Tag: Colonel
Guinea: Colonel Doumbouya dissolves the Presidential Security Battalion
Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, leader of the CNRD junta in power since overthrowing former President Alpha Condé, issued a decree to disband the Presidential Security Battalion. This elite unit of the…
In Guinea, French Secretary of State Chrysoula Zacharopoulou “talked about all the subjects” with Colonel Doumbouya
France recalled, Wednesday, April 19, its availability to “accompany” Guinea towards a return of civilians to power in this country led by the military since the coup of September 5,…
“Acting between the lines”, by Colonel Peer de Jong
They are called Blackwater, Mozart, or even Wagner. Private military companies, for reasons of need, visibility and cost, are in full expansion. In Act between the lines (Mareuil editions), Colonel…
A British expert wrote a scathing report on the Ukrainian armed forces – the Ukrainian colonel agrees on only one thing
There are still major gaps in the training and skills of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. They should be fixed quickly so that Ukraine does not lose so many soldiers. This…
Colonel Blaise Goumou keeps his line of defense
In Guinea, on February 1, 2023, Colonel Blaise Goumou was called to the bar for the fifth time in the trial of the massacres of September 28, 2009, which left…
Colonel Michel Goya: “The military effort announced by President Macron is not enough”
The increase is considerable. This Friday, January 20, during his wishes to the armies, on the air base of Mont-de-Marsan (Landes), Emmanuel Macron announced his wish to increase the resources…
the decree appointing Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga as interim Prime Minister repealed
In Mali, it is the end of the suspense in Mali about the return of Choguel Maïga to the prime minister. Ruling junta leader Assimi Goïta repealed the decree appointing…
Captain Ibrahim Traoré meets Colonel Assimi Goïta in Bamako
For his first trip abroad, Ibrahim Traoré, recently appointed president of the transition in Burkina Faso, met his Malian counterpart in Bamako, who came to personally welcome him when he…
how to understand the appointment of Colonel Maïga to the Primature?
Choguel Maïga, holder of the post, has been hospitalized in a clinic in Bamako for ten days, put in forced rest according to the Malian transitional authorities. The head of…
An American Marine Corps colonel admires the Finnish Defense Forces’ quick reaction ability
The big joint exercise between the USA and Finland did not even exist on paper in the early summer. The Finnish reservist is excited about the exercise: “We are on…