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Mercenaries have returned to the central stage in Africa’s conflicts.
African nations need to negotiate contracts that ensure they hold on to the power their resources bring.
The British government has banned the Russian Imperial Movement, a white supremacist organisation seeking to create a new Russian empire.
There is fierce competition for access to roads in conflict zones
A majority of Russians are in favor of peace talks, but a very vocal minority eye US overtures with suspicion and contempt.
In the Central African Republic, peacekeeping missions are losing popular support by failing to meet people’s expectations, leaving room for more ruthless actors.
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso set to leave Ecowas at a time of rising insecurity in west Africa.
While Wagner may offer short-term stability for some African governments, its long-term impact undermines sustainable development and security.
Military coups are making a comeback: it’s a return to one of postcolonial Africa’s political traditions.
The United Arab Emirates is emerging as the foreign player most invested in Sudan’s conflict.
Nigeria shares a long border with Niger. With the expanded relationship between Niger and Russia, the Wagner group poses a threat to the region, especially Nigeria.
The ambush of Russia’s Wagner soldiers and Malian forces by rebels with Ukrainian support raises concerns of the beginning of a proxy war between Russia and Ukraine in west Africa.
In causing disproportionate losses to Russian soldiers in Africa, Ukrainian Special Operations Forces give their soldiers and the people of Ukraine a morale boost amid a largely stagnant war at home.
Dozens of Russian fighters were killed in confrontation with rebel groups in Mali amid speculation that Ukrainian intelligence played a role.
To win its counterinsurgency war, Mali’s military must focus on the fragility of the state, strained military capabilities, and fallout from Russian-Ukraine crisis.
Niger’s military government sides with Russia in the latest sign of Moscow’s growing influence in Africa.
Hopes for a peaceful resolution are fading as the Sudan civil war blazes into a second year.
A West Point professor of Russian politics and foreign policy looks at the future of Russia without Putin.
Will the Wagner Group under new leadership uphold the ruthless modus operandi that propelled it to the spotlight in Africa?
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Associate Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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Associate professor in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Aston University
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Affiliate Lecturer, King's College London
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Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs in the College of Distance Education, US Naval War College
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Director of Research, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, University of Maryland
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Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and Public Policy, University of Waikato
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Research Fellow, Obafemi Awolowo University, Regional Coordinator, Institute for Security Studies
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PhD Candidate and Tutor in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
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Lecturer-researcher, Université des sciences juridiques et politiques de Bamako
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Professor of Practice in International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Lecturer in Political Economy of Violence, Conflict and Development, SOAS, University of London