Local media reports indicated increasing concerns about the future of Africa, especially the countries in West Africa. Reports spoke of experts and academics’ fear of the loss of African wealth after a number of countries fell into the circle of Russian ambitions. Experts indicated that this feeling increased after France accepted to end its military cooperation in some countries.
An expert on African affairs – who declined to be named – says that the French military bases constituted strong protection for the African countries located there, so that they would not fall victim to various international ambitions. He said that as soon as the military coups succeeded in a number of African countries, Russia sought to extend its hand through the Wagner Group, which is Something that does not need proof, and it happened in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Gabon and Sudan, which is witnessing a fierce war in its capital carried out by the Rapid Support Forces, which received advanced training from the Russian Wagner.
This expert wondered: Does Africa – meaning these countries – leave its wealth vulnerable to loss and continuous theft?
He pointed out that the withdrawal of the French presence from some African countries makes these countries easy victims for illegal Russian mercenaries , led by Wagner, which has high training and advanced capabilities.
The expert stressed that the African people are the first to be harmed by these interventions, and not the governments, and the hands that plunder their wealth and money. He pointed out that the people of Africa are the victims, as some of these countries are still suffering from a low rate of development and a continuous decline in their economic aspects.
