Amar Singh Bhandal

Amar Singh Bhandal is reading for an MPhil in Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge. He is a recent alumnus of the Hertog War Studies Program at the Institute for the Study of War’s Petraeus Center for Emerging Leaders and a Pinsker Centre Policy Fellow.

Russia is losing its grip on Africa

From our UK edition

Russia’s military reputation in Africa was built in Kidal, Northern Mali. Late last month, it was buried in the same spot. The Russian flag that Wagner hoisted over Kidal in 2023 was up for less than 30 months when on 26 April an Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) fighter from the separatist rebel group allied with