Instability and the rise of terrorism across Africa, according to multiple European and NATO officials, cannot be overlooked no matter how deeply Russian President Vladimir Putin pushes into Ukraine. And nowhere are concerns growing as fast as they are in the Sahel, the semiarid stretch of land spanning northern and western Africa from Senegal to Sudan. “We cannot accept that.”Ollongren is not alone in voicing concerns about the Russian threat from Ukraine, in the east, overshadowing the threat from Africa. But U.S. military and intelligence officials, while concerned, question whether Russian forces are capable of threatening Europe from the south. “Russia is trying to gain control over strategic territory in North Africa, most vividly seen in Libya.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 16, 2022 09:39 UTC