France and Russia are engaged in a heated digital confrontation across Africa, with Paris now pushing back against a surge of pro-Russian narratives. The Kremlin’s strategy, which intensified after Moscow’s 2018 intervention in the Central African Republic, aims to undermine France’s historical influence on the continent by swaying public opinion through carefully crafted disinformation campaigns. While Russian tactics have been in play since at least 2014 in other regions, French authorities have only recently begun countering this hybrid warfare approach.
