Kremlin propaganda channels usually promote the narrative that Russia will help West Africa by fighting jihadists (via Wagner) and emancipating citizens from the French neocolonial state.
But we know there is a different agenda: resources. Russian proxy companies own mines in multiple African countries, and, when Russia isn't in control of lucrative resources, Wagner operatives have no problem raiding and massacring miners.
edition.cnn.com/2022/07/29/afr…
edition.cnn.com/2022/07/29/afr…
What does this have to do with the recent coup in Burkina Faso? Five days after the coup, a Russian Telegram channel with 800k subscribers posted the following: 
Notice the last line? "Niger and its uranium mines are next in line." There's the Russian agenda, laid out in plain text. Russia might present itself as an alternative to former colonisers, but the Kremlin isn't in Africa to help Africans.
Some more info on the recent coup in this week's @DFRLab Russian War Report.
atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…
atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…
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