Tag: Africa
France Rebuilds Influence After Sahel Retreat
Nothing about France's presence in Africa was ever going to vanish. Some twenty African states use French as an official language, fourteen share a currency pegged to the euro, and the commercial and family networks running between Paris and the continent outlast every government now in office. What collapsed in…
Angola Jails Russians Over Influence Plot
An Angolan court has sentenced two Russian nationals over an alleged operation to destabilise the country before its 2027 election. Political consultant Igor Ratchin received 11 years and interpreter Lev Lakshtanov eight, on charges from espionage to terrorism that carried up to 15 years; summaries differ on which of eleven…
How Turkey Builds Power Through Africa
Turkey's growing presence in Africa is often described as another foreign power crowding onto a busy continent. That understates what Ankara is doing. Africa has become the proving ground for Turkey's emergence as a consequential middle power – a state without the global resources of the United States or China,…
