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NEW rows erupted over the weekend around the deaths of four US soldiers under unclear circumstances in Niger earlier this month.
The White House condemned criticism of General John Kelly’s response to attacks on his handling of the ambush two weeks ago.
It follows a week of heightened tensions around the attack on October 4 by Isis fighters after the White House engaged in a public feud with Democratic Party congresswoman Frederica Wilson.
A US air strike in north-west Nigeria, publicly framed as a Christmas act of counterterrorism, reveals a deeper shift in how power is exercised in Africa, argues RAIS NEZA BONEZA
Nigeria’s presidential spokesman grovels to the West in response to Washington intimidation, writes PAVAN KULKARNI
ROGER McKENZIE argues that Western powers can see the beginning of the end in the rise of the global South — and racist reactions are kicking in