As well as the war in Ukraine, Russia's influence is being felt in western Africa. Countries fighting domestic terrorism such as Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have turned to Moscow for help. The Kremlin has also started an aggressive campaign to attract more African students to Russia. Our correspondent Fanny Facsar reports from the Nigerian capital Abuja.

For more on this, we talk to Beverly Ochieng. She is a security analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and joins us from Dakar in Senegal.

NEWS MIX
September/11th/2024

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