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With Africa’s ‘France Out’ campaign gaining momentum, Paris’s influence set to erode further — experts

France faces a significant challenge to its influence in West and Central Africa as Chad, Senegal and most recently also Ivory Coast have announced the end to traditional military cooperation with their former colonial master, experts say, adding that this would unravel France’s remaining logistics and military footprint in the region. In recent months, six […]

US-Africa Leaders Summit: Biden to reboot ties with Africa, back AU spot in G20

The annual US-Africa Leaders Summit kicks off this Tuesday Dec.13 in Washington, D.C., where President Joe Biden will host about 50 African leaders, their delegations and Africans in the private sector and diaspora communities in the United States. The Biden’s three-day summit, which will focus on values such as democracy and good governance, as well […]

CAR: Ties with Russia will continue with or without Wagner

The first Vice-President of the Central African National Assembly, Evariste Ngamana indicated Wednesday June 28 that ties with Russia will not be affected whether Russian paramilitary company Wagner leaves the country or not. Ngamana’s remark came after Russian top diplomat Sergei Lavrov asserted that the paramilitary group who briefly rebelled against the Kremlin on Saturday […]