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Russia’s Military Mission Creep Advances to a New Front: Africa, via @nytimes nytimes.com/2019/03/31/wor…
“Russia has been steadily expanding its military influence across Africa, alarming Western officials with increasing arms sales, security agreements and training programs for unstable countries or autocratic leaders” in Central African Republic (CAR), Sudan, Libya… 
In the Central African Republic, the president’s national security adviser is a Russian & the govt sells gold & diamond mining rights at a fraction of their worth to hire trainers & buy arms from Moscow. (3 journalists were killed in 2018 investigating Russia’s growing presence)
#Russia is asserting itself on NATO's southern flank in Libya, helping a fmr general fight for control of govt & oil. Russian mercenaries are shoring up autocrats & unstable govts in Sudan, CAR, Mali, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, old Soviet clients Mozambique & Angola.
