Molière Out, Mercenaries In: Powers and Politics in Françafrique
On Shifting Ground
English - September 14, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MB - ★★★★ - 163 ratingsNews Government affairs council development policy arts business democracy economy foreign global Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Is West Africa going to war over Niger? And is the Niger coup part of a wider decline in French colonial influence – and growing Russian and Chinese interest – in the region? Ray Suarez sits down with security analyst Fola Aina and journalist Nabila Ramdani to discuss the coup in Niger – and across former French colonies in the Sahel region. They explain why the Niger coup could help the Wagner Group expand influence.
Guests:
Fola Aina, international security analyst at the Royal United Services Institute of Security and Defense Studies in London
Nabila Ramdani, French journalist and author of “Fixing France, How to Repair a Broken Republic”
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