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French President Macron warns for Russian influence in Africa

By Pieter Cleppe French President Emmanuel Macron will prioritise increasing cooperation and support in the field of food and security to West-African countries, Euractiv reports. It notes that he has pushed this for this during his four-day trip to the region last month, when he visited Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau. In particular, he wants France […]

“High level visits and emergency aid packages will not be enough for the West to re-engage with Africa”

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Writing for the Council on Foreign Relations, academic Michelle Gavin, a senior fellow for Africa Studies and the former United States Ambassador to Botswana, highlights Russia’s growing influence in Africa, writing: “Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s four-country Africa swing attracted a great deal of attention in Western media outlets, which framed his trip as a

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