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Africa’s Quiet Power Shift: From Russian Gold Deals to China’s Training Push

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.c-space--1:before { padding-bottom: 35px; } On a hot morning in Bamako, Mali’s junta lined up before cameras to bless a new Russian‑backed gold refinery, promising “greater control” over national resources. Yet the project is more than a ribbon‑cutting. It sits inside a wider package: Talks on civil nuclear cooperation, exploration of uranium and lithium, a long‑term play on critical minerals in a sanctioned, fragile state. The deal only…
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Politics Today broke the news in on Friday, January 23, 2026.
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