Carnegie Endowment 82d ago

Russia is boosting its influence in Africa. But African countries are using Russia for their goals too. Nate Reynolds and Frances Z. Brown, two editors of a new collection (from Carnegie’s Africa Program; Russia and Eurasia Program; and Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program) on Russia’s presence in Africa – and its limitations – unpack three key themes. Read the collection here: https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2026/02/russia-role-west-southern-africa-junta-wagner-africa-corps Additional editors and authors of the collection include Frederic Wehrey, Andrew S. Weiss, Priyal Singh, Jean-Hervé Jezequel, Anouar Boukhars, Hannah Rae Armstrong, Bah Traore, Beverly Ochieng, Steven Gruzd, Friedrich von Treskow, Ray Hartley, and Philani Mthembu. Like and subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/38sljlH The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace generates strategic ideas and independent analysis, supports diplomacy, and trains the next generation of international scholar-practitioners to help countries and institutions take on the most difficult global problems and advance peace. Visit our website: https://carnegieendowment.org/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/CarnegieEndow Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carnegieendow/