Anton Kobyakov believes that cooperation within the framework of business events will boost relations between Moscow and the ...

treading in the path of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. Those three, all now controlled by juntas, have since turned to Russia for security support, ignoring calls from their Western ex-partners for a ...

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.

Either maintaining Russia’s military bases in Syria or finding an alternative outpost in the Mediterranean will prove ...

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

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 ...

French forces have been ousted in recent years from Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso following ... Those countries have moved closer to Moscow, with Russian mercenaries deployed across the Sahel ...

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.