The Foreign Ministry has confirmed plans to expand its diplomatic presence in Niger Sierra Leone and South Sudan Moscow is set to expand

France has handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities. The move on Thursday came two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation agreement with Paris.

While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra ... treading in the path of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. Those three, all now controlled by juntas, have since turned ...

Nigers minister of interior and public security has called for increased vigilance to deal with the alleged threat France isnbspusing u

Russia has accused Ukraine and Western countries of using blackmail and Political pressure to disrupt its growing influence in Africa. In an interview with Izvestia, Anatoly Bashkin, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's African Department,

Renovations of a disused Libyan airbase by Russian forces could point to Moscow's increasing attempts to assert power in Africa.

While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin ... treading in the path of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso.

Moscow supports the deployment of a joint force by Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali to combat terrorism in the Sahel region, Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, has stated. The Russian envoy made the statement during a UN Security ...

A new school textbook in Russia is teaching children that Moscow was “forced” to invade Ukraine as it likens the conflict to the Soviet Union’s battle against Nazi Germany in World War II.

In Moscow, the Ministry of Defence said Russian air defences repelled a massive Ukrainian drone attack overnight, intercepting and destroying 121 drones targeting 13 regions, including the capital.

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