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Is Nigeria using Russia as an excuse for bloody crackdown?
Africa

Is Nigeria using Russia as an excuse for bloody crackdown?

Moscow has benefitted from a series of coups and instability in the region but that shouldn't be a default justification

China and the US battle it out over Africa
Africa

China and the US battle it out over Africa

A new Cold War, a different continent

Sudan's General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Africa

Peace hopes dashed as Sudan's warring factions blow off talks

Geneva negotiations will continue but outside guns and lack of food are making this a real tinderbox

Wagner's Africa momentum tested by deadly clash with Mali rebels
Africa

Wagner's Africa momentum tested by deadly clash with Mali rebels

The loss at Tinzaouaten suggests that Russia’s path to power here is not as simple as pumping in men and money

US fielding new charges of hypocrisy over Kenya
Africa

US fielding new charges of hypocrisy over Kenya

Is the Biden administration downplaying crackdowns because it needs President Ruto's police in Haiti?

African juntas' defense pact makes mockery of US policy
Africa

African juntas' defense pact makes mockery of US policy

Lectures from Washington about democracy and Russia fell on deaf ears in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso