ECOWAS formally loses members Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
Three junta-led nations have left the regional economic bloc ECOWAS, citing alleged French influence on the group. Burkina ...
Across Africa, Russia is growing in influence. What might Moscow want?
Reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent in parts of Africa, amid an aggressive push by ...
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Spike in Russian flights from Syria to Libyan desert base as Moscow eyes new Mediterranean hub
Mali and Burkina Faso – were sustained. By strengthening its presence in Libya, Moscow may retain enough capability to pursue its broader ambitions further south in Africa, absorbing the new ...
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Moscow’s Southward March: Russia’s Geopolitical Maneuvers in the Middle East and Africa
This monthly report from Hudson’s Zineb Riboua examines Russia’s growing influence in the Middle East and Africa. Putin ...
Russia to open three more embassies in Africa
The Foreign Ministry has confirmed plans to expand its diplomatic presence in Niger Sierra Leone and South Sudan Moscow is ...
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Russia plans to assert Africa-Europe power via Libya airbase expansions
Renovations of a disused Libyan airbase by Russian forces could point to Moscow's increasing attempts to assert power in ...
Moscow claims Ukraine, West ‘blackmailing’ African countries
Russia has accused Ukraine and Western countries of using blackmail and Political pressure to disrupt its growing influence ...
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Across Africa, Russia is growing in influence. What might Moscow want?
While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin ... in the path of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. Those three, all now ...