Disinformation campaigns are exploding across Africa, with Russia believed to be the main instigator. DW explains how the methods and objectives of these campaigns differ from region to region and how ...

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.

N’DJAMENA, Chad — France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the ...

Mali and Burkina Faso following years of fighting Islamic extremists alongside regional troops. 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-Archange Touadéra, was being chaperoned by Kremlin-backed mercenaries in the ...

Junta-led Burkina Faso and Niger are battling Islamist militant ... and praised Trump for earlier remarks Moscow said amounted to an acknowledgment that it was a mistake for the West to draw ...

Several countries on the continent have reached deals with Moscow in a variety of fields. In October 2023, Burkina Faso signed an agreement with Rosatom for the construction of a nuclear power plant.

Moscow — With heightening geopolitical interest ... Queuing for BRICS+ Membership Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger which historically share the cross-border region of West Africa, are in the queue ...