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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered what he called \u201ctotal support\u201d for Africa, including in the struggle against terrorism and extremism.<\/p>\n

The speech was read out at a summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to his African counterparts.<\/p>\n

Several African governments have cut ties with traditional Western allies and are looking to Moscow for help in tackling frequent attacks by jihadists.<\/p>\n

During the summit, Burkina Faso\u2019s Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traore\u0301 said Russia was a more suitable international partner than the former colonial power, France.<\/p>\n

It is a view shared by several of France\u2019s former colonies \u2013 and was reiterated by Mali\u2019s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, who contrasted the Kremlin\u2019s \u201csincere\u201d partnership to the \u201cneo-colonial\u201d relationship of Western powers.<\/p>\n

He said that as well as military co-operation, Mali was exploring other joint projects in the energy, telecommunications, technology and mining sectors.<\/p>\n

\u201cRussian companies are working in all these areas with the Malian government and [private] partners in Mali to provide solutions to the challenges facing the Malian people. The two parties have agreed to step up the pace to ensure rapid results,\u201d he said on the second and final day of the conference of African foreign ministers.<\/p>\n

Wagner mercenary fighters \u2013 now rebranded under the Africa Corps banner by Russia\u2019s defence ministry \u2013 were the preferred choice for the military leaders who ordered French and UN troops to leave.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s help, often in exchange for access to raw materials, also comes with a promise that there will be no meddling in a country\u2019s internal affairs or lessons on how to run an election.<\/p>\n

However, Russia\u2019s military expeditions to Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have helped protect the junta leaders there, but have failed to make much progress in the fight against Islamist militants.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the Kremlin is trumpeting about these new-found friends, with foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova saying the conference had dashed Western hopes for Russia\u2019s isolation.<\/p>\n

And Lavrov said Russia\u2019s relations with Africa were strengthening \u201cmore and more\u201d with progress \u201con all axes\u201d.<\/p>\n

Putin\u2019s speech underlined this point.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to reiterate that our country will continue to provide total support to our African friends in different sectors: ensuring sustainable development, the struggle against terrorism and extremism, combating epidemics, food problems and the consequences of natural disasters,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

Emanuela Del Re, the EU special representative for the Sahel region of West Africa, told the BBC the West needed to accept the shifting sands of allegiances.<\/p>\n

While Russia was \u201ccertainly a very malicious actor\u201d, the Italian diplomat explained it had a strong bond with Africa going back to before independence and was not alone in its interest in the Sahel.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s largely a desert but in reality the region is very crowded: because at the moment you see Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran… all member states of the EU and the UK,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In fact, African leaders were pragmatic about their need to \u201cdiversify their partnerships\u201d, Ms Del Re said, adding it was not a time for the EU to abandon what she called the \u201cthree difficult countries\u201d of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, which have all experienced coups in recent years.<\/p>\n

Her point was that it should not be seen as a competition.<\/p>\n

Rwanda, which has strong ties with the UK and the West, is one of several African countries that have already signed deals with Moscow to get help building a nuclear power plant.<\/p>\n

Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, who is also in Sochi, told the AFP news agency hundreds of Rwandan students had graduated from Russian universities, including \u201cthose who specialise in nuclear science\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope to be able to train a certain number of scientific managers specialising in this field,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Five years ago, Putin promised to double trade with Africa \u2013 this has not happened.<\/p>\n

But using other means, which the West sees as destabilising the continent, Russia\u2019s influence has grown significantly.<\/p>\n

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