'Putin now appears to consider Africa an arena of his imperialist ambition, and hopes to lure the continent away from Western influence,' writes Sandun Munasinghe
from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change shows how Russia is reviving Soviet-era ties with African states to extract resources from the region, and in exchange, become a security provider. Putin now appears to consider Africa an arena of his imperialist ambition, and hopes to lure the continent away from Western influence.in the world and is abundant in natural resources.
Since the invasion of Crimea in 2014, Russian PMCs have deployed to at least 19 African nations. One of them, the Wagner Group, has been tasked with operations that range from protecting commercial assets and fighting Islamist terrorists to the suppressing of anti-government uprisings. In Sudan, at least 500 Wagner men were deployed during 2017 to train theRapid Support Forces, and also to combat rebels who opposed President Omar al-Bashir.
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