France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities as African nations have grown closer to Moscow.

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

Three junta-led nations have left the regional economic bloc ECOWAS, citing alleged French influence on the group. Burkina ...

While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin-Archange ...

The military authorities in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have pivoted towards Russia in recent years. Chad's leader General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has also sought closer ties with Moscow in ...

Junta-led Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have since signed military partnerships with Moscow, receiving contingents of Russian military instructors from the shadowy mercenary group, Wagner.

Niger and Burkina Faso. For years, Moscow had used its military bases in Syria as the main supply hub for its African operations. After the collapse of the Assad regime, the fate of those bases is ...

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 ...

In Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, coups encouraged by Russia since 2021 have installed pro-Kremlin military juntas who have become regular guests to Moscow. Meanwhile, France and the US have been ...

Burkina Faso has allied with fellow Sahel nations Mali ... according to monitoring group ACLED. Moscow has sent military instructors there -- as well as to several other African countries ...