Russia’s Policy in Africa: A Geographic Dilemma

... flaws. First, after the fall of the Assad government in Syria, the problem of a “logistics leg” arose—how and through what routes to sustain the activities of Russian advisers, military-technical cooperation and humanitarian supplies. While in East Africa most potential partners have access to the sea and can deal directly with Moscow, most of the Sahel states are landlocked and need a logistics corridor. So far, this problem has been solved through reliance on several routes (Guinea, Togo, Libya, partly Ghana and Benin), but the stability of deliveries thus becomes dependent on the political situation ...