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Russian trolls are outsourcing to Africa to stoke US racial tensions
With tech companies wise to many of the tactics that Russia’s now-infamous troll farms used to seed disinformation during the…
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Afro-Russians
Afro-Russians are people of recent African descent or those who are perceived to be dark-skinned compared to other given populations…
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Russia’s new focus on Africa takes advantage of US drift
Russian President Vladimir Putin is following China’s lead and making a splashy bid for influence in Africa, hosting the continent’s…
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Russia’s ‘Blackjack’ bombers land in Pretoria
The two nuclear-capable Russian bombers are the first in history to land in Africa and were escorted by fighter jets…
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Thirty years after Cuito Cuanavale
https://youtu.be/93WQgjt4P-AThe Battle of Cuito Cuanavale in 1987/88 was an important episode in the Angolan Civil War (1975 to 2002). Between…
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On North Korea’s Lucrative Relationship With African States
A number of African countries have close ties to North Korea. And it is for the very same reasons that these…
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How Samora Machel signed his own death warrant
There was motive for the then South African government to kill Mozambique’s Samora Machel, and there is plenty of evidence…
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Nigerian girls forced into prostitution in Russia
DW reports that criminals in Russia are taking advantage of the student visa system to force young girls into prostitution. DW’s…
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