The military leadership of Niger has not expressed a desire for assault detachments ... may serve to reassure Bamako of Moscow’s continued support. Africa Corps personnel are supposed to be largely ...

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

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation ...

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

Niger has cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine ... likely in an attempt to counter Moscow's growing influence on the continent. At the end of July, scores of Malian soldiers, along with mercenaries ...

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

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

Moscow’s goal appears to be to find an alternative ... “It didn’t (go) unnoticed in Mali or Niger that Russia did not come to Assad’s help.” Even so, Russia has dragged a coal from ...

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.