Africa on a shoestring

By rahmat hidayat

Thursday, June 26, 2025

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Inside Ukraine's strategy to counter Russian influence in Africa

Bags of food aid, part of the EU and US backed 'Grain from Ukraine' initiative, Mauritania, November 19, 2024. WFP/ Nardjesse Rahmoune/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Reuters' interviews with four senior Ukrainian officials, two aid officials and Western diplomats and analysts for this story, along with access to new missions in Mauritania and Democratic Republic of Congo, reveal new details about Kyiv's Africa strategy.

This plan includes aid to Malian refugees, the proposal to train Mauritania's military, and the broader bid to counter Russia's much more entrenched presence.

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