Since its founding in 1975, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been a cornerstone of regional ...

Africa is no longer a peripheral arena—it’s becoming a central platform for Moscow’s global strategy. The West should beware.

France was recently asked to leave Chad, and its relations in central and West Africa are increasingly weak. With Russian ...

As the gateway to the Sahara, the Sahel and the Horn of Africa, Sudan’s location gives it enormous geostrategic importance ...

Ever since the toppling of Bashar Assad in Syria in December, Russia has been unsure whether its armed forces will be able to ...

THE BOSS of Barrick Gold, a Canadian mega-miner and the world’s second-largest gold producer, is no stranger to bust-ups with ...

Moscow's interests in Libya are also represented by mercenary militias such as the former Wagner Group, which now operates ... Konrad Adenauer Foundation's Sahel regional program in Mali, told ...

According to the UN, the region of the Sahel comprises 10 central and west ... (PMCs), under the umbrella of the notorious Wagner Group of mercenaries led by Yevgeny Prigozhin.

The foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are in Moscow for their first official talks with Russia, as the three ...