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Filling the Vacuum: Russia’s Forays Into Africa — With Amie Ferris-Rotman and Kwangu Liwewe
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Filling the Vacuum: Russia’s Forays Into Africa — With Amie Ferris-Rotman and Kwangu Liwewe
FromThe Lede
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
May 31, 2024
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Podcast episode
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In the two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian influence in Africa was at a low ebb. But that’s all changed, New Lines Global News Editor Amie Ferris-Rotman tells Kwangu Liwewe on this week’s Global Insights on The Lede. Ferris-Rotman and Liwewe discuss Russia’s past in Africa and its more recent neocolonialist enterprises on the continent, as well as the private military companies acting as Russia’s enforcers and how Russian influence compares to the “long, slow game” played by China.
Produced by Finbar Anderson
Produced by Finbar Anderson
Released:
May 31, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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