Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso ...

Either maintaining Russia’s military bases in Syria or finding an alternative outpost in the Mediterranean will prove ...

Losing the military bases in Syria would be devastating for Russia's Africa Corps (former Wagner Group), which are present in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Central African Republic and in Libya ...

More than half the Arctic's coastline is Russian territory and in the last six years Moscow has built more than 475 military ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

Reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent in parts of Africa, amid an aggressive push by Moscow to lessen Western influence on the continent.

"The rise of junta rule in the Sahel represents a complex interplay between decolonization and destabilization." ...

In Niger, Russia is actively pursuing uranium concessions ... He controls easterb Libya and allows Russia to use Libyan military bases Image: LNA/AFP Libya is logistically closer to the Sahel ...