Disinformation campaigns are exploding across Africa, with Russia believed to be the main instigator. DW explains how the ...

Three junta-led nations have left the regional economic bloc ECOWAS, citing alleged French influence on the group. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are increasingly turning to Russia as an ally.

France has handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities. The move on Thursday came two months after the ...

While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, was being chaperoned by Kremlin-backed mercenaries in the ...

Moscow’s naval and air bases in Syria have been the hubs for supplying Russia’s continental operations – mainly in Libya and also in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic and Sudan.

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The young West African students ... between the two countries and assisted in organizing a trip to Moscow for dozens of Burkinabe businesspeople.

Moscow’s naval and air bases in Syria have been the hubs for supplying Russia’s continental operations – mainly in Libya and also in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic and ...

Forty-five people have been arrested in west Africa over the past three months in operations targeting drugs trafficking and ...

This monthly report from Hudson’s Zineb Riboua examines Russia’s growing influence in the Middle East and Africa. Putin ...

Moscow — With heightening geopolitical interest ... Queuing for BRICS+ Membership Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger which historically share the cross-border region of West Africa, are in the queue ...