BAMAKO, April 1 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will visit Moscow this week as the Sahel nations and Russia seek to strengthen ties, the three African countries ...

The Kremlin is moving its pieces in the Sahel. A month ago, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov chaired a conference in ...

Russia has promised to train troops and supply weapons to Sahel countries in Africa as Moscow seeks to expand its influence in these West African nations led by military juntas. In return ...

Despite severing intelligence ties with Russia, Niger's security strategy is still connected to Moscow. Recently, Niger joined Mali and Burkina Faso in an agreement with the Russian space agency ...

MOSCOW, August 9. /TASS/. Russia has sent an official request to Niger to provide assistance over the kidnapping of two employees of a Russian company, according to a commentary by Russian Foreign ...

Kehinde Sanni spends his days smoothing out dents and repainting scratched bumpers in a modest autobody shop in Lagos. He has never left Nigeria, yet he speaks glowingly of Ibrahim Traore, the ...

Niger has cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine ... likely in an attempt to counter Moscow's growing influence on the continent. At the end of July, scores of Malian soldiers, along with mercenaries ...

Niger’s Paris-allied president was overthrown ... strongmen spurn ex-colonial power France and forge closer ties with Moscow.

Mali, Burkina, Niger Foreign Ministers to Visit Moscow This Week By Fadimata Kontao BAMAKO (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will visit Moscow this week as the ...