Predict who the next pope will be at your peril. An old Italian saying warns against putting faith, or money, in any presumed ...

Several foreign actors, in the context of current rapidly changing geopolitical situation, are strategically involved in ...

One of the Kremlin's most senior hawks, Nikolai Patrushev, said on Monday that trust between the two "great powers" of Russia ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin discussed Ukraine conflict in a phone call with South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, ...

France was recently asked to leave Chad, and its relations in central and West Africa are increasingly weak. With Russian ...

But the war also changed Russia itself far more than most outsiders grasp. No cease-fire, not even one brokered by a U.S.

Update: The White House announced Tuesday that agreements had been reached separately with both Russia and Ukraine to "ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of ...

Little more than 19 months after the bloodless coup that brought an end to more than five decades of rule by the Bongo family ...

This meeting is crucial for Russia's strategic pivot in West Africa, and the strengthened cooperation with Russia will further help the countries in the Alliance of Sahel States shake off the ...

Kyiv had agreed to a comprehensive 30-day ceasefire during US-facilitated discussions on March 11th. However, Russia dismissed this proposal unless it included stipulations to restrict Ukraine’s ...

the Russian mercenary group that President Vladimir Putin has used to expand Moscow’s influence at gunpoint in some of Africa’s weakest states. Wagner fighters, often working at the behest of ...