Africa Archives - Robert Lansing Institute

Russia and African Workers in the Defense Industry: A New Chapter in Neo-Colonialism

1. Introduction As the Kremlin confronts a labor shortage fueled by military mobilization and escalating economic isolation, Russia has increasingly turned to foreign nationals—especially from African nations—to sustain its defense-industrial…

June 17, 2025Africa, Russia

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NON-STATE ARMED GROUPS AND ILLICIT ECONOMIES IN WEST AFRICA

his report explores how armed groups gain or lose become less necessary in shaping community behaviours that facilitate armed group operations. This report is the fourth in the ‘Non-state armed…

February 6, 2025Africa

Democracy ideology Intelligence ops Propaganda and Disinformation Psyops War crimes

Shadow Diplomacy: Russia’s Strategies to Whitewash Atrocities and Expand Influence in Africa

Russia has been actively working to whitewash its atrocities in Africa, leveraging a mix of propaganda, disinformation campaigns, diplomatic maneuvering, and economic influence. Despite accusations of human rights abuses and…

November 18, 2024Africa, Russia

Conflict Warfare

Kremlin’s Colonial and Racist Policies in Africa

The Kremlin benefits from its expansion and support for authoritarian regimes in the developing world to recruit and send people to fight on the side of Russia in the war…

June 14, 2024Africa, Russia, Ukraine

Democracy Healthcare

Liberia likely to join countries that criminalized FGM

Strong criticism of FGM decriminalization in The Gambia seems to have launched an effort to criminalize the practice in Liberia, as it violates the rights and freedoms of those who…

March 14, 2024Africa, FGM, Liberia

Geopolitics ideology Opinion

How Russia is hijacking Africa’s “orphaned” Left

When the independence of many African states became a reality in the 1950s and 1960s, it unfortunately met the Cold War ideological divide of the world. Many had expected these infant…

September 5, 2023Africa, Russia

Terrorism

Africa is a Central Theater of Global Terrorism

Africa still remains turbulent not because of its diverse nature and population growth but because development is disruptive which present huge opportunities for all sections of society. Some of hindering forces of…

September 7, 2022Africa

Geoeconomics

Policy making in tough economic times

In the twenty-first century, Africa is a continent that is making an effort to shed its stereotypes and has all along been ready to compete with the rest of the…

July 18, 2022Africa, Eswatini

Healthcare

Africa: the impact of COVID on young people’s mental health

COVID-19 has caused such devastation on the world, it has impacted the lives of millions of people around the world. This has heightened mental health problems amongst people who were…

August 27, 2021Africa

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Bad Law – Legal and Regulatory Responses to Misinformation in Sub-Saharan Africa , 2019

This report on the types and effects of changes made to the legal and regulatory framework for media and information in sub-Saharan Africa between 2016 and 2020, is one of…

June 26, 2021Africa

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