Russia’s involvement in Sahelian countries, such as Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, has been a growing cause for concern in the West. Moscow has launched significant disinformation campaigns, provided intelligence support, and deployed an on-the-ground troop presence in recent years. However, the cracks in its approach are beginning to show, two members of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace argue in Foreign Affairs. Africa Corps’s outright brutality is uniting opposition forces, the region’s junta governments are failing to work together, and growing business or military operations from China, Türkiye, and the UAE is diluting Russia’s prominence.
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Russia’s involvement in Sahelian countries, such as Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, has been a growing cause for concern in the West. Moscow has launched significant disinformation campaigns, provided intelligence support, and deployed an on-the-ground troop presence in recent years. However, the cracks in its approach are beginning to show, two members of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace argue in Foreign Affairs. Africa Corps’s outright brutality is uniting opposition forces, the region’s junta governments are failing to work together, and growing business or military operations from China, Türkiye, and the UAE is diluting Russia’s prominence.