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US losing ground to Russia in geopolitical battle over Africa
The Hill via AOL· 4 days agoThe expected withdrawal of U.S. forces from Niger will endanger U.S. counter-terrorism operations...
Thousands of former Wagner fighters are now answering to Moscow
Politico· 7 days agoMoscow’s use of the paramilitary fighters to spread its influence in Africa is already visible in Niger, one of the most important outposts ...
Togo heads to polls amid claims of power grab by President Gnassingbé
RFI via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSome four million Togolese are to vote Monday for legislative and regional elections that have been...
Chad prepares to vote in a coup-hit region, wary allies look on
Reuters· 1 day agoN'DJAMENA, May 3 (Reuters) - Chad will hold presidential elections on Monday, making it the first in...
Factbox-Who are the main candidates in Chad's election?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 days agoChad will on Monday become the first of West and Central Africa's junta-ruled countries to hold a...
Chad’s Great-Power Balancing Act
Foreign Policy Magazine· 4 days agoThe highlights this week: Burkina Faso bans more foreign publications, citizens of Togo head to the polls following passage of a controversial new law,...
Togo’s parliamentary election: Why all eyes are on President Gnassingbe
Al Jazeera· 6 days agoUnlike in previous elections in which voters in the country of eight million people elected both...
What Is Wagner Doing in Africa?
The Atlantic· 2 days agoOne showed a pair of white mercenaries raising a black flag emblazoned with a white skull over a mud-brick fort in the Malian-desert outpost of Kidal....