Russia Defended Its “Democratic Security” Efforts in West Africa & The Sahel at the UNSC

Russia Defended Its “Democratic Security” Efforts in West Africa & The Sahel at the UNSC

It’s expected that the Golden Billion won’t passively stand by while Russia helps liberate its West African and Sahel partners from their neo-colonial yoke country-by-country, hence why it’s predicted that the French-Russo proxy war there will intensify. Africa is poised to become a bigger battleground this year in the New Cold War between the US-led…

Russia Extends its Sphere of Influence in Africa’s Sahel

Russia Extends its Sphere of Influence in Africa’s Sahel

With renewed interest to uproot French influence, Russia has ultimately began its inroads into the Sahel region, an elongated landlocked territory located between north Africa (Maghreb) and west Africa region, and also stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. While it remains largely underdeveloped and greater part of the population impoverished, terrorist organizations…

Strategic Insight into the French-Malian-Russian Triangle

Strategic Insight into the French-Malian-Russian Triangle

OneWorld is publishing the full text of the interview that Andrew Korybko gave to Giorgio Cafiero on this topic, some excerpts of which the latter included in his recent article for TRT World titled “Mali Could Rewrite Russian-French Relations In The Sahel”. 1. Could Russia fill a void in Mali’s security architecture and counter-terrorism landscape…

Paris Announces Troops Withdrawal from Mali, Admitting Failure of Its Sahel Strategy

Paris Announces Troops Withdrawal from Mali, Admitting Failure of Its Sahel Strategy

France seems to have admitted its defeat in Mali. Last Friday, President Emmanuel Macron announced the closing of military bases and the withdrawal of troops from the African country, ending a long journey of occupation and conflicts that seriously damaged the entire structure of French foreign policy. After decades of interventionism, Paris recognizes its current…

The Improvement of Russian-Togolese Relations Is a Multipolar Masterstroke

The Improvement of Russian-Togolese Relations Is a Multipolar Masterstroke

Togo’s Growing Geostrategic Significance Most people across the world have never heard of the narrow West African state of Togo, or if they have, then they regard it as an impoverished and geostrategically insignificant country. While it’s true that Togo is among the poorest nations in the world, its geostrategic profile is rapidly raising as…

Six Years Into Its Africa Foray the French Army Is Bogged Down and Losing Ground

Six Years Into Its Africa Foray the French Army Is Bogged Down and Losing Ground

The French army is bogged down in the Sahel. Despite its occasional victory communiqués, the fighting has spread to more countries in the region. These failures originate in Paris’s inability to understand what is at stake politically, or the motivations of the hundreds of young men who are joining the jihadist cause. The French army…