|Published 1:45 PM ET, Thursday April 03, 2025| ​On April 3, 2025, the foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger convened in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to enhance military and security cooperation between their nations and Russia. This meeting marks the inaugural session of the Alliance ...

Russia is accused of exploiting African recruits as frontline fighters in Ukraine, with claims they are being sent to dangerous missions with minimal support while Russian troops remain in safer positions. AFP – FILIPPO MONTEFORTE,- Story by RFI Published 12:45 PM ET, Saturday January 18, 2025 A large number of Africans ...

Published 4:30 PM ET, Sunday November 24, 2024 According to SITE Intelligence Group, seven Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group were killed in central Mali on Thursday, in an attack claimed by al-Qaeda affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM). The attack took place in a region heavily affected by the ...

Published 2:12 PM ET, Monday November 11, 2024 | Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has promised African countries what he terms as “total support ” in the fight against terrorism and extremism. The speech was read out at a summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi by Russian Foreign Minister ...

SPONSORED September 20, 2024 | 12:30 PM ET | Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday that its agents dismantled a migrant smuggling network allegedly led by a university instructor from Nigeria. The illegal activities of an interregional group specializing in the paid entry and transit of immigrants from the ...