The course will examine the current day competition between the United States, China, Russia and France for influence in Africa, as well as the ambitions of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Turkey for influence in Africa. It will look at the impact of the fall of the Gadaffi regime in Libya and the rise of militant Islam in the Sahel; the recent coups d'etat in Guinea, Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso, Niger and Gabon; the influence of Russia's Wagner Group in Mali and the Central African Republic; the decline of Francafrique; China's economic and political ambitions in the continent; and the influence of the United Araba Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Turkey on the continent.
