Russia’s Africa footprint. Russia hosted its first defense summit with the countries of the Alliance of Sahel States – Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov met with his counterparts from the three countries, all of which are ruled by military juntas, for talks amid Moscow’s increasing efforts to grow its influence […]
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