Ghost Warriors Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Throughout early 2013 the nations of the Central African Republic (CAR), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)and Mali have witnessed the usual “ghost warriors,” whereby central states appear illusionary. Of course, the developments throughout early 2013 are [...]

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Central African Republic and France: Bozize Forced Out by Seleka Forces under Michel Djotodia

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Central African Republic and France: Bozize Forced Out by Seleka Forces under Michel Djotodia Pierre Leblanc and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Several months ago President Francois Bozize called for France and regional African nations to help the Central African Republic (CAR) from the advancing forces of Seleka. After the fall of the capital [...]

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