Russia Trying to Edge out Western Troops in Africa? | Vantage with Palki Sharma

and while Russia positions itself firmly against the West it is also looking out for its friends in other parts of the world yesterday the Russian foreign minister concluded a diplomatic tour a tour of West and central Africa sergy lavro visited four countries Guinea the Republic of Congo Bina Faso and chard do you know what connects these nations besides geographical proximity they're all former French colonies and all of these nations have problems with the West Russia is using this to make inroads to Edge out Western troops in Africa let's start with guinea guinea is run by a military Hunter the country saw a coup in 2021 the West condemned the coup they supported sanctions on guinea sanctions by a block of West African nations the sanctions brought difficulties to guinea but they did not succeed in outing the Hun so they were lifted earlier this year the sanctions were lifted but by then the economic damage to guinea had been done and what do Russia do listen to this our companies operating in Guinea benefit from the good conditions created by your government we hope that this mutually beneficial interaction will continue Russia is doubling down on its trade with Guinea after this lvov went to the Republic of Congo we don't know the the exact details of what was discussed but the talks were supposed to revolve around two things trade and Military cooperation trade between the two countries has reportedly soared off late multiple Russian firms have bases in the ROC the Republic of Congo one company luk oil is working to export the country's liquefied natural gas on the military front Russia has signed a deal with the ROC in 2019 Russian military Specialists that's what they call them military Specialists are active in the country and they are in talks and there are talks of Defense sales as well from Russia to the Republic of Congo so Russia is also looking to expand these military ties after the Republic of Congo lavro went to Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is another kit West African nation it's saw backto back CS in the year 2022 and it's currently ruled by a military hun the Hun took control and promised security Bina Faso has been facing a terrorist Insurgency for years the previous elected government was trying to fight this with help from Western Nations like France but progress was slow and Burkina faso's military got tired of waiting so they overthrew the elected government and decided to F fight the insurgents themselves a few months after the coup the Hun decided to expel French troops borina Faso did not want to host its former colonizer soldiers but the country still needed help against the terrorist in urgency so it turned to Russia and Moscow has been supporting the hunai ever since lavro reiterated that support this week the Russian instructors are working here and their number will increase at the same time we provide training to the representatives of burina Faso armed forces and law enforcement agencies in the Russian Federation Russia's military presence in Burkina Faso is set to grow binab troops will also to be trained in Russia so their partnership will expand much to the dismay of countries like France the final stop on lov's Africa tour was chard now Chard is a bit different from all these other sahil states it has always been friendly with the west but that looks to be changing chard recently asked the US to remove its troops from the country the withdrawal talks are ongoing but this signals a shift for chard a shift away from the west and now lvov has paid a visit reportedly to talk about combating terrorism and expanding military ties so don't be surprised if Chad becomes the next country to get Russian advisers lov's goal seems to have been simple boost Russia's presence in Africa at the expense of Western interests basically Russia is edging out Western troops it is actively trying to replace French and American boots on the ground and become the premier security provider to Africa that would undo Decades of Western influence and make Russia the go-to alternative to the West for African nations and the African nations provide Russia with something too they are a new set of allies for Moscow at an increasingly hostile Global stage first post reports from the world's second largest continent hello I'm Allison lrange a very warm welcome from Durban South Africa we get you the news and the News makers from Africa from elections to climate change to Innovations and opportunities as the world's attention shifts we report from Africa the heart of the global South join me every weekday live on first post [Music]

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Length: 5min 54sec (354 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 06 2024