l’influence russe, déclassement des puissances occidentales et stigmatisation

Abstract

In its foreign policy of power projection in Africa, Russia has presumably engaged the paramilitary group Wagner. This private company which invests in the fight against insecurity and terrorism in African countries like Libya, Mali, the Central African Republic,. contributes to the "mercenarization" of security governance. Henceforth disappointed by the repeated failures of traditional European powers like France, some African governments are calling on this militia to stabilize and secure their territories. However, this involvement of Wagner in security governance in Africa is poorly perceived by traditionally influential powers of the continent. As a result, they do not skimp on the means to stigmatize the mercenaries whom they accuse in particular of predation. This contribution shows how the Russian paramilitary group Wagner contributes to security governance in Africa, thus downgrading the European powers traditionally influential in this continent and incidentally contributing to the projection of Russian power. In other words, it is a question of giving an account of Wagner's contribution to the geostrategic and geopolitical reconfiguration of Africa on one hand and and on other informing about what is at stake in the European and/or Western propagation campaign of an anti-Russian discourse in Africa.

Keywords

• wagner; security governance; downgrading of european powers; africa; power projection.