Russia becomes Africa’s new powerbroker
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Russia is steadily building its influence across Africa, increasing arms sales, deploying military instructors and securing alliances in exchange for mining rights, oil and nuclear power projects
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Russian arms importer
Nuclear power deal with Rosatom
Oil and gas projects
Mineral rights
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Algeria: Africa’s largest importer of Russian arms. $6.9bn in 2017
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Egypt: Signed $2bn deal in 2018 for Russian SU-35 fighters
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Guinea
Mauritania 
Mali
Algeria
Libya
Chad 
CAR
Sierra Leone
Burkina Faso
Ghana 
Nigeria 
Cameroon
Uganda 
DR Congo
Angola
Zambia
Botswana 
Kenya
Niger
Egypt
Sudan
Ethiopia
Rwanda Mozambique
Madagascar

Port Sudan: Moscow seeking naval base


Wagner Group: Shadowy mercenary army, linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin (right) – oligarch
in President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. Wagner is operating in Central African Republic (CAR), Libya and Sudan, offering security and arms training in exchange for mineral rights at fraction of their value

Zimbabwe platinum project
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