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Across Africa, Russia is growing in influence. What might Moscow want?
Carol Valade/AFP/Getty Images Ivory Coast and Chad are the latest in a string of former French ... Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty ...
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Russia plans to assert Africa-Europe power via Libya airbase expansions
Renovations of a disused Libyan airbase by Russian forces could point to Moscow's increasing attempts to assert power in ...
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Chad says 20 killed in bid to storm presidential palace
Armed men tried to storm Chad's presidential palace when President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno was inside but 18 attackers and two soldiers were killed in the failed attack, the national ...
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Chad says bid to storm into presidential palace foiled, 20 dead
Two dozen armed men tried to storm into Chad's presidential palace but 18 of the attackers and two soldiers were killed in the failed attack, the national prosecutor said Thursday.
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France hands over second army base in Chad amid withdrawal
Chad's leader General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has also sought closer ties with Moscow in recent months, but talks to strengthen economic cooperation have yet to bear concrete results. Deby ...
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NATO power closes last military base in African state as Russian mercenaries run riot
France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities as African nations have grown closer to Moscow.