West Africa: Burkina Faso Coup Raises Questions About Growing Russian Involvement in West Africa

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Burkina Faso Coup Raises Questions About Growing Russian Involvement in West Africa TC_Africa: WestAfrica

As if fighting in what - for now, at least - appears to be a losing battle in Ukraine weren't enough, the, a private army of Russian mercenaries commanded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close associate of Vladimir Putin, is heavily committed in a range of conflicts and security crises in west Africa.

Already involved in Libya, Central African Republic, Mozambique, Mali, Sudan and Madagascar, the Wagner Group is engaged in training, fighting anti-government forces and brutally quashing protests, all supporting Russia's fight to supplant the influence of French and the UK's former colonial powers in Africa.

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